. Canadian foundryman (1921). o-sited in the cupola by means of a pnau-matic dump. The blower for each cupo-la is a separate unit operated by an indi-vidual electric motor. The molding, as might be expected,is done extensively by molding ma-chines, and the cleaning department isequipped with tumbling mills and sandblast. The core department ocupies a fire-proof building 97% by 100 ft. withthree stories and basement. The base-ment is used for storing sand and othersupplies; the main floor for making thecores, and the upper floors for storageof cores and other articles. An elevatorcarries sand f
. Canadian foundryman (1921). o-sited in the cupola by means of a pnau-matic dump. The blower for each cupo-la is a separate unit operated by an indi-vidual electric motor. The molding, as might be expected,is done extensively by molding ma-chines, and the cleaning department isequipped with tumbling mills and sandblast. The core department ocupies a fire-proof building 97% by 100 ft. withthree stories and basement. The base-ment is used for storing sand and othersupplies; the main floor for making thecores, and the upper floors for storageof cores and other articles. An elevatorcarries sand from the basement to asand mixer on the top floor from whereit is distributed by conveyors to thevarious tiers of benches in the coreroom. Altogether it would be hard to find amore complete and up-to-date foundrythan this. The other departments are in propor-tionate sizes and fully equipped. Whenrunning to capacity 2,700 hands are em-ployed at this plant. Brantford is a typical manufacturing-city with a foundry on almost every. hundred men, manufacturing have recently been absorbed bythe Massey-Harris Co. How h? meal is delivered to the men in tte next bJoek. Noe the bogy laJles and overhead trolley system. street, all built on a large scale, andhere the Harris branch of the Massey-Harris company is located. This plantemploys normally about 1,500 men andspecializes on mowers, binders and trus-sers. Mowers being bulky and made al-most entirely of cast iron, more iron ismelted at this plant than at the Torontoplant in proportion to its size. Thefloor space in the foundry is 35,000square feet while that of the core roomis about The equipment of thisplant is complete. In the foundry,practically all patterns have been fittedto machines or match plates. The clean-ing room is especially well providedfor. A very complete and efficient ex-haust system keeps the air pure andhealthy. In additionbling mills, a Newmachine is used forgears. Formerly ninety molders, each pre-
Size: 1648px × 1517px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1920, booksubjectfoundri, bookyear1921
