. Canadian foundryman (1918). ed is piled back of the furnaces, carebeing taken throughout all the operationsto keep all billets belonging to the sameheat number together, and separate fromother lots. The furnaces, of which there are seven,are of the continuous type, and takingin the billets at the rear end deliverthem at the proper temperature at the BREAKING OFF THE CROP END 07 THE BILLETS IN THE CUTTING AND BREAKING SHOP front. Oil firing is used, the oil pressurebeing about forty pounds and the airpressure ten ounces. Two undergroundoil tanks are provided into which the fuelis run directly
. Canadian foundryman (1918). ed is piled back of the furnaces, carebeing taken throughout all the operationsto keep all billets belonging to the sameheat number together, and separate fromother lots. The furnaces, of which there are seven,are of the continuous type, and takingin the billets at the rear end deliverthem at the proper temperature at the BREAKING OFF THE CROP END 07 THE BILLETS IN THE CUTTING AND BREAKING SHOP front. Oil firing is used, the oil pressurebeing about forty pounds and the airpressure ten ounces. Two undergroundoil tanks are provided into which the fuelis run directly from the tank cars. The hydraulic forging presses are fivein number and are all of 500-ton capa-city made by the Southwark Foundryand Machine Co. A water cooling sys-tem is employed to somewhat reduce thetemperature of the dies and punches, aperforated pipe surrounding the upperend of the punch. The billets, whilepassing through the furnaces turn andcome to a uniform temperature, and onreaching the front are ready for pierc-. FORGE SHOP -FURNACES AND HYDRAULIC PRESSES. August 15, 1918. CANADIAN FOUNDRYMAN 173
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