[CASTING IRON IN LONG LIFE MOLDS]
Description
The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Views of foundry interior and the processes. Captions: “Casting iron in long life molds at the Holley Carburetor Company’s plant.” “The flame or soot deposits a thick coating of lampblack on the mold surface and travels with the molds while they are being coated. These machines have been in successful operation since July, 1922, in Detroit at the plant of the Holley Carburetor Company.” “The cores are placed in position by hand while the molds are in motion and are held by pins.” “A turn table carrying twelve molds makes forty revolutions per hour. One man thus pours over 400 per hour. Five of these machines at the Holley Carburetor Company’s plant produce 6000 castings in less than 4 hours.” “The castings are mechanically ejected by knock-out pins operated by cams and links. These castings are machineable without being annealed.” “Casting iron in the long life mold at the Holley Carburetor Company’s plant.” “Sooter in action - burning acetylene deposits lampblack on surface of molds.” “Placing cores while molds are in motion.” “Pouring the castings.” “Mechanically ejecting the casting by knock-out pins.” [1922]
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