MAY 11, 1959

STEEL

The

Metalworking Weekly

A PENTON PUBLICATION

Companies, Union Far Apart as Steel Pact Negotiations Begin

Page 104...

Why 14,964 Firms Failed in ’58

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he Case How to Stop Productivity Killers

f the Lathe Can Advance with Technology

anishing a Blast Furnaces Being Automated

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Throwaway Cutters Save $15,596 A Year at Westinghouse Division

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CONTENTS — PAGE 5

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Strap aluminum coil winding is firmly anchored by top-plate held by bolts and screws. Continuous welds seal coil spool in magnet case and make it water-tight. Welds are easily ground or chipped off for field removal of coil.

Coil-leads terminate in separate chambers, 180° apart. The magnet is freed of moisture and complete- ly filled, through these two chambers, with self- polymerizing, insulating compound.

Chains, the same as used on large EC&M ALL- WELDED Magnets, are of 3-leg design with links of cast manganese steel terminating in a forged crane link for easy hook-on.

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Tighten bolt head with power wrench. This draws up the plug, expanding the serrated leaves of the shell. Machine is locked tightly to the concrete base.

Move machine into position; in- sert assembly through hole in machine leg into the hole drilled in the concrete floor.

Determine position of machine; mark holes on floor; drill holes in machine legs to required diame- ter; drill holes in floor to required diameter and depth.

Special bolts that anchor machinery

When the forklift truck dumps its load, that hopper bin concrete. Today, these hopper bins are firmly anchored,

really vibrates. Keeping it anchored firmly in place used undisturbed by the drastic vibration.

to be quite a problem. Our fasteners engineers are often able to find a solu-

Then Bethlehem fasteners engineers were called in. tion that adds up to a saving for the user. If you'd like

their help, just get in touch with our nearest sales otlice.

They recommended using a special-headed anchor bolt

with an expansion shell to anchor the hoppers. As shown tae Br 3 2 BETHLEHEM STEEL COMPANY, BETHLEHEM, PA.

in the drawings above, this bole /ocks machinery to base

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This Week

May 11, 1959 Vol. 144 No. 19

STEEL

Metalworking Weekly

EDITORIAL 97 Passage of the watered down alias Ervin Bill by the Senate is just a start on labor reform.

SPECIAL FEATURE 100

The Case of the Vanishing Taxes!

Acton Chance, STEEL’s own private eye, gave such a good report on “The Case of the Vanishing Jobs” (Apr. 6, p. 99) that he was retained for this case also. You'll be amazed at what he has turned up.

WINDOWS OF WASHINGTON 108

Rep. Carl Vinson’s appearance at Ways & Means hearing seen as ma neuver to weaken renegotiation on

aircraft.

MIRRORS OF MOTORDOM 117

GM integrates its iron and aluminum casting facilities. Move touches off round of speculation.

THE BUSINESS TREND 121

Construction surges ahead. Old esti- mates for °59 are erased. Pencils are sharpened to figure probable record.

WHERE TO FIND—

Behind the Scenes .

Letters to the Editors . Editorial & Business Staffs Calendar of Meetings Men of Industry

New Products

New Literature .... \dvertising Index

Business —

Production —

Markets —

METALWORKING OUTLOOK

Companies, Union Far Apart as Steel Pact Negotiations Begin . The Case of the Vanishing Taxes—U. S. loses on foreign bids . . Example: Saving on one contract, $37,000. Loss in direct taxes, $67,000 TVA Asks for Bids on Generating Equipment Big Steel Has New Chief—Elects Walter F. Munford pre indian Vanadium Alloys Finishes $3.5 Million Expansion Why 14,964 Firms Failed in °58—Reasons given as safety lll * When Do You Replace Equipment?—Formula may help you decide Machine Tool Sales Pick Up—Cloud: Our losses in world markets Sales of Used Machinery Heading Up—Long term outlook bright Gabriel Makes Headlines as It Diversifies into New Markets How to Combat These Productivity Killers: Fatigue, Poor Visibility, and Boredom J&L’s $50 Million Project at Cleveland to Cut Costs

TECHNICAL OUTLOOK

Lathe Can Advance with Technology—Unit principle allows it

Chemical Tames Corrosion in Nitrogen Gas Generator

Wide Use Predicted for New Graphite Fabric—Tests continue

Machine Topics—New Machine Boosts Builder Sales .

