Electrical news and engineering . motors totallingi) motors totallingi:i motors totalling44 motors totalling14 motors totalling An Outstanding Factory The factory of the Brunswick-Balkc-Collcndcr Co., ofToronto. Ontario, is one of the most nmdern and completein the matter of electrical equipment. The machinery is entirely motor-driven requiring atotal capacity of 400 horsepower. There arc St.) motors, s;iof which are 550 volt, ; the remaining (i are 110 volt. installation takes care of every possible woodworkiiij.;operation in the factory, and includes tlie motors requiredfor eleva
Electrical news and engineering . motors totallingi) motors totallingi:i motors totalling44 motors totalling14 motors totalling An Outstanding Factory The factory of the Brunswick-Balkc-Collcndcr Co., ofToronto. Ontario, is one of the most nmdern and completein the matter of electrical equipment. The machinery is entirely motor-driven requiring atotal capacity of 400 horsepower. There arc St.) motors, s;iof which are 550 volt, ; the remaining (i are 110 volt. installation takes care of every possible woodworkiiij.;operation in the factory, and includes tlie motors requiredfor elevators and ventilation. The switchboard arrangement is made very simjik- duoto current being received at 550 volts from the supply com-pany. This eliminates transformers, for two smallones used for lighting purposes. Group drive is used wherever possible. This is in installations were as follows:— 200 horse-power 150 horse-power 125 horse-power 145 horse-power 70 horse-power 175 horse-power 135 horse-power 400 horse-power. Group Drive—Bowling Ball Dept. Br ck-Balke-Collende general where the machines are small, aiid run at the samespeed, as is illustrated by the photographs. The bowling balland cue machines, are driven in this way. and in the phono-graph department, tlie handsaw, cutoff saw and boring ma-chine are grouped. A saving is made in floor space by mounting motors onspecially constructed platforms suspended from the method also avoids the danger of floor level belts. Incases where the construction or location of the machinesprevents this method of driving them the motors are placedon the floor and the drive belt is well guarded. The general result has been the elimination of hand work, and the securing of added efficiency. A flat rubbingmachine now does jobs formerly considered the exclusivefield of tlie hand worker. Machines such as moulders orstickers run up to 4,000 and turn out ([uantitics ofwork undreamed of a few short years ago. Mor
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