. The street railway review . u_ — /a . II FOR SrKAP IRON: dies of 225 lb. each, the pieces licing held together by binders madeof large pieces of flat scrap, bent as shown in Ihc accompanyingillustration. The larger pieces of flat scrap arc lairl on the bot-tom and side? of the binders and serve to hold the small pieces inplace. 1 he size of each bundle is 8 x 10 x 16 in. The scrap is heated in a decarlionizing revcrbcratory furnacebunting crude oil, 12 bundlci Ijcing worked at each heat. Afterattaining the proper heat the bunrlles are worked in a .L.^oo-lb. steamhammT into »lab^, 3
. The street railway review . u_ — /a . II FOR SrKAP IRON: dies of 225 lb. each, the pieces licing held together by binders madeof large pieces of flat scrap, bent as shown in Ihc accompanyingillustration. The larger pieces of flat scrap arc lairl on the bot-tom and side? of the binders and serve to hold the small pieces inplace. 1 he size of each bundle is 8 x 10 x 16 in. The scrap is heated in a decarlionizing revcrbcratory furnacebunting crude oil, 12 bundlci Ijcing worked at each heat. Afterattaining the proper heat the bunrlles are worked in a .L.^oo-lb. steamhammT into »lab^, 3 ft. 6 in. long by 6x2 in., and these slabs areagain heated and worked info sufficient tomake the smallrtt size axle. .After being worked to the proper diameter the rough ends are cut off Mini fiiiisliod in lathes to theproper sizes. liy making its own axles in this way the company not only usesup all of its scrap wronglit iron. Init it is satisfied that it obtains a. (11 KOR CAR AXLES. better grade of than it can buy and that tlic material pro-duced by this means possesses a ductility and fibre not obtainablein rolled bar iron. The furnace used in tliis work was designed and Iiuilt by .Mr.
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