. Electric railway journal . s and machines in thelogical order that a piece of equipment will take whenrepaired. Thus the blacksmith shop, the welding roomand the babbitting room follow each other in the ordernamed. The armature repair department is adjacentto the machine shop and lathes in the machine shopused for turning commutators, and finishing shafts,bearings and banding armatures are placed nearest thearmature room. A portable shop crane is used tohandle the armatures from the armature room to thelathes. Passageways and aisles have been kept as wideas possible to give free movement and
. Electric railway journal . s and machines in thelogical order that a piece of equipment will take whenrepaired. Thus the blacksmith shop, the welding roomand the babbitting room follow each other in the ordernamed. The armature repair department is adjacentto the machine shop and lathes in the machine shopused for turning commutators, and finishing shafts,bearings and banding armatures are placed nearest thearmature room. A portable shop crane is used tohandle the armatures from the armature room to thelathes. Passageways and aisles have been kept as wideas possible to give free movement and prevent blockingand delaying of material handling. Believing that better work and more of it can be pro-duced by eliminating interference and the distractioncaused by doing too many kinds of work in one room,each department has been partitioned off and localizedas much as possible. These partitions are closed fromthe floor to a height of about 3 ft. and above this wirenetting is used. This arrangement gives efficient light-. Partition Construction Used for Segregating Departments 898 Electric Railway Journal Vol. 58, No. 21
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