Even Rookie Welders Can Use This Method—It’s that simple

Progress in Steelmaking—Automation’s Taking Over in the Blast Furnace

Tips from Missilemakers Can Cut Your Costs—Three listed

Transfer System Is Fast, Flexible—This may fit your needs

Throwaway Cutters Save $15,596 a Year—Cost study on gears

MARKET OUTLOOK

Complete Index to Market News and Prices

Distributors Back Steelmen—Hold the line resolution passed Steelworks operation chart and district ingot rates

Latest figures on iron ore stocks and consumption

Scrap Price Composite Declines

Nonferrous Metals—Stability Seen until Midyear

STEEL, the metalworking weekly,

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FOR TIRED MACHINES

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Private Eye Has New Case

Every full-blooded American metalwork ing management man who was raised o1 Mutt & Jeff knows that characters seldon spring into being at one bound. Sometime: they come on stage carrying a spear and vind up by taking the lead. Comic strij aficionados know that Mutt & Jeff wer two bums who became national characters; that Dinty Moore, though seldom depicted, carried more weight than the strip’s hero, Jiggs; that Popeye, who appeared origi nally as background decoration, took over top billing.

The new figure who appeared in STrei (The Case of the Vanishing Jobs, Apr. 6. p. 99) seems to be establishing a place fo: himself. Private Eye Acton Chance, brain child of Associate Managing Editor Joh: Morgan, is up to his tricks again this week, beginning on Page 100. He is on the trail of The Vanished Taxes, and you don’t have to be a mystery fan to

ittend this story—you simply be a taxpayer. Confidentially, d

carefully have to you know anybody who isn’t?

Briefly, friends, here’s the pitch. Actos learns that Company X lost its bid to ; Japanese firm on a government order fo: hip plates. Company X learned that it was underbid by about $37,000, and when the government began to crow about its savings, Company X called in Private Fye Chance. This boy poured himself a hoot of bourbon into a Dixie cup, called Clementine to tell her that he would be mable to catch her act at the Lucky Eleven night club, and was off like a shot

or, rather, with the shot

He found out some amazing informa tion. While the government saved $37,00' on the contract, it lost more than that it the tane it would have collected fron Company X and its employees in the event that Company X had filled the order Acton traces lost taxes all the way down the line, but we're not going to pirate hi report. You may read it for yourself, start ing on Page 100 when he picks up hi phone

Drums Along the Ohio

An old astrologer we know promised to read our horoscope if we bought him a drink. This kid was on in timate terms with Venus, and the moon and alcohol; beyond that, he confessed that he had grown a third set of teeth, s« it will be noted for the record that h« was a man of some consequence.

After he had poured a moderate amoun of that which stingeth like an adder dow: his patient esophagus, he said: “Friend Jupiter is in a state of indecision, possibly because today marks the feast of Set. You receive a communicatio!

recenuys

are vhout

from the Orient, maybe from Syria. Do as the man says.”

Sure enough, next day we received a letter from the drummer in the Syrian lemple Shrine Oriental Band of Cin cinnati. The drummer is Shafer O. Dieck mann, vice president, F. H. Lawson Co., an organization that has been producing sheet metal products in Cincinnati since 1816. That’s a right smart piece back: Why, the War of 1812 had recently ended, ind President Madison was winding up his second term among the ashes of Wash ington. It’s safe to assume that there were few sheet metal shops in Ohio at that time—and even fewer Oriental bands.

