. American engineer and railroad journal . ed directly from thecars into the large stock rack. Two shears are placed near thisrack for cutting the stock to the proper lengths. The machinesfor use in tapping the nuts are arranged along the side thread cutters and the Ajax forging machines for manufac-turing the bolts are arranged along the line of columns, as shownon the plan. While the equipment of bulldozers and Bradley hammers, andthe devices used in connection with them, are especially completeand the work done on them is noteworthy because of the factthat the number of operations
. American engineer and railroad journal . ed directly from thecars into the large stock rack. Two shears are placed near thisrack for cutting the stock to the proper lengths. The machinesfor use in tapping the nuts are arranged along the side thread cutters and the Ajax forging machines for manufac-turing the bolts are arranged along the line of columns, as shownon the plan. While the equipment of bulldozers and Bradley hammers, andthe devices used in connection with them, are especially completeand the work done on them is noteworthy because of the factthat the number of operations required for a particular piece ofwork have been reduced to a minimum, the work done on theheavy Ajax forging machines is of still greater importance. Theprogress which has been made in heavy forging in this shopwould seem to indicate that machine forging is still in its in-fancy. Generally speaking, the practice of upsetting material isavoided and the desired purpose is accomplished by reducing 136 AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD J I
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