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LEADING CLAY JOURNAL OF THE WORLD
* STRUCTURAL TILE - SEWER PIPE +« DRAIN TILE -« TERRA COTTA + ROOFING TILE + CLAY AGGREGATE
The mGig-v-talelai-ts
Meeting
Bigger, better sales meetings are on the way
“The Depletion fight
ys
is not over...
DOUGLAS WHITLOCK
Cloud Ceramics doubles production with new tunnel
kiln
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Bonnot Machinery — custom-tailored to your raw material and product needs — incorporates nearly “70 years of built-in integrity of performance” that assures less down time and reduces mainte- nance expense .. that adds up to lowest cost per ton of finished product. Engineering features such as CONSOLIDATED GEARING, yet with sepa- rate clutch controls, for pug mills and augers.. SUPER GEARING AND BEARINGS .. . BEST PUG- GING . .. THOROUGH DEAIRING — all save trouble and improve production.
And from Bonnot, your inquiry gets the kind of attention so vital when present and future SIGHTS must be concentrated on “more and better brick, tile and pipe.”
Rugged Machines for Constant Low Cost Operation BONNOT’S the Buy
CRUSHERS CUTTERS AUGER MACHINES HAMMER MILLS REPRESSES VACUUM MACHINES DRY PANS DIES SPECIAL EXTRUDERS WET PANS MIXERS PUG MILLS GRINDERS SPECIAL MACHINES TO ORDER
CANTON 2, OHIO FEEDERS DIRECT FOUNDRY SERVICE
“The solid appearance of these bricks is due largely to Spencer BRICKAID,” explains W. C. Superintendent of United Brick and Tile Company, to
Francis, Plant
W. C. Bull, Spencer research scientist. Besides boosting production, BRICKAID reduces chipping and dryer cracking. Read complete story below:
“How We Boosted Brick Production In Tunnel Kiln By 5,000 Bricks Per Day”’
BRICKAID, Spencer Chemical Company's new brick additive, virtually eliminates black coring, can reduce firing time up to 25% where black coring is the limiting factor:
“The problem of black coring has almost disappeared since we began BRICKAID,” de
Francis, Superinten-
using Spencer clares W. C.
dent of United Brick and Tile Com- pany’s Vale, Missouri plant. United has recent!y completed nine months of intensive scientific tests with BRICKAID, the new brick liquid additive developed by Spencer Chemical Company after two years
of research.
“BRICKAID cuts firing schedules, too,” says Francis. “We cut ours from 80 to 70 minutes, and we be- lieve we could have cut our time schedule more if needed. As it was,
SPENCER CHEMICAL COMPANY .
“Brick & Clay Record is published monthly by Industrial Publications, Inc., $5.00 per year; three years, $10.00; Foreign subscription price January 2, 1911, at the Post Office at Chicago, Ill., under the Act of March 3, 1879
we boosted our daily brick produc- tion by 5,000 through faster firing schedules. Our bricks had greater green strength, a great advantage in handling. With BRICKAID, too, we can fire difficult shapes that we
espe- cially large solid masses
couldn’t handle before.”
BRICKAID is non-inflammable and non-explosive. It’s also non-corro- sive when added at the usual rate
to pugmill water. Francis reports no corrosive effects on Vale equipment resulting from use of BRICKAID.
BRICKAID now costs 30c a gallon (40c west of the Rockies). A gallon
is enough for a ton of clay
For more information about BRICKAID write Sales Manager, Chemicals; Spencer Chemical Co.,
Dwight Bldg., Kansas City 5, Mo.
ea Brickaid
BRICK ADDITIVE
(™)
(A process patent on the use of BRICKAID is now pending.)
DWIGHT BUILDING
5 S. Wabash, Chicago 38, I! $7.00 per year; three years, $15.00. Vol. 131, No Additional entry at Pontiac,
a KANSAS CITY 5, MO.
Subscription price: U. S. A. and Canada, l io. 6. Entered as Second Class Matter
Sie), | ae of —| 2) | ay -\ - 1 oe]. me Se), lem S/o LOW MAINTENANCE
This Hewitt-Robins Jones feeder table at United States Steel’s Fairless Works provides a uniform supply of sinter fines from an overhead hopper to an H-R vibrating conveyor. The table is mounted directly on the output shaft of a Jones right angle re- ducer driven by a Jones heavy duty herringbone unit.
Over the past 25 years, the hundreds of Jones feeder table instal- lations have averaged only 68¢ per year per unit for spare parts. (his remarkable record of trouble-free operation is the result of Jones’ long experience with all principal types of feeder table drives—experience that you can call upon for the right type of feeder table gearing to meet your specific needs. To find out how H-R products and services can help you, consult your classified telephone directory for the nearest H-R representative, or con-
tact Hewitt-Robins, Stamford, Connecticut.
@ HEWITT-ROBINS
CONVEYOR BELTING AND IDLERS POWER TRANSMISSION DRIVES INDUSTRIAL HOSE VIBRATING CONVEYORS, SCREENS & SHAKEOUTS
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Tothe Cdito,
Brick Signboard
Editor, Brick & CLAY Recorp—While in White Sulphur Springs (at Green- brier SCPI meeting—Ed.) I gave you some photos and a blueprint of a brick sign board. This sign board I had observed while in Bob Foster’s territory inspecting some army bar- racks and it struck me as being a very good piece of promotion.
Bob had the idea that if all the brickyards over the country would put one of these sign boards up, then SCPI could get out signs and there could be new ones applied to the boards every so often. I thought that was a capital idea
W. W. Coates Jr. The Coates Co. Austin, Tex
Ed. Note Photo of the sign board is pictured here to illustrate the idea The Bob F oater referred to ia, of course, H. B. Foster of B) ck & Tile Service in North Carolina
Wants Kiin
Editor, Brick & CLAY RECORD I have recently built here in Chihuahua (Mexico) a factory, producing from 20,000 to 25,000 brick per day, and I am now interested in securing a Dry- er-Kiln. I am looking for a kiln for this production. If you have any names where we can purchase this kiln please let me know, as I would indeed be grateful to you.
Ing. Raul Arreola C.
Bolivar o. 507
Chihuahua, Chih., Mex.
(Continued on page 67)
BRICK & CLAY RECORD
Cloud Ceramics New tunnel kiln doubles plant output; stress is on mechanical handling, efficiency
SCPI Greenbrier Meeting Key points are bigger sales meetings for ‘58; the depletion fight is far from over, says Whitlock. . . .41
NCPMI Phoenix Meeting Robinson elected president, Reed named vice- president; advertising campaign has been successful, says report. . Reet
Knauft's Report Story of Robert Knavuft's tour of European refractories plants concludes; this month, Belgium and France. 53 Carnahan and Colors A continuation of a series on colors for brick, how to use them and the problems involved News of the Industry . Editorial ..
New Products . .
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Couldn't we up th’ cutting wire quota just a little?"’
DECEMBER, 1957
SPLIT LOADS
without STRAPPING
NOW YOU CAN DELIVER THREE SEPARATE LOADS OF BRICK TO THREE DIFFERENT LO- CATIONS, ALL FROM ONE INITIAL LOAD- ING. AND, WITHOUT COSTLY STRAPPING.
THE PACK-HAULER SAVES
“TIME -MONEY -LABOR
USED BY THE COUNTRY’S LEADING BRICK PRODUCERS
Write Today for Complete Information
AMERICAN TRUCK & BODY CORP.
P. O. BOX 1391 MARTINSVILLE, VIRGINIA
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From Kimberly-Clark Research
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Additive-A ;
IMBERLY-CLARK Additive A is a new liquid clay K conditioner easily added to the tempering water with multiple benefits in brick, structural clay products and clay pipe production. It greatly improves plasticity and strength, results in more efficient production, higher yields and more profitable operation.
Kimberly-Clark Additive A is the result of six years
of laboratory experimenting and three years of plant testing. It is a field-tested product now being
used to advantage in the production of millions of brick and tile.
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A complete clay conditioner with all these wanted benefits
Increases plasticity and promotes even temper. Body lubrication reduces lamination. Increases life of augers, dies and liners.
Promotes even flow through the die with reduced power consumption.
Increases wet green strength. Ware is more easily hacked without damage.
Allows faster drying at higher temperatures yet markedly reduces drier cracks.
Permits block or package setting. Produces cleaner, brighter colors. Less shrinkage—more uniformity in size.
General upgrading of all ware
Kimberly-Clark IC Corporation, Neenah, Wisconsin
CHEMICAL PRODUCTS DIVISION
DECEMBER, 1957 Please say “I saw It in B&CR”
ie TAPER‘LOCK
-IT’S INTERCHANGEABLE!
The New Way to Cut Costs
Save time in mounting. Cut down-time on
production machines. Standardize with Taper-
Lock, the interchangeable bushing. The
TAPER-LOCK SHEAVES same Taper-Lock bushing fits sheaves, sprock- ets, couplings, conveyor pulleys. That means smaller inventories of power transmission parts. And it means quicker changes when necessary to keep production lines running! Taper-Lock bushings are available in a range of sizes which makes it easy to change from one size shaft to another. Taper-Lock products slip onto the shaft quickly — hold with the firmness of a shrunk-on fit—come off easily, without shock to bearings or machinery. You'll profit by standardizing on Taper-Lock. DODGE MANUFACTURING CORPORATION TAPER-LOCK COUPLINGS 4900 Union Street Mishawaka, Indiana
Rigid Flexible Chain tix DODGE A y
TAPER-LOCK STEEL <>) of Mishawaka, Ind. CONVEYOR PULLEYS
TAPER-LOCK SPROCKETS
CALL THE TRANSMISSIONEER, your loca! Dodge Dis- tributor. Factory trained by Dodge, he can give you val vable assistance on new methods. Look for his name under Power Transmission Mochinery™ in the yellow pages of your classified telephone directory or write us.
