The Kodak Salesman . mans arm and pushes it awayfrom the die when the punch isplaced in operation. This guardwas devised by workmen in theCamera Works, who were en-couraged to develop their idea bymeans of our suggestion received a substantial awardfor developing it. This is one ofa number of safety devices utilizedin the Camera Works, rnany ofwhich were designed by the work-men themselves. Besides the various parts stampedout by the punch presses, numer-ous round parts, such as smallscrews, rivets, bushings, areturned out by automatic screw ma-chines (a part of a battery of 8
The Kodak Salesman . mans arm and pushes it awayfrom the die when the punch isplaced in operation. This guardwas devised by workmen in theCamera Works, who were en-couraged to develop their idea bymeans of our suggestion received a substantial awardfor developing it. This is one ofa number of safety devices utilizedin the Camera Works, rnany ofwhich were designed by the work-men themselves. Besides the various parts stampedout by the punch presses, numer-ous round parts, such as smallscrews, rivets, bushings, areturned out by automatic screw ma-chines (a part of a battery of 88machines is shown in Fig. 2).These machines are intricate lathes,each of which is ecjuipped with spe-cial attachments so that it can auto-matically thread and accuratelyturn to correct dimensions anypart desired in large raw stock, in the form of rods,is fed through long pipes as shownand turned into the numerous partsrequired with a minimum of atten-tion from the attendants. The nor- ^ KODAK SALESMAN. Illustration No. 2—Batterv of Automatic Screw Machines nial weekly output of these screwlathes is a million parts, which be increased and is fre-quently increased to a million anda half parts. There is also a bat-tery of milling and drilling ma-chines on which the final operation<on the flat and round parts are per-formed. All metal parts wluch are to beexposed on the camera are coatedwith nickel. This process is per-formed electrolytically, the electro-lytic solution being contained inlarge tanks as shown in Fig. 3 i:iwhich bars of nickel are ])laced andthrough which electric energy ismade to pass. The various jwrts tnbe nickeled are placed on racks a.^shown, and hung in the solution ashort time. Before being placed inthe nickel solution, however, theparts are dipped in a pickling it is called, to remove oil andother foreign matter. After hein^nickeled, the parts are taken to aspecially ventilated room where there is a large battery of b
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