. Canadian foundryman (1918). this unusual plantwas undertaken by the companys ownmen, carefully adhering to basic prin-ciples. In spite of adverse conditionsin material and machinery markets,weather, etc., in ten months and one dayfrom the time ground wasbroken the plant was inoperation. This plant with itsspecial equipment, newmethods and practice isnow producing a materialof such physical propertyand quality that withoutany annealing it can beused in a great manycases where formerly an-nealed strips were con-sidered a of Raw Ma-terialRaw material is receiv-ed in the for
. Canadian foundryman (1918). this unusual plantwas undertaken by the companys ownmen, carefully adhering to basic prin-ciples. In spite of adverse conditionsin material and machinery markets,weather, etc., in ten months and one dayfrom the time ground wasbroken the plant was inoperation. This plant with itsspecial equipment, newmethods and practice isnow producing a materialof such physical propertyand quality that withoutany annealing it can beused in a great manycases where formerly an-nealed strips were con-sidered a of Raw Ma-terialRaw material is receiv-ed in the form of slabsand billets and is unloadedfrom the cars by means ofcranes carrying rect-angular lifting magnets. 252 CANADIAN FOUNDRYMAN Volume IX. Before any materialstock or used, eachfully inspected foror any other defectsrolled into the steel is placed inpiece is care-seams, pipes,which could beby later mani- pulation and not detected until the mate-rial was in the customers presses. Thestockyard has a capacity of from fifteen. Fig. 5—This shows a view looking down through the mill from a point near the 24 in. Universal Mill Rollers Pulpit. to twenty thousand tons of steel and ad-joins the mill building. Great care and attention were givento the design and detail for the furnacesto insure uniform heating. They are ofthe large continuous reheating type,using powdered coal as fuel. All partsand accessories were specially designedand constructed for this method of heat-ing. Pushers, drawing machinery, doorhoists, transfer tables and all equipmentauxiliary to the furnaces are electriea^yoperated. The steel is transfer! eu tothe roughing mill in a unique manner,and in such a way that practically allfurnace scale is removed. Roughing Mill The roughing mill is a high-speed 24-inch two high universal mill and is drivenby a Westinghouse reversing motor sim-ilar to those used inblooming mills but smal-ler and much faster. Anidea of the extreme pro-portions of the mill willbe conveyed by
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