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Here’s cost-saving data for you
This new B&W bulletin contains helpful data on many counts. It gives (1) basic facts about B&W Insulating Firebrick; (2) advantage of using IFB in regular and salt glazing periodic kilns; (3) proof of economy and long life. e Send for your copy of bulletin R-43 today.
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BAW REFRACTORIES PRODUCTS: B&W Alimu! Firebrick * B&W 80 Firebrick /i COCK * B&W Junior Firebrick * B&W Insulating Firebrick * B&W Refractory Castables, & WILCOX
Plastics, and Mortars * B&W Silicon Carbide. *fr a Witcox co s ‘Vision .
DECEMBER, 1957 Please say “I saw It in B&CR”
tated problem:
Un) SORM-SELECT BRI
Proven ...day after day!
Owners report excellent production results,
first quality ware and exceptionally high pro-
A, duction rates. Air and gasses are forced in a an zig-zag fashion through the kiln—evenly ¥ penetrating each stack Write Miller today for the full story on
famous Cros-Flo Tunnel Kilns
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5028 Alhombro 138 Horriet Drive Los Angeles 32 Co mney Son Antonio 12. Texas
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FIREBRICK THAT CAN TAKE IT!
For ype = on. Kilns...
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Periodic and tunnel kilns need five different quality and composition fire-
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brick for top performance and long service. From intermediate through High Alumina Quality, WELLSVILLE FIRE BRICK COMPANY can supply re- fractories to your most exacting specifications. Add to this, WELLSVILLE’S many years of experience in supplying quality refractories. Whether it's a new kiln or repairs, you can count on WELLSVILLE for top quality and top service. We'll be glad to assist you with recommendations on brick,
shapes, castables, plastics and cements.
Write
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DECEMBER, 1957 Please say “I saw It in B&CR”
a RECTANGULAR KILN CROWN,
Improve kiln performance with crowns of ATLAS LUMNITE* refractory concrete
@ Lumnite-made monolithic kiln crowns reduce heat loss save fuel, provide more uniform burns.
@ Monolithic kiln crown sections are quickly and easily placed—provide greater structural stability, cut maintenance costs
@ Service strength is reached within 24 hours, resulting in less downtime
For maximum convenience, use Lumnite-made castables.
These are packaged mixtures, ready for use. Just add
water, mix and place. Made and distributed by
leading manufacturers of refractories.
For more information write: Universal Atlas,
100 Park Avenue, New York 17, N. Y.
*“LUMNITI ace rk of the ca ’
) : la re by Universal Atlas Cement Company u-tse PAD E-MARK
UNIVERSAL ATLAS CEMENT COMPANY — member oftheindustriaifamily thatservesthe nation— UNITED STATES STEEL
OFFICES: Albany - Birmingham . Boston - Chicago - Dayton . Kansas City . Milwaukee - Minneapolis - New York - Philadelphia - Pittsburgh . St. Louis « Waco
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Bodies of McNally Pittsburg Kiln Cars are cast to any desired size, of special heat-
resisting iron—properly
stress relieved.
MacAlloy wheels, double- flanged one side, straight- faced other side—keep cars on track.
No lubricant needed on these cold-rolled steel axles —easily cleaned by com-
Photo Courtesy A. P. Green Fire Brick Co.
What makes these Kiln Cars Stay in Service So Much Longer?
Here’s where years of experience in de- signing and building equipment for the basic industries can HELP YOU CUT COSTS. Here are kiln cars engineered of special heat-resistant iron normalized by proper stress relieving—for longer life
—fewer costly work stoppages.
Built Pittsburg MacAlloy
bearings protected for long service.
to your specifications, McNally Kiln
iron—stress relieved—special
Cars feature exclusive
Investigate these engineered kiln cars. Mail coupon.
pressed air.
“Ask the men who know"—McNally Pittsburg Manufacturing Corp.
Other McNally Equipment
Bevel crown gears
Bevel crown gear pinions
Muller wheels
Muller tires
Muller track plates
Muller shafts
Manual clutches
Piow holders
Swivel plates for plows
Screen arms
Screen plates (round and slotted holes)
Screen plows
All types of sleeves and bushings for
dry pans Kilns Damper rings
Damper ring covers
Pug Mills
Pug Mill shells
Pug Mill shafts
Pug Mill knives
Pug Mill dies
Drain tile dies
Bushings for tile presses
Brick machine dies
Feeders
Brick transfer car wheels and axles
Conveyors, belt, scraper, apron
Pinions, gears, sprockets, shafts, axles, and other parts to your specifications
GET THIS FREE BROCHURE AND SPECIAL INFORMATION
McNally Pittsburg Mfg. Corp., Dept. B Pittsburg, Kansas
Please send information and illustrated folder
on MeNally Pittsburg Kiln Cars.
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DRY FLUID DRIVE
CLAY CONDITIONER — Additive A is a new liquid clay conditioner added to tempering water that increases plasticity and promotes even temper. Body lubrica- tion reduces lamination. Increases life of augers, dies and liners; promotes even flow through the die with reduced power consumption. Increases wet green strength: ware is more easily hacked without dam- age. Kinnloorhy Cian Corp.., Neenah, Wis.
116/Cirele on er’s Service Coupon
BLACK CORING — Brickaid, Spencer Chemical Company's new brick additive, virtually eliminates black coring can reduce firing time up to 25% where black coring s the limiting factor. The additive to Brick is reported to have grueter green strength, and facilitates handling. Spencer
Chemical Co., Kansas City 5, Mo. 117/Circle on Reader's Serv Coupon
EXTRUSION MACHINE—"We have re- duced drying and firing losses at least 50°% with our Plymouth Specials which re- placed machines that did not offer the de-airing principle.” This letter to Fate- Root-Heath further goes on to say, “By eliminating veriables they have greatly mproved the quality of our product. Fate-Root-Heath Co., Plymouth, Ohio 118/Cirele on Reader's Service Coupon
GRINDER—The American No. 384 grind er will efficiently handle hard clay, shale and other similar materials used in the manufacture of brick and other clay prod- ucts. American Clay Machinery reports thet these materials can be handled wet or dry and there are no screen pilates to clog end slow down production. American Clay Machinery, Marion, Ohio 119/Circle on Reader's Service Coupon
HYDRAULIC BOOSTERS — Hydraulic power that you cen vary and control at will and use for such common shop op- erations as punching, clamping, pressing, riveting, shearing, welding, etc. Miller reports Boosters save air, space, and weight. Miller Fluid Power Div. Melrose Park Iii.
120/Circle on Reader's Service Coupon
MACHINE BELTS—Ton-Tex reports Oil- Ex is tough, durable and highly resistant to oils, water, heat and abrasion. Ojl-Ex is made of plies of selected cotton duck bonded together with Neoprene and spe- cial compounds. Made in 2 types of duck, 7 different weights. Ton-Tex Corp., Grand Rapids 2, Mich.
121/Cirele on Reader's Service Coupon
DE-AIRING MACHINES — No. 70F Me chine with advantages of separate drive operation has in addition, a maximum of applied horsepower when required for extrusion. Pugging capacity is reported to be high. J. C. Steele & Sons, States- ville, N. C.
122/Cirele on Reader's Service Coupon
DRILLS—Mobile Drilling reports satisfied users due to full 6 feet stroke, 8,000 Ibs. hydraulic ram force, separate drill clutch and centralized |!-man control panel, on Mobile Drills 8-36 Hydraulic vertical augers, Mobile Drilling, Inc., Indianapolis,
Ind. 123/Circle on Reader's Service Coupon
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Philadelphia 3! 129/Circle on Reader's Service Coupon
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HAMMER MILLS
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FORK-LIFT TRUCKS The
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DECEMBER, 1957
GLAZE STAINS—Vitro now offers severe new chrome alumina pinks in the 600 eries that have been improved in strength to give purer color values with t undesirable brown spots. They're eas apply, their initial cost ow, and they e stable to cone 12. Other Vitro colors table within any tempere normally employed and are be of purest value. Vitro Mfg. C Pittsburgh 4, Pa 138/Circle on Reader's Service Coupon
SUPERLITE TRUCKS—A t cut of abc 1s reported by Br be delivered than if transported ost and fast, but gentle han describes Superlite unicad Equipment Co. Phoenix Z na 139 Circle on Reader's Service Coupon
How to Get Rush Information lf you want further information or litera ture describing the products in this spe- cial features, just use the handy card you will find on page 18. Our Reader's Service Dept. will contact the manufac- turers directly and see that you obtain the requested information as quickly as
possible.
