. Railway mechanical engineer . and Methods for Handling Rods Described BY H. M. BROWNShop Superintendent^ Chesapeake & Ohio, Huntington. W. Va. THE Huntington shops of the Chesapeake & Ohio arewell equipped to handle rod work. The machines areso located that a progressive system of operation isobtained, no delay being encountered in passing the rods fromone machine to another until they have been enables the work to be done at a lower cost than if Layer-Outorlnspecfur n Mochinisfs 12 MachinistsHelpers 6 Laborers\and Srfeepers 7 Machine Hands Z Machin/sis /apprentices Fig. 1—Org
. Railway mechanical engineer . and Methods for Handling Rods Described BY H. M. BROWNShop Superintendent^ Chesapeake & Ohio, Huntington. W. Va. THE Huntington shops of the Chesapeake & Ohio arewell equipped to handle rod work. The machines areso located that a progressive system of operation isobtained, no delay being encountered in passing the rods fromone machine to another until they have been enables the work to be done at a lower cost than if Layer-Outorlnspecfur n Mochinisfs 12 MachinistsHelpers 6 Laborers\and Srfeepers 7 Machine Hands Z Machin/sis /apprentices Fig. 1—Organization of the Rod Gang the machines were placed indiscriminately throughout theshop as the rods do not have to be handled as much. Themachine tools employed in the rod work are of the latestdesign and are particularly adapted to this work. The organization of the force for handling this work isshown in Fig. 1, and the arrangement of the machine tools From Engine Stripping R€>om fo Lye ^afsand Cleaning Platform. SlabMiller i, , , ^ surface ^LJ Table I ^—-a—I .. A _ Double RodJ\Barer Erecfing andMachine Shop. Shaper f Benches Ihr Overhead CranesServes All Work Six Machinisfs ) L. BlacksmithShop SOOOLb.^ j6 DQD Fig. 2—Arrangement of Machine Tools is shown in Fig. 2. The path followed by the new and oldrods as they pass through the shops is indicated by thearrows. The new rods start from the billet pile just outsidethe smith shop, and end at the stripping room, where theyare placed on the locomotives. The old rods start and endat the stripping room as shown. They are cleaned in a lyevat, of course, before they go into the shop. The benches are arranged longitudinally and are made separate, so that two machinists are enabled to work oneach side of the bench. Below the benches are drawers andsuitable cupboards to take care of the tools of the machinists, npn PHJ EHpW^ ^^^^t| Igai^^gTgyii] ^ Fig. 3—Motor Truck for Carrying Rods About the Shop as well as parts for rod
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