. Railway mechanical engineer . Havas press dispatch, have Ijeen granted byministerial decree an eight-hour day with one day oft inseven. Automatics in Railroad Shops Description of Typical Machines of the ThreePrimary Types; Set-Ups for a Variety of Jobs BY M. H. WILLIAMS ON many railways it is found advantageous to blankout articles to a finished or semi-finished state in onecentral shop and ship them to other shops, a practicewhich results in economy when compared with manufactur-ing in each shop. The good results obtained with the au-tomatic screw machine put it in a class that should be c
. Railway mechanical engineer . Havas press dispatch, have Ijeen granted byministerial decree an eight-hour day with one day oft inseven. Automatics in Railroad Shops Description of Typical Machines of the ThreePrimary Types; Set-Ups for a Variety of Jobs BY M. H. WILLIAMS ON many railways it is found advantageous to blankout articles to a finished or semi-finished state in onecentral shop and ship them to other shops, a practicewhich results in economy when compared with manufactur-ing in each shop. The good results obtained with the au-tomatic screw machine put it in a class that should be care-fully considered when additional machine tool equipmentis contemplated. This class of machine is being introducedinto railway shops and is generally meeting with field lies in the manufacture of smaller articles usedin locomotive and car construction and repairs, such asare reciuired in larger quantities than would be economicalto make on turret lathes. Contrar)- to general expectations, no serious difficulty has. Fig. 1—Typical Single Spindle Automatic Turret Lathe been encountered in operating these machines and it hasnot been found more difficult to secure operators for themthan for the average run of machines generally used. Whileit is true that a certain amount of special talent is necessarj-for successful operation, in most shops there will be foundone or more universal geniuses who will take naturally tomachines of this nature and who with encouragement anda few visits to plants where similar machines are in opera-tion will become experts and capable of camming, settingup or arranging for any work required. Where one expertis employed the machines may be run by operators who havenot had extended experience. The operators rapidly ac-quire the knowledge necessary to set up and run these ma-chines, one of the principal requirements being the grindingand setting of cutting tools, which is about the same asgrinding and setting tools used on turret lathes. The
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