MOTO-BUG — Interchangesble S-!0 Moto-Bug hes an advantage of changing nto 3 separate units. The Fork-lift has a ad capacity of 1000 pounds with a lift- ing height of 6 feet. Hopper converts Moto-Bug into a 10 cu. ft. power wheel- barrow which can climb 16% ramps. A heavy-duty, 34-ton truck can be had just by changing from hopper or fork-lift to a 4-foot platform. Kwik-Mix Co., Port Washington, Wis. 140/Circle on Reader’s Service Coupon
GAS TRUCKS—The Yale G-3 gas truck is reported to load at 60 ft. a minute while inching. Power steering and brakes for maximum maneuverability in tight areas. No clutch pedal or shifting of gears is needed. It travels to speeds up to 20 MPH, with automatic transmis- sion. For fast, controlled lowering it has a low center of gravity with high under- clearance. Capacities from 15,000 to 20,000 Ibs. The Yale & Towne Mfa. Co. Philadelphia, Pa
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STRAPPING
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STRETCHERS
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VULCO ROPES
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CRAWLER
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THE LATEST IN SUPPLIER DEVELOPMENTS
Truck Bumpers Flex-O-Rubber e mounted anywhere é truck-dock impact, breakage Made , they can tne Dumper ick bumpers styles—specific truck bed platforms Bumpers Inc., 2543 -veland 13, Ohio
Electric Powered Strapper
power strapping in producti model AE
ses a small 115 V motor
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vide exact, unvarying
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single stroke hand lever sealing and cutting the strap. The tool reduces operates “anywhere a
weighs only two
worker fatigue; light bulb will”: pounds with 75 seals in the load maga- zine. Signode Steel Strapping C Chicago 47, Ill 101 Circle on Reade
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Towing Tractors
industrial towing tractors,
and TG-50, have been added t Chalmers Mfg. Co. material equipment line. Both hav:
s and compactness fo
in areas with limited over-
i earance. Allis-Chalmers Mfg Milwaukee, W
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Rotating Union
4 compact rotating union for intro- ducing air or hydraulic oil under pressure into clutches or power shov- els, cranes, drag lines, and drilling rigs, has been introduced by Deublin Co. Model 1300 comes with rotors having %” or %” right hand pipe threads and % 18 N.F. threads. For hydraulic service—at 1,500 rpm and 2,000 psi—the two micro-lapped end face sealing elements are 52,100 oil hardening steel. For air—at 150 psi a carbon graphite seal is substituted for the alloy bronze. A hexagon socket n the end of the rotor shortens over- hang and makes installation in tight quarters easier. Servicing can be easily done in the field without special tools. Deublin Co., 1155 Waukegan Rd., Glenview, Il. 103, Circle on Reader’s Service Coupon
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Clipper Accessories
Two new accessor for the Super matic masonry saws hav been an Fram
nounced by Clipper. extensions,
both for right and left side use, can
be added now, making double or triple
width saw. The unit allows cutting of isonry materials up to 7’ in length or
even longer With accessory
ensions, the Supermat an become a
frame ex- Saw; wet cutting, dry utting, tra saw, light duty concrete and double-triple width saw. Retractable wheels are also available, as is Stow- 4-Way handles. Clipper Mfg. Co., Kansas City 8, Mo
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Wet Cutting Blade
A new wet-cutting 3-ply reinforced breakage-resistant abrasive blade for masonry cutting has been announced by Eveready BrikSaw Co. The blade is the wet-cutting counterpart of the Tuffie dry-cutting blade. Reinforced with fibre glass, the new blade has additional reinforcing on both sides and at the hub. The blade comes in a complete range of specifications for cutting all types of masonry. More on the wet-cutting Tuffie from Eveready BrikSaw Co., Chicago 5.
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increase of 6.7 sq. ft. It is designed with an ejector of increased height, and greater apron opening. Rock guards are standard equipment, to protect against fouling of draft arms due to rock spillage. Caterpillar Trac tor Co., Peoria, Ill.
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Utility Tractor
International Harvester has an- nounced a new 330 Utility tractor, available with matched equipment in-
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luding backhoes, blades, loaders, snow Better Screening shovels, etc. Special mounting pads —— at Less Cost
were designed to help speed equip-
ment changeover, Harvester’ says.
The 330 Utility delivers 35 HP at th
belt, ranking between the 130 and 350
Utility models. International Harves- Co., Chicago 1, Ill
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Shaft Mounted Drive
Falk has announced production of a new, larger capacity shaft mounted drive. The all-steel 315J drive is avail able in single reduction ratio of 5:1 and in two double reduction ratios of 14:1 or 25:1. Unit ratings range from
Caterpillar’s Lowbowl scraper de- 2 hp at 5 rpm to 50 hp at 359 rpm; i is now available for their D7 maximum torque rating at low speed Tractor. The new No. 435 scraper re- shaft is 31,000 Ib.-in. All described in places No. 70. Its lower shape and bulletin 7100 from Falk Corp., Mil- improved design give it 38.6 sq. ft. of waukee 1, Wis bottom area to 31.9 for the No. 70, an 108/Circle on Res
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January 15, 1958 — offers —
INTEGRATED HEAT SCREENING
THE DEISTER CONCENTRATOR COMPANY
The Original Deister Co... Est 1906
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THE FAMOUS CHAMBERS SUSPENDED DESIGN
Air-Pressure Control
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GRINDING PRESSURE RANGE with Chambers Air-Pressure Control Air Pressure in Cylinder ‘ 75 lbs 100 lbs. 125 Ibs. 150 lbs
Total Crushing Pressure on Muller .... *11.900 Ibs. *14,000 lbs. *16.000 Ibs. *18,100 Ibs. *90
Write today for further information, without obligation.
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DECEMBER, 1957 Please say “I saw It in B&CR”
NEW R/M Poly-V’ Drive
Solves Seven Major Power Transmission Problems !
Heavy duty drive problems can be accepted as necessary and costly features of power driven equipment — or they can be overcome! The difference is Poly-V* Drive... R/M’s patented new concept in heavy duty power transmission. Here’s how R/M Poly-V Drive helps eliminate seven major problems common to most con- ventional V-belt drive applications.
BELT MATCHING—Poly-V employs a single unit, V- ribbed endless belt running on specially designed sheaves—not a series of V-belts which vary in length. Belt length matching problems are com- pletely eliminated!
SPEED RATIOS—Full contact between belt ribs and sheave grooves prevents belt ‘‘sinking’’ and uneven speeds... maintains constant speed ratios and effective pitch diameter from no load to full load!
SPACE REQUIREMENTS—Greater horsepower capacity per inch of sheave width with Poly-V delivers up to 50° more power in the same space as a multiple V-belt drive ...or equal power in as little as 2¢ the space!
*Poly-V is a registered Raybestos-Manhatitan trademark
BELTS = HOSE + ROLL COVERINGS + TANK
DRIVE LIFE—Poly-V Drive has twice the contact area with only Aalf the face pressure and that means less wear, longer life for both belt and sheaves!
STOCK INVENTORIES — Just two cross sections of Poly-V Belt meet every heavy duty power transmission requirement, as compared to five in the case of V-belts. With Poly-V you keep belt and sheave inventories to an all time low!
HEAT PROBLEMS— Because thinner Poly-V Belts have twice the ribbed area of V-belts exposed to the air, you are assured cooler operation and less strain on your equipment. And, of course, Poly-V Belt con- struction is heat resistant, oil-proof and non-spark!
EQUIPMENT DOWNTIME—Stronger, cooler running, longer lasting Poly-V Belt needs fewer tension ad- justments after run-in... stays on the job longer to reduce downtime costs for replacements, too!
If any—or al/l—of these features can help improve your heavy duty power transmission drive performance and dependability, you owe it to yourself to investigate R/M Poly-V Drive. R/M engineers who developed it will be glad to assist you in determining the Poly-V Drive in- stallation that will best solve your problems... give you “‘More Use per Dollar.”
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Other R/M products: Abrasive and Diamond Wheels * Brake Blocks and Linings * Clutch Facings * Asbestos Textiles * Mechanical Packings * Engineered Plastics * Sintered Metal Products * Industrial Adhesives * Laundry Pads and Covers * Bowling Balls
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Brick are stacked from kiln car to six strapping stations. No rehandling. Each cube somples contents of several kiln cars for better brick blend. Stacking jigs have side and bock walls for smooth- sided cubes. Each operator works two stacking jigs . lift truck removes one cube while operator stacks and strops the next cube. Fork lift trucks approach from outside, left and right move cubes directly to yard or truck.
Signode Helps Kelsey-Ferguson Save $100,000 a Year with New Packaging System
Kelsey-Ferguson is one of the pioneers in the large- scale packaging of brick. All of their 100,000 daily output of brick has been packaged for some time. But an all-new packaging system is saving over $100,000 per year, and producing better brick packs!
The new system, worked out by a Signode field engineer and Kelsey-Ferguson personnel, incorpo- rates the latest improvements in Signode tools and methods. Noteworthy is the fact that $26,000 of the yearly savings come from reductions in the cost of strapping and associated unitizing materials alone. The balance of the savings is in cost of labor.
Heart of the new System is direct stacking from tunnel kiln to the strapping stations, eliminating all rehandling and restacking. This is described in the picture caption.
Use of Signode’s fast air-powered strapping tools makes strapping much faster, much easier, and pro- duces correct strap tension every time.
Isn't it time to take a new look at your methods of packaging? A Signode sales representative will be glad to help you do so, and to show you what's new from Signode.
Call him today, or write:
SIGNODE STEEL STRAPPING CO.
2629 Western Avenue, Chicago 47, Illinois
Offices Coast to Coast. Foreign Subsidiaries and Distributors World-Wide. In Canada: Canadian Steel Strapping Co., Ltd., Montreal * Toronto
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CAR TOPS
cut replacement cost by as much as 50%!
It's a fact nine out of ten users of PACO CAR TOPS are satisfied customers and all report replacement sav ngs up to 50%! For the utmost in service, you require a good first quality car top, highly resistant to spalling, and a good hot load test and you get just that when you standardize
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¢ EVENNESS OF BURN ¢ STRAIGHTNESS OF LOAD « PERFECT OXIDATION
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TUNNEL
Yankee Hill Brick Company's Dressler Kiln delivers uniform firing performance of highest quality—a vital factor in the me- chanical handling of the fired product in this operation. Loads are transferred by mechanical forks from dryer cars to kiln cars. Fork trucks remove 50% of burned load in one operation, and stack two units high (32 courses) in yard—requiring con- trolled, uniform shrinkage through the Kiln. The Kiln is 263’ long, and is pro- vided with a 6-car preheater. Kiln capacity is 40,000 brick per day; loads are 2,000 brick per car.
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“Tournatractor can push-load two scrapers in the same time a crawler pushes one,” says Supt. Jim Vaughn, of B&B Construction Co. Stripping overburden for M & M Clays, Inc.'s kaolin pit, rubber-tired tractors helped C Tournapulls load in just 48 seconds,
Ax A. S. Boone — whose B & B Construction Co. does a lot of con- tract stripping, mining, and hauling for clay operations in the “kaolin country” around Irwinton, Georgia. He'll give you strong arguments in favor of rubber-tired LeTourneau- Westinghouse Tournatractor®.
