. Canadian foundryman (1918). lls at 32 revs, per min., thegears in the mill line providing for thenecessary reduction in speed. Shearing Machinery The plates after passing through thefinishing mill are placed on a coolingbed. They are then carried to the hotshears and cut into lengths. This ma-chine is a Long & Alstatter, motor-drivengate shear, having 60-inch knives andcapable of shearing stock up to 1 inchby 20 inch cold. The plates after beingcut to length are sheared into blanks andinto various shapes into machines equip-ped with specially designed knives. Thereis also installed a gate sh
. Canadian foundryman (1918). lls at 32 revs, per min., thegears in the mill line providing for thenecessary reduction in speed. Shearing Machinery The plates after passing through thefinishing mill are placed on a coolingbed. They are then carried to the hotshears and cut into lengths. This ma-chine is a Long & Alstatter, motor-drivengate shear, having 60-inch knives andcapable of shearing stock up to 1 inchby 20 inch cold. The plates after beingcut to length are sheared into blanks andinto various shapes into machines equip-ped with specially designed knives. Thereis also installed a gate shear for trim-ming light gauge stock. This machinehas 126-inch knives, and was built by theUnited Engineering Co., for agricultural stock requiresskilled labor and special knjves to suitthe work. Pickle Department The pickle department is located in aseparate building, which is situated soas to allow immediate loading of thesteel in railroad cars for shipment assoon as the pickling process is TRIMMING SHEARS. HOT SHEARS AND STOCK PILES. between the rolls. The mill is driven byan electric motor through a rope Transmission DetailsThe mill is operated by a Bullock elec-tric motor through a rope drive of the The pickling house is equipped with a2-ton overhead electrically-driven craneand industrial tracks, etc. No agricul-tural steel is pickled, but all automobileframe steel is treated, the process con- June, 1918 CANADIAN FOUNDRYMAN 131
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