. Canadian machinery and metalworking (January-June 1913). the past year the Empire*** Mfg. Co., Ltd., London, Ont., thewell-known brass founders and makersof plumbers fittings, have added to their The furnace lias a capacity of 3,500lbs., and three heats per day are going to the smelter the turningsof course pass through an electro-mag-netic separator, which removes all steeland iron chips. The ground floor of thebuilding also contains a very fullyequipped laboratory, where analyticaltests of raw and finished material areregularly carried out. The basement forms a metal storageroom
. Canadian machinery and metalworking (January-June 1913). the past year the Empire*** Mfg. Co., Ltd., London, Ont., thewell-known brass founders and makersof plumbers fittings, have added to their The furnace lias a capacity of 3,500lbs., and three heats per day are going to the smelter the turningsof course pass through an electro-mag-netic separator, which removes all steeland iron chips. The ground floor of thebuilding also contains a very fullyequipped laboratory, where analyticaltests of raw and finished material areregularly carried out. The basement forms a metal storageroom, and washing and grinding arealso done here, the equipment includingan inclined rotary wet cinder , too, is located a motor drivenpositive type blower for the Rockwellsmelting furnace. The companys brass foundry is wellworth a visit as it is laid out in a thor-oughly modern way with a view to econ-omically turning out high-grade castingsin large numbers. The machine mould-ing equipment includes a Berkshireautomatic moulding machine for 19 x 13. EMPIRE MFG. CO. NEW LB. OIL-FIRED BRASS SMELTING FURNACE plant a new one storey and basementbuilding measuring 150 ft. by 50 ft. Itis of reinforced concrete and forms asmelting room, metal stores and labora-tory. In the smelting room there hasbeen installed a Rockwell No. 43 rever-beratory oil-fired furnace for clarifyingreclaiming and refining all metals usedby the company for factory furnace delivers to the foundry quality ingots, thus rendering theworks independent of supply. An in-dustrial track runs across the flooralongside the furnace and trucks carry-ing the ingot molds pass along this, themolds being poured direct from the fur-nace without the intervention of a ladle. in. flasks. This is operated by four menand has a capacity of 600 moulds perday. There are also two Tabor pneu-matic moulding machines, each havinga capacity of 150 moulds per day; eachmachine is operated by one man. Eightmen are k
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