High crawler upkeep prompted switch to Tournatractor
B & B once used only crawler trac- tors. But when the firm’s books showed that repair bills on 5 crawl- ers in 1 year totaled $30,000, Boone recalls, “It was time to look for trac- tors that would operate in sand, clay and water without high repair costs.”
Two Model D Tournapull® scrapers B & B owned had cost only $450 in repairs for over 5000 hours of work. Because Boone and his men figured rock-bottom maintenance costs should run “in the family”, they bought 2 new Tournatractors. Here’s what’s happened:
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A Subsidiary of Westinghouse Air Brake Company
Wide, low-pressure tires gave good traction and flotation in wide variety of materials en- countered on project. Other Tournapull fea- tures that helped speed production included 29.9 mph travel speed, exceptional manevuver- ability, instant-acting electric power system.
DOWNTIME: Tournatractor down- time has been only 10 days, com- pared to 30 per year per crawler.
LUBE TIME: B & B’s work records show Tournatractor can be lubed in 5 minutes .. . far less than a crawler.
REPAIR COST: When the firm bought its 2 Tournatractors, it also pur- chased 4 C Tournapulls and a new crawler. The maintenance cost of all 6 L-W machines has been ap- proximately $4500, that of the one crawler approximately $2200.
“Does work of 2 or 3 crawlers”
Has replacing 4 crawlers with only 2 rubber-tired tractors affected pro- duction? “Yes,” says Boone, “we get a lot more done! Tournatractor does the work of 2 or 3 crawlers.” Fora sample of the kind of production B & B’s getting nowadays, check the accompanying work report. Tip: Why not take a close look at your crawler maintenance costs... then look at Tournatractor. Ask us for full details.
Where quality is a habit
B & B’s rubber-tired fleet strips 8,000 yds. a day
One of B & B's recent contracts in- volved stripping overburden at M&M Clays, Inc.'s kaolin pit at Mcintyre, Ga. From top surface to kaolin, the 36’ deep overburden included layers of clay-and-sand, pure sand, water- and-sand, and — just above the kao- lin—a 3’ layer of sticky gumbo. L-W Tournapulls, with Tournatractors pushing, kept production steady throughout the wide range of ma- terials ... clicked off 2290’ cycles in an average of just 3.9 minutes.
C Tournapulls, with 18-yd. Fullpok* scrapers, pushed by husky Tourna- tractors, loaded in a hurry. Average load time was only 48 seconds; dis- tance was 90’; and payloads aver- aged 11 to 12 yards of the heavy materials. When B & B used its full fleet of 4 C ‘Pulls* and 2 Tourna- tractors, daily production averaged a big 8,000 cu. yds.
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YOU
if you engage in heat processing in the CLAY PRODUCTS and CERAMICS FIELD you'll desire a copy of the LANLY Bulletin No. 572.
Its interesting and informative contents were planned to enable our many friends to better their respective competitive positions in an increasingly active field.
This is often feasible with the acquisition of LANLY designed and installed heat processing equipment.
New Bulletin 572
Covering Refractory, Sanitary Ware, & Vari-Purpose Dryers is yours for the asking
Name
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THE LANLY CO. CERAMIC OVENS & DRYERS 765 Prospect Ave. + Cleveland, Ohio
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American Lava Corp. Amer. Rad. & Std. Sanitary Corp. American-Standard Prod., Ltd. American Vitrified Prod. Co. Atlantic Tile Mfg. Co.
Babcock & Wilcox Co. Carborundum Co.
Celotex Corp.
Clay City Pipe Co.
Corundite Refractories, Inc. Crane Co., Ltd.
Dickey, W. S. Clay Co.
Eljer Company
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Frontenac Fi. & Wall Tile, Ltd. General Tile Corp.
Gladding, Mc-Bean & Co. Graff-Kittanning Clay Prod. Co. Harbison-Walker Refract. Co. Ingersoll-Humphryes Co. Jordan Tile Co.
Kohler Co.
Larson Clay Pipe Co.
Logan Clay Products Co. Massillon Refractories Co., The Mosaic Tile Co.
Natco Corp.
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1957
DECEMBER,
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Tough hauling problem? Take a look at
If heavy loads, rough roads and steep grades, with little or no turn-space, are part of your hauling problems, then you'll find some answers in Koehring Dump- tor. Come along on a typical load- haul-and-dump cycle:
There's no slow jockeying back and forth at the loader. Dumptor spots into position fast — is loaded over the sides, or over either end. Wide-flared 6-yard body, with low height, provides a big square target — 64 square feet, to be exact, This
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reduces spillage, steps up output of shovel, dragline, clamshell, or trac- tor type loader — adds extra trips to daily production.
On the haul, Dumptor accelerates fast, pulls through soft ground with less shifting — climbs 24% ramps or grades fully loaded. It has better than 6 H.P. of “go” for every ton of loaded weight. Narrow haul roads, ledges, tunnels, overhead ramps and trestles are no problem, There is no need to turn, because Dumptor operates with equal ease
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and speed in either direction. It gets this unique mo-turn shuttle- haul advantage through a constant- mesh transmission that gives the same, fast, 3-speed travel forward and backward. Every turn saved cuts 15 seconds off cycle-time.
At the dump area (above), gravity tilts the body, dumps the load in ome second. No 15 to 25-second wait for slow-acting mechanical body-hoist — no hoist maintenance. Gravity-dump never balks — never wears out. Heavy-duty Dumptor
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Dumptor....
also has a ton of strength for every ton of payload capacity. Sides, ends of body are rib-reinforced. Double- plate bottom is lined with multiple steel beams. Check its other advan- tages at right — then ask Koehring distributor to demonstrate what Dumptor can do on your heavy, off-road hauling. Call him today.
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HEAVY-DUTY CHASSIS SPRING
Dumptor has just one chassis spring — a@ heavy snubber-type, mounted between main frame and steering axle. No leaf springs. Big shock-ab- sorbing drive tires eliminate springs and spring maintenance on drive axle.
OFF-SET PIVOT ON i
Pivot point on steering axle is offset from center line 314" toward oper- ator side of Dumptor. There's no sag, even with unbalanced loads. Steering axle oscillates up to 21”, helps keep twisting strains ovt of main frame.
BOLTED OR FREE-SWINGING PAN
Heavy steel kick-out pan is 2" thick. Pan can be bolted to body floor for extra protection when loading rock. Remove bolts, and pan has swinging kick-out action ... breaks load suction when dumping wet or sticky materials.
HYDRAULIC POWER-STEER
Power steering adds to Dumptor ma- neuverability for fast spotting, lets driver handle off-road travel with ease. Dumptor has a short turning radius of only 19’-3", far less than other haulers of comparable capacity.
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TIRES TRACK IN DIRECT LINE
Wide, heavy steering axle puts Dump- tor steer wheels in line with drive wheels. Tires track in the same path. There’s less rolling resistance, bet- ter traction in soft ground, on loose stockpiles and over rough haul roads.
STREAMLINED ALL-STEEL BODY
There are no bulges or ledges inside the body. Top edge is box beam con- struction. Sides and ends are ribbed with 5 and 8-inch channels. Bottom is lined with multiple steel beams. Stur- dy ridge bar joins rock guard teeth.
SIMPLE BODY LATCH
Body latch for 1-second gravity dump is simple and trouble-free. Latch is engaged by a single hook mounted on the chassis frame. Dump lever is lo- cated inside cab in an easy-to-reach position for quick effortless dumping.
EASY-REACH CONTROLS:
(1) speed gear shift, (2) directional geor shift, (3) starting aid, (4) feet throttle, (5) clutch pedal, (6) brake pedal, (7) parking brake, (8) body release lever, (9) hand throttle, (10) light control switch, (11) Controlator.
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“‘We are well satisfied with our $-D Kiln Car Wheels”’
.. « says Plant Engineer Philip D. Pearce, Boren Clay Products Co.
Boren Clay Products has had the S-D “Floater’’ Wheels in service for over a year at their Pleasant Garden, N. C. plant . . . another of scores of brick plants all over the nation recognizing the smooth running, low maintenance values of S-D ‘Floater’’ Kiln Car Wheels. You, too, can eliminate conven- tional kiln car wheels and their costly everyday maintenance and lubrication by installing S-D ‘‘Float- ers’’ on your present cars.
These S-D “Floaters” run free and easy; seldom require lubrication. Mr. Pearce reports: ‘We are on a 90-day lubrication cycle and it might be too often but it keeps us on the safe side.’ The outer hub on S-D ‘Floater’ Wheels is com- pletely closed. Inner hub is pro- tected by two metal grease seals —effectively eliminating dust while retaining special high temperature lubricant.
Let us quote you on wheels for your present cars. Write today. San- ford-Day Iron Works, Inc., Knox- ville, Tenn.
Mr. Pearce is shown above in his Boren Clay Products kiln with S-D ‘Floater’ Wheel equipped car. S-D Floater’ is shown at left demounted, illustrating how bearings remain in permanent adjustment. Wheels and
bearings can be provided for various load requirements.
Knoxville, Tennessee
Send us photostatic copy or blueprint of your present cars. With this information, we can quote you on replacement wheels. Save maintenance with free and easy running S-D ‘‘Floaters’’!
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DECEMBER, 1957
Get Clear-Span Design, Rugged Construction
with NEW STRAN-STEEL BUILDINGS
When you need a long, clear-span building that has sturdy construction yet is flexible enough to be tailored to your needs, you need an all-steel building from Stran- Steel’s new building line.
The long, column-free spans of the new buildings make them ideal for continuous kiln operation. Stran-Steel buildings with unobstructed floor space can accommo- date kilns and dryers, complete with ex- haust ducts, plus plenty of room for kiln cars, lift trucks and transfer cars.