Mr. Dieckmann wanted to use the drum poem (Street, Mar. 23, p. 6) in his Tem ple publication. We told him that Srer vould be quite pleased to be mentioned in the Syrian Temple Shrine publication Why, when a genuine drummer picks up the beat from a business publication, it’s use for all hands to snap to attention

Column Fills Lobby

Machine Tool Editor Robert Huber was pleasantly astonished a few weeks ago in Milwaukee. He walked into the lobby Kearney & Trecker Corp. and ran into 1 6 ft blowup of one of his own stories K&T officials were so pleased with his column in the Mar. 16 Sreet (Builder Doesn’t Believe in Mousetrap Theory, p 130) they blew it up into a giant photo stat, set it on an easel, and planted it in their lobby. “Seeing your stuff on a bill board makes you think twice,” said Rob ert. “Imagine what would happen if vo had made a little mistake!”

(Metalworking Outlook—Page 91 )

Table pad of the compact Style 2112-B provides ample space for this rugged fixture. Work is shown clamped in position.

Ex-Cell-O Style 2112-B bores, faces heavy casting in a single cycle

RUGGED for roughing— PRECISE for finishing— ECONOMICAL for short runs Precision built for boring, turning and facing small or medium-size parts, the Ex-Cell-O Style 2112-B Precision Boring Machine is equally adept at tackling a heavy cast iron truck clutch housing.

The job is done quickly and accurately in one cycle. After clamping, rapid traverse brings the work into position for roughing tools to face two shoulders and plunge two bores. Feed is reversed for finish facing, and table feed-out doubles as a finish-bore pass. A standard hydraulically-operated Ex-Cell-O Facing Head carries the tooling.

Find out how the Style 2112-B or the double-bridge

FINISHING ROUGHING

Machining cycle and tooling are outlined above, with roughing tools shown fed to depth; finishing is done at opposite end of the feed stroke.

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Style 1212-B can put similar flexibility into your oper- ation. Write direct, or ask your local Ex-Cell-O Repre- sentative about combining these rugged, time-tested Precision Boring Machines with low-cost tooling for real economy in long runs or limited production.

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Progress Report on

TWO NEW METHODS OF TUBULAR COMPONENTS PRODUCTION

Special metal-working techniques are being used by the Tapco Group to pro- duce tubular members with distinct advantages for hundreds of aircraft, missile industrial and consumet product applications. Iwo of these technique s, Metal Gathering and Flo- trusion offer nunportant solutions to ck signers and engineers with the prob-

Jem of tubular parts production METAL GATHERING

Using the Metal Gathering process, a portion of a metal tube is heated in a resistance unit, then “gathered” into a forged lump or mass at either or both ends of the tube. The heated end-mass can then be immediately extruded o1 forged to any desired rough contigura- tion. After gathering or forging, any machining operation needed to finish the end is readily done right in the shops of the Tapco Group. Examples of tubing end-features produced by this process are illustrated in Figure |

Metal Gathering by the Tapco meth od offers several advantages: one-piece parts free from welds, brazing, ot mechanical aSs¢ mbly minimum machining for end features; no machining of tube interior to reduce wall thickness

greater strength and fatigue resist-

better grain flow ton

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Figure 1—Typical end-features that are readily produced in tubing by the Tapeo Group using the versatile, cost-saving Metal Gathering process.

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Figure 2—Flotrusion produces any desired variation in metal tubing. including those illustrated here

ance; uniform heat-treatment because the whole part is formed from tub- ing; heavy sections are integral with tubing; no excess metal required, hence material cost is less; a rapid process for reproduction once tooling is established.

rhe Tapco Metal Gathering process is readily applied to any metal, includ- ing steel, stainless steel, aluminum, titanium, and zirconium

Designs are almost unlimited in size, complexity, and features. A broad range of tubing lengths, diameters, and wall thicknesses can be handled by the Metal Gathering process. ¢ lose tolerances can be supplied; grinding, polishing, or honing can be vastly reduced,,and in some cases eliminated. One-piece parts replace multi-part assemblies. The process can also be used at various points along the length of the tubing

FLOTRUSION

Che Tapco Flotrusion process per- mits cold-drawing of tubing into vari- ous internal and external thicknesses, contigurations, sizes, and shapes, shown in Figure 2. The process was developed to permit high-production rates of parts normally emploving high cost machining or polishing. Flotru- sion can also be combined with the Tapco Metal Gathering process to pro- duce an almost limitless variety of end-features, wall-thickness variations, and other features in tubing.