Stran-Steel buildings are rugged. At the peak and knee, the continuously welded rigid frame I-section steel plate beams are securely bolted together. Each frame is also permanently bolted to the foun-
Dept. 25-17
STRAN-STEEL CORPORATION Detroit 29, Michigan + Division of
NATIONAL STEEL ' CORPORATION
Here's where to get more information:
Atienta 3, Ga., 206 Volunteer Bidg.; Chicago 6, Ml., 205 W Wocker Dr.; Cleveland 16, Ohio, 20950 Center Ridge Rd Detroit 29, Mich., Tecumseh Rd; Houston 5, Texas, 2444 Times Bivd.; Kenses City, Mo., 6 East | Ith St.; Minneapolis 4, Minn., 708 S. 10th St.; New York 17, N.Y., 405 Lexington Ave.; Sen Francisco 3, Coal., 1707 Central Tower Bidg.; Washington 6, D. C., 1025 Connecticut Ave., N.W.
dation. Clear-span structures are avail- able in widths of 40, 50, 60, 70 and 80 ft. and multiples thereof.
You get the cost-saving features of a pre- engineered structure in a quality building which is durable and fire-safe. Exterior is finished with exclusive Stran-Satin metal wall which provides a strong, durable panel with the weather resistance of zinc- coated steel and the smooth, spangle-free appearance of expensive materials. Peaks, gables and eaves are completely enclosed.
Up to $25,000 is available to finance these buildings through the Stran-Steel Purchase Plan. As little as 25% initial investment; up to 5 years to pay. Ask your Stran-Steel dealer for the complete story.
Detroit 29, Michigan, Dept. 25-17
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Wear on all equipment is tremendously reducea \l “w by Stoody Hard-Facing Alloys when properly The selected and applied. Best techniques for gaining extra wear protection on important tractor parts, for example, are illustrated below with of maintaining recommended hard-facing materials. Other
applications are shown in the Stoody Guidebook.
Brick and Clay equipment Stoody Company supplies hard-facing alloys for all accepted methods of application, each with specific advantages. Those of primary interest to brick and clay plants are:
STOODY MANUAL ELECTRODES — Available in a complete range of alloys and sizes. Meet all wear requirements from extreme abrasion to heavy impact. Excellent for position welding. Most effective where surface area is small, parts are moderately sized or cannot be readily positioned.
STOODY SEMI-AUTOMATIC HARD FACING WIRES— Sup- plied in layer wound coils for application through semi- automatic welders. Designed to bridge the gap between manual and fully automatic hard-facing materials, sup-
DOZER END BITS Semi-Automatic —STOODY 100 or STOODY 130 Manual —COATED TUBE STOODITE or TUBE BORIUM
/ 0 TOP CARRIER ROLLS Manual—STOODY 1027
TRACK ROLLERS Manual—STOODY BUILD-UP and STOODY 1027 Semi-Automatic —STOODY 104 and STOODY 108
Automatic —STOODY 104 and STOODY 105
plying the speed of the automatic process with the flex- ibility of manual application. Jobs can be completed in 1% to %4 the time of manual welding. Available in a com- plete range of alloys similar in deposits to manual elec- trodes. Wires are bare, permit full visibility during welding. No fluxes required. Recommended primarily for down- hand welding on large areas.
STOODY FULLY AUTOMATIC HARD FACING WIRES— Sup- plied in continuous layer wound coils; available in a variety of alloys covering all common wear problems. Applied by submerged arc in most cases. Recommended for wear properties, high rate of application and smooth, uniform deposits. Generally used for hard-facing large cylindrical parts which can be rotated on the positioning equipment during welding.
For more information on specific Stoody Alloys and best application procedures ask your Stoody Dealer (check the phone book Yellow Pages), or write direct. IDLERS Manual —STOODY BUILD-UP and STOODY 1027
Semi-Automatic —STOODY 104 and STOODY 108 STOODY COMPANY
Automatic —STOODY 104 and STOODY 105 11950 East Slauson Avenue * Whittier, California
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December 1957 Vol. 13
5 SOUTH WABASH AVE. CHICAGO 3, ILL. FRanklin 2-6880 _— Established 1892, (> now in 66th year. Mea Herold H. Rosenberg, Editor and Chair- man of the Board. *Fred L. Steinhoff, Publisher *J. J. Svec, Assistant Publisher Jock B. Anderson, Associate Editor Elmer Spain, Technical Editor M. J. Skodon, Mgr., Publication Printing Lynn H. Campbell, Research & Merchan- dising Mgr. Walter W. Koch, Art Director R. H. Lash, Exec. Dir. of Circulation H. G. Leve, Circulation Director *Edweord Dietterie, 3834 Monteith Dr., Los Angeles 43, Calif. West Coast Editoria/ Representative Advertising Sales Representatives
Please address all correspondence regarding copy, instruction and cuts to:
Chicago Office: 5 S. Wabash Ave., Chi- cago 3, Ill. FRanklin 2-6880 John H. Van Deventer, Vice President, Gen'l Sales Mgr. Floyd M. Bardick, Business Manager Roy Barron, Asst. Business Manager S. J. Hoganson, Promotion Director New York: Albert S. Robinson, Vice Presi- dent, 420 Lexington Ave., Room 846, NYC 17. Phone: Murray Hill 3-2877 East Central: Richard F. Burkhart, Room 2138, The B. F. Keith Building, 162! Euclid Avenue, Cleveland 15, Ohio. Phone: PRospect 1-1312, 1-1313, 1-1314 Southern: John M. Printup, 12! S. E. First St., Miami, Fla., Phones Franklin 9-2668 California: Wentworth Green Com- pany, 439 S. Western Ave., Los Angeles 5, Phone Dunkirk 7-8135; (A. S. Beb- cock) 605 Market St., San Francisco 5, Phone YUkon 2-3954
Pacific Northwest: Frank J. McHugh, Jr., 520 S.W. 6th Ave., Portland 4, Ore- gon. Phone CApitel 6-256!
*Ceramic Engineering Staff. Formal acceptence made only at DEADLINES. Advertising material proofs must be h of the Jag opt month; Fine! Space eee by the of preceding month, complete plates LF by of month pre- vious. SUBSCRIPTIONS: U.S.A. and Caneds, $5.00 for One year: $10.00 for oa Years. Single Copies
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Attend The Sales Meetings
On the basis of the preview given at the Greenbrier meeting, the SCPI sales meetings for 1958 will really be a honey. Al Walsh and his crew have developed a fast moving, interesting and highly professional program that should give ammunition and enthusiasm to anybody selling brick or tile
The basic idea behind this traveling sales refresher course is a splendid one that our industry can be proud of. If these meetings ore properly attended, they should give the brick and tile industry a real push toward getting 1958 sales off to a flying start.
Unfortunately, there’s one big flaw in all of this . . . weak attend- ance. Last year’s attendance ranged from fairly good to poor in various cities. It was so scant in some areas that Walsh‘s crew almost outnumbered the audience. Frankly, we feel it is fortunate that SCPI will conduct the tour again.
The attendance at any one of the meetings should be ten to 100 times what it was last year.
For instance, in Chicago last year about 40 salesmen and execu- tives attended. This same area has some 15 plants with each plant having many dealers. If our estimates are right, attendance should be over 400.
Pre-Selling ls Needed
Pre-selling is more important now than ever. The product must be sold long before the actual specifications are drawn up and long before the material is ordered. The builder, when he thinks of mate- rial, should think only of clay products.
When Al Waish and his group comes to your area, they'll be covering all aspects of today’s salesmanship: merchandising, prod- uct knowledge, sales training and techniques, marketing, pre-selling, promotion and others.
These sales clinics are aimed at the manufacturers who want to use every possible means of getting more sales .. . at the men who want to keep ahead of their competition from other industries.
It's the sales people we're worried about. We feel that each manufacturer should make a special effort to get his own organi- zation to these meetings and, if necessary, pay the way for his dealers to attend.
Our industry won't have maximum sales-health until there’s stand- ing-room-only at these sales meetings. For ways to help get better attendance at these meetings, see page 57. The Editors
YOUR ASSURANCE AGAINST COSTLY REPAIRS AND SHUTDOWNS
VALENTINE XX semi-silica firebrick have given outstanding service in both tunnel and periodic kilns — using all types of fuel and burning a variety of ware.
The many advantages of this unusual brick are universally recognized through- out the Ceramic Industry. The tunnel kiln illustrated is lined throughout with VAL- ENTINE XX. It operated 13 years-8 months without a single shutdown for repairs. This kiln is typical of numerous installa- tions in which VALENTINE XX has proved its superiority. The baffle walls AP Green between burners, completely surrounded by intense heat, showed no REFRACTORY shrinkage or deformation under load. The unique property of VALENTINE PRODUCTS XX to form a refractory glaze on the surface has protected the crown .<™ ...M© joint erosion or settling over many years of service. Cov 18 WORLD era
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An authorized A. P. Green distributor, trained in refractory problems, is close to your job to give you the kind of quality workmanship your refractory job demands. He has complete stock of VALENTINE XX firebrick and other high quality A. P. Green Refractories ... and he is backed by the engineering staff of the A. P. Green Fire Brick Company. VALENTINE XX is manufactured at our Woodbridge Division at Woodbridge, New Jersey.
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NEWS orf THE INDUSTRY
Massillon Expansion Program Completed
Massillon Refractories Co. has just completed an expansion program that adds about 18,000 sq. ft. of floor space to their plant near East Greenville Ohio
three new additions, the
as a building to house a
new tunnel kiln with a weekly pro- duction of 75,000 standard fire brick equivalents The new kiln will be primarily for refractory special-
ties. This kiln is in addition to an-
other tunnel kiln installed in 1945
shutdo maintenance, cleaning and minor The new kiln is an Allied, with dual gas-oil br New also at the plant is
dryer with a capacity of 30.000
Amvit Announces Line of Glass Lined Pipe Vitrified clay pipe with a new glass is beer developed by A meri- d Products Co., Cleveland.
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rding to an announcemer! Miller, president Amvit Glas-Glaz i h name e new product, which 1 ntended Soy
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use as sewt commercial, if f salt glaze, Glas-Glaz with a “glass-like cera The formula was designed strength and smoothness to the The pipe is available in k feet or ver. Present | ed on 4”, 6” diamete! pipe lr additior
tion 1s concentrat } ‘ ] giass lining the pipe also
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Pacific Clay Expects Record Sales, Earnings
Sales and earnings of Pacific Clay Products are expected to set a new record for the year of 1957, according to John D. Fredericks, president of the Los Angeles firm.
Fredericks, in a talk before Cali- fornia Stock Exchange men, estimat- ed that earnings for the year ending Dec. 31 would reach $2.60 or perhaps as high as $3 a share on common stock.
He also predicted that sales for the current year will be $9 million as compared with $8.1 million last year. Part of this increase Fredericks at- tributed to depletion refunds and al- lowances. The company expects to get refunds of $750,000 for the years 1951-1956
DECEMBER, 1957
Fredericks pointed out that b Acme Brick Buys tween 1951 and 1956, sales asec Two Firms 39 while earnings almost d Acme Brick Co. exercised its The sharp rise in profits wi: lu tion to purchase Tri-State Brick eliminatior f unprofitable j ‘ile fg. Co., Waskom, Tex., and cts and facilities, increased efficiency ‘ é rick & Til » Tr from new machinery and facilities, and undria. Ls nO stringent cost controls, Frede1 Pur hase noted $100,000 , cks anticipate demand for state
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Government Predicts 5° Rise in Construction
Experts of the Commerce bod De pt have forecast a 5 spending on n ! rt o This evidently ould mean a ri LW Plant Planned physical volu ince the er For El Dorado about 3
In 1957, the experts expect dollar volume but a slight physical volume when year-e! ires are All lf
Next year’s gain is based on 1,045,- 000 private housil ing trend in public utilities and publi
works construction, offsetting an ex-
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The Roanoke-Webster brick plant, near Somerset, Va., is nearly complete, as can 5e seen above. The building at right is housing the tunnel kiln; at lower left is the building with crushers; building at center holds the brick machine. Initial operation will be 500,000 weekly but capacity is 2 million weekly. Totcl floor area is 110,000 sq. ft.
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NEWS orf tHe Inpustry
Ken Dunwody Elected SCPI President at Meet Kenneth W Dunwody, brick manufacturer, was elected 1957 58 President of the Structural Clay Products Institute, national associa tion of brick and structural tile manu- facturers at the Institute’s conventi Dunwody is President of the Cherokee Bric k and T le Co , Ma
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The new SCPI Vice President is Paul B. Belden, Jr., President of The Belden Brick Co., Canton, Ohio
George Gammie, Vice President and Sales Manager of the Illinois Brick
ected SCPI Treasure:
Joseph J. Cermak of the Washing- ton, D.C. SCPI staff, was re-elected Secretary
Chairman of the Board and General Counsel! of SCPI is Douglas Whitlock, Washington, D.C.
4 new 38-member 1957-58 Board of Directors, representing all geo- graphic areas of the country, was elected at the convention. They are:
ARIZONA: William F. Grabe Brick Co., Tucson.
CALIFORNIA: A. E. Barnes, Glad- ding McBean & Co., San Francisco; John C. Boggs, California Clay Prod- icts, Stockton; Norman J. Geizert, San Jose Brick & Tile Ltd., Oakland; and W.C. Reordan, Los Angeles Brick & Clay Products Co., Los Angeles.
COLORADO: William J. Ged- des, Denver Brick & Pipe Co., Denver F. George Robinson, Robinson Brick & Tile Co., Denver; and Ralph J Welte, Summit Pressed Brick & Tile ( . Pueblo.
CONNECTICUT: D. B. Andrews, lL. I Stiles & Sen Brick Co., North
Haven
Grabe,
GEORGIA: Kenneth W. Dunwody,
Cherokee Brick & Tile Co., Macon
ILLINOIS: I. R. Cline, Western Brick Co., Danville: and George Gam- mie Illinois Brick Co., Chicago.
IOWA: A. C. Frisk, Mason City Brick & Tile Co., Mason City; and O. J. Whittemore, Vincent Clay Prod- icts Co., Fort Dodge.
KANSAS: Robert A. Finney, Hum- boldt Brick & Tile Co., Humboldt
Whitlock Receives AYA Vocational Award
Douglas Whitlock, board chairman of SCPI, received the American Vocational Assoc. Award of Merit from AVA executive secretary Lowell Burkett at the Greenbrier SCPI meeting on Nov. 12. Burkett paid tribute to the direction by Whitlock of SCPI's masonry apprentice training program. Burkett, in the award speech, described the history of the training program; SCPI efforts to create a library of training material; and related men in the country to receive such an
training work. Whitlock was one of four
award this year
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KENTUCKY: Clarence M. Herpel, Southern Brick & Tile Co., Louisville.
MARYLAND: Joseph A. Brown, Baltimore Brick Co., Baltimore; and G. Victor Cushwa, Victor Cushwa & Sons, Inc., Williamsport.
MISSOURI: L. S. Meyer, Hydrau- lic Press Brick Co., St. Louis.
NEW YORK: Henry Abreu, Jova Brick Works, Roseton; Francis M. Gaynor, Nassau Brick Co., Farming- dale, Long Island; and Karl Mathia- sen, Federal Seaboard Terra Cotta Corp., New York.
NORTH CAROLINA: John H Isenhour, Isenhour Brick & Tile Co., Salisbury.
OHIO: Paul B. Belden, Jr., The Belden Brick Co., Canton; D. J. Ren kert, Metropolitan Brick, Inc., Can- ton; C. M. Shafer, Stone Creek Brick Co., Stone Creek; John H. Stewart, Stark Ceramics, Inec., Canton: and Phillip W. Tefft, The Claycraft Co., Columbus.
PENNSYLVANIA: Charles E. Al- wine, Alwine Brick Co., New Oxford: Hugh L. Campbell, Jr., Hazelton Brick Co., Hazelton; Russel Eshenaur, Glen-Gery Shale Brick Corp., Read- ing; and Roy A. Shipley, Natco Corp., Pittsburgh.
TENNESSEE: Glen Bruce, Gen- eral Shale Products Corp., Johnson City.
TEXAS: T. J. Butler, Elgin Butler Brick Co., Austin, Texas; J. E. Fen- der, Acme Brick Co., Fort Worth and George H. Harmon, Reliance Clay Products Co., Dallas.
WASHINGTON: Alex Corbett, Granger Clay Products Co., Yakima. —WEST VIRGINIA: R. H. Saun- ders, Charleston Clay Products Co., Charleston.
Gladding, McBean Looking For Clay Near Spokane
Gladding, McBean & Co. is conduct- ing an extensive exploration program in the Spokane, Wash. area to find new clays for its brick-making opera- tions.
The firm is core-drilling on its 1,900 acreas of clay bearing land, mostly near Mica, Deer Park and Clayton. The company is also looking for other lands, according to E. H. Whitney, general superintendent.
Whitney said the Gladding, McBean new $2 million Mica plant was to be in partial operation in early Novem- ber with tunnel kiln operation. Dry press operations, however, won’t be- gin till near the end of the year.
The firm has closed the plants at Dishman and Clayton, the report said. Whitney plans eventually to re-open the glazed tile plant at Dishman but wouldn’t say when. Whether the Clay- ton plant will reopen will evidently depend on the market conditions.
BRICK & CLAY RECORD
Million-Plus Starts in "58 Forecast
The total of new homes to be con- structed in 1958 will exceed the anti- cipated million housing starts this year, according to a prediction by Roy M. Marr, president of the U. S. Sav- ings and Loan League, in a speech in Chicago recently.
Marr based his housing starts pre- diction on signs of an easing in home credit and a pickup in the rate of new family formations. He also re- garded few indications of overbuild- ing of single family homes as an- other factor.
Boldrick of Acme Wins Modular Award
The American Standards Associa- tion board of directors has voted the 1956 ASA Modular Award to Neill Boldrick, vice president of Acme Brick Co., Fort Worth, Tex.
G. F. Hussey Jr.. ASA managing director, said, “This is a tribute to your leadership and a profound ex- pression of the esteem held for you by your colleagues. On behalf of the board of directors and the ASA staff, I extend my congratulations.”
The award was to be presented to Boldrick at the ASA Awards Dinner n San Francisco
The full title of the ward, with winners chosen by an ASA jury, was the ASA Modular Award for Produc- tion of Modular Products
Net Earnings Up At A. P. Green
Net earnings of the company and subsidiary companies were $2.46 mil- ion in the first nine months of this year, according to A. P. Green Firé Brick Co. Last years earnings for the same period were $2.32 million.
Net sales during the same period amounted to $32.4 million compared to last year’s $26.2 President W. S. Lowe pointed out that the in- creased total sales included figures
million.
from four subsidiaries acquired since July, 1956.
Lowe also pointed out that earnings during the year were “adversely af- fected by non-recurring starting up costs” in three plants.
Lowe reported a decline in the de- mand for refractories that exists and seems to be part of the general pic- ture
97.8% of North Carolinians Want Brick in House
“There is no question but that North Carolinians have an overwhelm ing preference for brick homes” econ- Nathaniel Rogge says after preference survey in
omist conducting a that state. Rogge, who directs market analy- sis and statistical work for NAHB,
DECEMBER, 1957
reported that the survey showed 3,015 people wanted a brick home out of the 3082 surveyed. In percentages, 97.8% preferred brick in homes.
In commenting on the survey, H. B. Foster of the state’s Brick & Tile Service, said that he felt homebuyers elsewhere probably want brick just as much but are held back by cost.
Foster gave as reasons for the state’s preference the ready availabil- ity of brick and the resultant cost ad- vantage of the state’s heavy brick production
Foster declined to state which reason for the preference was given most often.
Net Income Down at Illinois Brick
Net income for the first 39 weeks of 1957 was $402,681 or $1.97 a share, according to a report from John Good ridge, president of Illinois Brick Co., Chicago.
These figures compare to 1956's $552,656 and $2.70.