Tapco Flotrusion offers these advantages:

Heavy wall sections can be devel- oped at one or both ends of cvlindrical

forms to provide for bearings, threads, or weldments,

Uniform wall thickness can be pro- vided with smaller or larger diameters on the tube,

Surface finishes of excellent qual- ity are standard, without expensive machining or polishing,

Burring and honing are not required,

Grain structure is improved, and additional heat-treatment can often be eliminated since cold-working im- proves tensile strength,

Tubing that has been heat-treated before Flotrusion gains added strength by cold-working,

Non-heat-treatable metals also gain strength by the cold-work effect of Flotrusion,

No excess material is required . Flotrusion requires only the exact vol- ume of material that the finished part requires. Material cost is kept down

All forgeable metals can be pro- cessed by Flotrusion . . . alloy and stainless steels, aluminum, titanium, zirconium, and others.

Tube diameters from 0.060” to 10 can be worked on present Flotrusion equipment at Tapco’s completely- equipped plant. Lengths to 15 feet have been processed, but longer lengths and larger diameters are within the range of Tapco capabilities and facilities.

The configurations shown will give vou ideas of how vou can reduce the cost of tubular components by Metal Gathering or Flotrusion or a combina- tion of the two. A 16-page design and data book on both processes will be sent to you on request.

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WHEN EMULSIONS GO SOUR, COSTS GO UP. The machine has to be shut down, losing production and valuable time. Costly labor is required for the clean-out, recharging, and disposal of the waste emulsion. Additional soluble oil is needed, adding to the total cost of frequent recharging.

BACTERIAL PLATE COUNTS PROVE ELCIDE 75 INCREASES EMULSION LIFE. The light areas below are bacterial colonies that ruin soluble oil emulsions. The left plate shows the untreated emulsion. The center plate is the same emulsion treated with a popular germicide. The right plate proves Elcide 75’s double control keeps emulsions clean and usable...as much as 5Y2 times longer by actual plant tests.

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LETTERS

TO THE EDITORS

Applauds Keeping Wages in Line

We wish to congratulate you on your fine article, “Keeping Wages in Line” (Apr. 13, p. 95). It was most interesting and informative, and I am sure it will be of use to our company.

Will you please send us 12 reprints?

Marion G. Reisner Adams Co. Dubuque, Iowa

I find this article most interesting. We would appreciate two dozen copies. I. W. Strong Executive Vice President Appleton Electric Co. Chicago ° ° ° May I have a reprint of this excellent article? Roy Mynsberge Administrative Assistant Design & Drafting Bendix Products Div.-Missiles Bendix Aviation Corp. Mishawaka, Ind.

A Dissenting Opinion

“The Case of the Vanishing Jobs” (Apr. 6, p. 99) is completely biased and unworthy of your usual objective report- ing. It appears to have been borrowed from some union’s files or from a political lobbyist.

The article makes a pretense of being statistical, yet the easy way in which the writer doubles the values of imports in the case of machine tools would make a Sstatistician’s hair stand on end.

Completely overlooked is the fact that in many cases, imports offer the American people something not available on the American market. Your own pages have attested to this fact with regard to cars. It is not that imported cars are cheaper in all classes—in many cases they are more expensive. Finally, the U. S. manu- facturers are waking up to the needs of the motorists.