Sales for the period in 1957 were $4.26 million, compared with the 1956 figure of $4.8 million, a decrease of 11 The decline in earnings reflects higher well as lower production, noted
wage and material costs as Goodridge
North American Div.
At the regular meeting of the board in November, the Directors of North American Refractories Co., Cleveland, declared a dividend of 50¢ per share on common stock outstanding Dec
sc
31, payable Jan. 15
John P. Duffy Dies
John P. Duffy, 54, vice president and general manager of Stillwater Clay Products Co. and the Dennison Sewer Pipe Co., died November 10 at Uhrichsville, Ohio, of an intestinal obstruction.
He had been ill for 10 days
Eakins Appointed SM For Porter Refract. Div.
Alan R. Eakins has been appointed general sales manager, and H. W general
works manage of the Refractories Div. of H. K. Porter Co., Pittsburgh
promoted from
Gethin namec assistant
issistant
Eakins,
saies manager, Was formerly with
General Refractories Gethin, with 14 years with Porter’s Laclede-Chris- ty works, will ». G. Platt, gen-
in supervising
plants
The men in the picture above have a combined total of 309 years of service with Ludowici-Celadon Co. of Chicago. T. C. Flower is shown receiving a watch from Col C. L. McGee, president, for his long service of 52 years. In the photo, with years service in parentheses, are from left: H. S. Pack (48); R. E. Snyder (48); H. P. Thomas (38); G. E. Hajek (38); R. E. Ryan (51); McGee with 34 years and Flower, center
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Another LEADER in the Block Industry!
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Horry J. Sceviour, President and
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James E. Campbell, Secretory-Treas- vrer of Day & Campbell, Lid.
s the 141st of a series of ods featuring leaders in the Concrete Products industry we stepping vp t k production with Besser Vibrapec mochines
--. progressive young men make successful blockmakers
There’s money in the block business. James Campbell and Harry Sceviour . . . operating under the name Day & Campbell, Ltd., Hamilton, Ontario . . . are proving it with good results. Through good management and planned advertising, these two young progressive Canadians have become unusually successful blockmakers.
The firm started operations in 1947. In 1954, they installed their first Besser Vibrapac, thereby stepping up the production of high quality block. Last year, for example, they produced and sold 2,800,000 units (8” or equivalent).
The Vibrapac is one of the heroes in this success story. Jim Campbell states: “The versatility of the Besser Vibrapac en- ables us to manufacture and promote economical use of special units, such as bull nose, etc., to give our masonry jobs built-in beauty.”
a. You too can become a successful blockmaker. And you’ll find Day & Campbell trucks at the entrance of their Hamilton, Ontario block plant it easier with Besser Vibrapacs. Write today for literature.
’ . 4 B 50 ou. ft. Batch Mixer, ) a SEM S worthy companion to the BESSER compan | Se. = , . gt Vibrapae, at the Day & Dept. 139, Alpena, Mich., U. $. A. First in Concrete Block Machines
,~ Campbell! plant
& Holy Trinity Church at Hamilton, On- tario. Note exposed Vibrapac Block walls. 4 All units supplied by Day & Campbell, Ltd.
Besser Vibrapac, front pallet feed model, in- stalled in Day & Campbell plant. Fully automatic. No machine operator required. Off-bearer is removing green block with the help of a Besser Power Hoist. A?-141
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John W. McCredie has joined Refrac- John J. Steecken has been appointed tories Specialties Co., Philadelphia, manager of the St. Louis Evens & as a sales representative working out Howard Pipe Co. plant, recently pur- of the Pittsburgh office. McCredie at hased by W. S. Dickey Clay Mfg ne time was general sales manage! ‘o. Steecken had been sales manager for McLain Fire Brick Co. and, after f tl Dickey Northert Ivision their merger with H. K. Porter Co.,
O. F. Smith, manager of the El Do- was sales manager of the Porter
rado (Ark.) Brick Co., has retired fractories Div.
after 54 years in the brick business.
Marshall B. Hager recently was guest of t a banquet held : Pine Hall has announced a change f his ement after 39 years of He will be succeeded by A. O. West. He, : . : . 41 ae : ; we Smith t ' ‘at lola. K their mailing address. The new ad- > with th rican Refrac s 1 beg: nis career at lola, Kans., : - ; ; ; : ae Oe ~¥§ k ore oan He |} dress is Pine Hall Brick & Pipe Co., tories Co. at e Farber, Mo. plant a= s ry . vy 7 y i: ae , as = an - . > Ean“ * El De ‘0 Pn Box 5275, Ardmore Station, Winstor He was succeeded as shop foreman by en manager of 2 E rado firm - A ees ; ” : - ; _— — = ee Salem, N.( This includes all cor Robert McKee. Many employees from since 1923. » - . ‘ . respondence for both the pine Hall othher companies in the area attended and Madison, N. C., plants. the dinner.
Don Bailey has been appointed per- sonnel director of Texas Vitrified Pipe Co. and its subsidiary companies, ac- cording to J. F. Bailey, general man- ager of the Mineral Wells, Tex. firm.
Bailey has been with the organiza- ANOTHER ALLIED KILN INSTALLATION
tion since May, 1957. At one time he worked for Brazil (Ind.) Clay Co
D. J. Wierman has been named sales manager for Cloud Ceramics, Con- eordia Kans. Wierman at ne time owned Blackwell (Okla.) Brick & Til
owner of the Fort
Wierman Clevinger
Vern C. Clevinger has been appointed resident manager of the Robinson Clay Product Co. Indianapolis, Ind., KENDRICK branch. Clevinger has been with Rob-
n in Indianapolis since 1949
Brick & Tile Co., Inc. *« Monroe, North Carolina
Top quality plus distinctive color has brought KENDRICK Gerdon Ww. Reed, board chairn ar to a high place in the brick industry. Their deep-red, straight- the Texas Gulf Producing Co : special assistant to the chief of of the U. S. Air Force, recently was oil flashing in the ALLIED Kiln shown above, have had featured in a column by Inez Robb,
shade brick and their variety of vivid colors, produced from
in 0; enthusiastic acceptance by architects and home builders nationally syndicated columnist. Reed in the past was an editor of Brick & CLAY REcoRD, worked for a time in
throughout the South.
the refractories industry and for the Hanley Co., all after graduation from the ceramics department of the Uni- versity of Illinois. Reed was dis- cussed in the Robb column in relation
N) Ullied Engineering Division to the recent visit to the U. S. by LERnd Ld Aneurin Bevan, British Labor Party FERRO fore] 2-20) 7 Bele). leader. Reed was quoted for his views 4150 E 56 STREET + CLEVELAND 5. OHIO disputing statements by Bevan and for his comments on Bevan after a conversation between Bevan and
Reed.
DECEMBER, 1957 Please say “I saw It in B&CR”
‘Production Line’’ plant for Cloud Ceramics...
= ae ek
An entire brick plant in one planned and : fe
coordinated production line that’s the story in a sentence of the far-sightedness and progressive management thinking of Cloud Ceramics, Concordia, Kansas, that made possible the job Harrop has recently completed for them
The smooth-flowing production cycle moves clay from the storage shed to the grinding room, then through the factory where green brick are loaded on cars for immediate transfer to the three-track Harrop warming chamber, which has a capacity of 57 kiln cars. Movement of these cars on the setting tracks and into the warming chamber is accomplished automatically by 3 hydraulic pushers. The green brick are properly conditioned in the warming chamber before entering the twin-tunnel Harrop dryer, on their way
to the Harrop tunnel kiln This integrated operation offers striking evidence of Harrop’s ability to design, con- RAW CLAY STORAGE
struct and equip the most efficient plant
for producing high-quality ware, at a profit. It’s tangible evidence of Harrop’s guiding principle “Practical Ceramic En- gineering, Put Profitably to Work.”
@ Hasson twos Tune Onvet__ 4 HARROP WARMING CHAMBER —
- — HARROP CAR TUNNEL KILN -——
Here’s the new plant layout, showing the economical production flow from raw clay storage to storage of finished brick. Photograph shows the new plant in the foreground, with the old plant visible at the upper right. Specifications for the production line plant are as follows: Main Building—585’' long by 59’ wide Harrop Twin Tunnel Dryer—each tunnel 183’ long Harrop Warming Chamber—3-track, 173’ long Harrop Car Tunnel Kiln—402’6” long Estimated Capacity of Plant—67,000 modular face brick per 24-hour day, or 62,000 romans, or 45,000 normans
... « .«. designed and equipped by HARROP
POWER WINCH on the lec rec wale de os | AIRLOCK at the cars of dried brick charging end of the from the Harrop ui’ ‘ - Harrop Car Tunnel Twin Tunnel Dryer e , Kiln assures constant Clean waste heat . Re ~= C temperature condi- from the cooling end P eliaada® 2 tions as each car of the kiln is : enters the kiln recirculated through- out the dryer by a series of fans ¥
These key production steps in Cloud Ceramics’ new plant speed production...raise quality...reduce losses
HARROP CAR TUNNEL KILN is equipped with 97 burners located in the main firing zone : preheat zone and three ’ ee FIRED BRICK emerges high-temperature recircu = from discharge end lating zones in the : of Harrop open-end charging end. This = kiln. Facilities provide burner arrangement ~ : for quick or slow provides the proper . . cooling, as required. atmosphere and heating = control throughout the \
firing cycle. Fuel used is natural gas
If you are considering the expansion of your sound, efficient planning and proven engi-
present production facilities . . . ask Harrop neering ability . . . a know-how responsible
for assistance now. Whether your project for successful installations in more than 200
calls for a complete new plant, or a single plants representing every type of ceramic
dryer or kiln unit, you'll benefit by Harrop’s production. Harrop invites your inquiry... write, wire or phone.