Another point overlooked is that, after

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Report

filled with

Inside Facts on Outside Grinding

A Report on O.D. Grinding, by Norton specialists, describes ‘“‘tricks of the trade” that get the most out of cylindrical and centerless grinders... provides on-the-job performance of different grinding wheels . . . and analyzes the following highly efficient abrasives and bonds.

Abrasives. 44 ALUNDUM* (alumi- num oxide) abrasive, an ideal cost- cutter for many O.D. jobs. 32 ALUNDUM abrasive, first choice for grinding various materials, including harder steels. The other time-tested Norton ALUNDUM abrasives are also included. And 37 and 39 CRYSTOLON* (silicon carbide) abrasives are best

suited for grinding cast iron, non- ferrous metals, carbides and other materials.

Bonds. G bond, biggest advance- ment in vitrified bonds, gives best re- sults in most O.D. jobs, particularly crush-truing. Vitrified BE bond is another widely used favorite. Where CRYSTOLON abrasive is required, K bond is outstanding. B11 resinoid bond excels in uniformity with both ALUNDUM and CRYSTOLON wheels. For centerless feed wheels, R51 rubber bond assures complete regulating control without slippage.

Your Norton Man will be glad to work with you in solving O.D. prob-

lems, to assure you the lowest cost- per-piece produced. How this expert can bring you the value-adding, profit-boosting ‘‘Touch of Gold”’ is stated in the Report, available from your local Norton Representative and as near as your phone. NORTON CoMPANY, General Offices, Worcester 6, Mass. Plants and distributors around the world.

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May 11, 1959

Take a close look at precision...

in MINIATURE!

This is a brass “jewel” nut. A .100-100 shoulder nut used in precision electrical instruments, it is mass produced by FISCHER to Class 3 tolerances, countersunk both sides and sup- plied deburred, cleaned, ready to install. FISCHER specializes in turned nuts . . . standards, specials, odd sizes and types .. . having diameters from 1%” and standard or special threads from No. “0”. Each type is made to exacting specifications, delivered promptly, priced competitively. And these are the reasons FISCHER is your best source for dependable miniature nuts.

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LETTERS

(Concluded trom Page 10)

the war, the tremendous exports from this country were largely subsidized by U. S. foreign aid and were paid for by the tax- payers. This condition could not con- tinue forever. In many cases, a condi- tion of foreign aid was that the money be spent in the U. S. A. Naturally, our exports are diminishing now.

Under normal conditions, if foreign countries import from us, they must also export to us to obtain U. S. dollars. If we reduce our imports, it is inevitable that our exports will fall also. We can- not expect to be cheapest in every field. As long as we export more than we im- port, it proves we are cheaper or superior in a sufficient number of lines.

Every exporting country is faced with this same hard fact. In addition, as more and more underdeveloped countries be- come industrialized, the whole nature of world trade must shift.

W. L. Govan Loewy-Hydropress Div. Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corp. New York

e@ This article was not borrowed from some union’s files. Most industrial unions take the opposite position. We are not against imports. We are opposed to high tariffs. We believe Americans should be cognizant that competition is mounting from abroad. One reason for this is that the U. S.-foreign wage gap is so

wide

Seeks Rental Information

In Metalworking Outlook (Apr. 6, p. 93) we note with interest the announcement that GE rents industrial equipment. We would appreciate further details about this service.

K. G. Roth Mack Trucks Inc. Allentown, Pa.

@ We suggest you write to General Elec- tric Co., Schenectady, N. Y., requesting Bulletin No. GEA-6829.

Wants to Pass on Information

I’ve just read “What’s Coming in Weld- ing” (Mar. 30, p. 74) and found it in- teresting and informative. May I have an additional copy to pass this information on to those who are interested?

Lloyd R. Larsen Weld Dept. Dravo Corp. Neville Island, Pa.

Invaluable

We find your “Metal Selector” (Oct. 20, 1958, p. 165) invaluable for use in our analytical laboratory. May we have three copies of the current issue?

J. E. Van Dien Director Applied Spectrochemical Laboratories

Glen Rock, N. J.

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