Conamic Serwice Co tHoanrop wurice Co. 35 EAST GAY STREET COLUMBUS 15, OHIO British Associate: British Ceramic Service Co Lta Bricesco
House, Stoke-on-Trent, England
Agent for Grazii Refratarios e Equipamentos Industriais *"Retla’’ Lida Sao Paulo, Brazil
Practical Ceramic Engineering, Put Profitably to Work
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9 of ’Wisiness
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“It’s unwise 0 pay too much, but jt’s Worse to pay f00 little. When You pay too much, You lose a little
t ttle, you sometimes lose everything, because the thing you bought Was incapable of doing the thing it was
bought to do,
The common law of business balance Prohibits
Paying a little and getting a lot — jz can't be done If you deal with the lowest bidder, jt is Well fo adk
| something for the risk y
ou run, And if You do that You will have enough £0 pay for something better”
English writer, ae tkae tax Maas for example, fat ee ee Vibrapac machines. The Vibtagne te and faster for its smooth, automatic perf block. No doubt roduction of high-quality Id’s leading about it, ine... a profit maker for — block plants, everywhere Plan now for increased pro poh aoe quality block. Replace imitations or with more cost-consuming machines, Besser Vibesgew, kaw ngetty
BESSER Company
Block Plants a gan, ae ype eee
SCPI Members Told:
Depletion Not Settled Yet; Bigger Sales Meetings To Come in ‘58
Dunwody elected new SCPI president; NADD elects Boeglen head of fast-growing group; reports given
on programs of education, promotion, research.
An expanded aimed at NAHB omedian; Word that toughest fight : Election of Kennett Jr., as rick as depletio mmittee chairman; Reports the fast-growing NADD er tion of Durwood Boeglen as president These are the main events of the annual SCPI member ship meeting, held at the Greenbrier Hote] at White Sul phur Springs, W. Va., from Nov. 11-13 attended, representing brick and tile suppliers and builders
ers
Bigger Sales Tours
One of the high points of the meeting was given one morning of the soon-to-come sales tor meetings (see box). The show for 1958 will stress pron tion of SCR brick and of the Survival Concept in housing and building. Other aspects of sales and promotion w also be covered, of course.
As part of this preview, an advance showing was als made of a show that will be given for NAHB chapters in the cities where the sales meetings will be held. Among
Texans Bill Coates and Neill Boldrick visit with Philip Dressler at the meeting.
DECEMBER, 1957
lucat izing NAHB people t tively SCPI Chairman of levelopments in ut that the iming. Rather, Whitlock beginning (see box.) ock reviewed at will be de keep depletion al
reiated Gammie, Cermak Re-Elected
In addition to the election of President Dunwody and Vice
President Belden, George Gammie was re-elected treasurer f SCPI and Joe Cermak was re-elected secretary
Dunwody has new duties, new appointments were
depletion committee. Neill Boldrick of Acme
i chairman, with D. J. Renkert and
the committee. In addi
is a member ex-
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Temple of Denver Brick & Pipe chat with Forrest Paschal at the Greenbrier
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Bigger, Better Sales Meetings
As part of the Greenbrier meeting, a preview was given of the forthcoming sales conventions and meetings. The ‘58 tour will be an expanded version of last year’s with more professional people taking part in the entertainment-education part of the pro- gram. Key among the new people is the well-known comedian, Frank Fontaine.
To judge from the condensed preview given, the sales meetings will be fast-paced, professional works which will effectively combine education and sales training with sufficient entertainment to hold the audience throughout the day
SCPI Promotion Director Al Walsh and his people effectively use slides, charts and other visual aids to get the points across easily, quickly but most important, lastingly.
Stress SCR, RBM Survival Construction
In the brief preview, emphasis was put on SCR brick promotion as one of the main efforts of the year, and also on the SCPRF survival concept of con struction with RBM. Last year’s stress on sales train ing, including the sales engineer course and the allied correspondence course, will be renewed this year in view of the growing importance of product knowledge, pre-selling and the need for unified promotion
Show for NAHB Groups
As part of the preview, SCPI unveiled a show that will be presented to various NAHB chapters as part of the tour. The show, similar to the sales presenta- tions in technique, makes many major points about how the builder can use brick to help him sell homes.
Use of fireplaces, patios, planters, privacy wolls and such were urged, all made of brick and used as built-in sales appeal.
The NAHB groups will be told of SCPI’s promotion work that they can use to help sell homes. Mer- chandising was a key word of the NAHB presenta- tion. The point of the show is to sell clay products because of construction advantages and built-in sales advantages.
Other parts of the show will acquaint the builder with the many products available in the industry; the different types of construction; and design ideas.
SCPI Continued
Among the interesting uses of promotion at the meet- ing was a signboard by the new (one-year old) NADD group. The sign listed the number of members as the meeting began and, as many signed up during the meet- ing, the sign kept-up with the growing membership.
The NADD, an association of brick and tile dealers and distributors, began the meeting with some 76 members. Last May there were 64 members; by Sept. 17 there were 73 members. By the time the meeting was over, member- ship had passed the 100-mark, as the signboard showed.
Durwood Boeglen, newly elected NADD president, said that the best hope of the dealers and distributors is to work together in a well-organized effort. He pointed out that every brick and tile salesman must do more than just take orders, that selling must begin even before the draftsman puts the first mark on a page, with pre-selling an important factor today. Boeglen stressed that the real competition is not within the brick and tile industry, but from competing products and materials
Other Competition
Boeglen noted that competition also comes from other sources than building materials. He pointed out that there’s intense competition for the customer’s dollar from every- thing from cars to swimming pools. For these reasons, he stressed the urgency of the need for salesmen with better training; need for use of all means of proper use of promotion; the need for combatting phony adver- tising from competing materials.
Other NADD Speakers
Other speakers at the NADD meeting included Harry Bates, B, MPIU president who spoke on the need for all segments of the industry to work together to fight use of substitute materials. Maurice Goldberg of Belden-Stark Brick Corp., New York City, discussed the need for better delivery service and the differing meaning of quality in product. Also speaking at the meeting were Fred Daues, MCAA president, and John Stewart, out-going SCPI president.
The NADD elected, aside from Boeglen, Arthur Moulding as vice president and re-elected Jack Donahue as secretary- treasurer. A plaque was given to ex-president Harry Spaulding in honor of his year’s service. Spaulding’s son accepted since Spaulding was unable to attend because of illness
Review of Progress
Opening the main SCPI membership meeting on Mon- day afternoon, John Stewart reviewed progress made in such areas as mason relations, SCPI’s technology and engineering department, the depletion fight, etc.
Following Stewart’s talk, Robert Taylor, SCPRF di- rector, discussed the work of the Geneva laboratory. Taylor reviewed the objectives of the laboratory with the prime objective being end-use research. Some of the work re- ported on included the light weight research, the panels, packaging machine, Re-nu-veneer and others.
BRICK & CLAY RECORD
Taylor noted great response to the Survival concept construction, based on knowledge gained from the Coal City and A-bomb tests. He reported that the CAA wants to build 23 buildings using the blast resistant design on the lower floors. Taylor also said that response from home-owners shows that they’re interested mainly in using a core of protection, not in a fully-protected house
Don’t Bury Research
In concluding his talk, Taylor spoke on the need for use of the results of research, and pointed out the danger of ignoring these results, of not putting them to use.
Following Taylor, Harry Bates, B,MPIU president. spoke on the need for greater cooperation between all branches of the brick and tile industry. Bates discussed the dangers of substitute materials to the masonry market and stressed his insistence that his members would take on a larger part of construction work involving such
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things as tilt-up panels, etc Cost-Cutting Danger
President Daues of the MCAA spoke involved in price-cutting: urged faster better handling methods and equipment aging; the need for more stress on quality :
He spoke briefly of the good work done by the Unit Masonry Assoc. and urged more work to along this line in other areas
Tom Grimm, of the SCPI engineering lepartment, reviewed work Deing done and in this field. He reported on the success Masor ry Seminars being held at various quaint architects and others in the uses and : masonry. Grimm reported that SCPI hopes seminars this year, and possibly a few above
Federal Construction
The next speaker was H. B. Zackrison J: engineering division of the Army office of Chi neers. Among the points made by Zackriso1 stress by the Government on use of quality reasons of low maintenance, better appearance bility Frank W. Crimp, an architect from Boston, spoke the need for better, more exact specifications, and problems that result from use of inadequate, insufficiently
letailed specifications. Whitlock Summary
As the final speaker of the official activities, Dougl: Whitlock summed up the meeting and discussed at length the prospects of the industry, the depletion cases, the need for greater membership and other such topics.
(Continued on page 57)
Bob Harrington of SCPI, George Berry of American Terra Cotta and Mrs. Owen Ooms at the reception.
DECEMBER, 1957
A Watchful Eye on Depletion
In a review of the Depletion issue at the Green- brier, SCPI board chairman Doug Whitlock stated that the depletion problem is far from over. He seemed to believe that the next stage of the deple- tion issue may well be more difficult than the first stage, which ended recently with the Supreme Court not reviewing the past depletion cases.
Whitlock feels sure that granting of the depletion allowance will be treated by the government as un- necessary legislation with publicity intended to prove this contention. He also felt that the government will try to get the same opinion across to Congress in hopes of getting revision of Congress’ past intentions in the matter.
The new depletion committee of George Gammie, Neill Boldrick, D. J. Renkert with member ex officio Ken Dun
wody in background
As another key point, it is believed that deple- tion must be granted to all mineral industries and that the clay industry must help to keep depletion al- lowances for all. He’s sure that no situation can exist wherein only the brick and tile people are allowed depletion. For this reason, the question of the fire clay allowance as a means of protecting the brick and tile clay allowance needs attention
Oil Industry Can Help
For reasons of unity, the brick and tile industry needs support from the oil industry. With this sup- port the problem of depletion for all minera! indus- tries is more likely to stay in force.
In view of the foregoing, the new depletion pro- cedure is a combination legal-political problem.
Whitlock strongly urged all members, both of SCPI and the industry, to personally contact their Congressmen and Senators to avoid any negative thinking. The approach will be on two political levels with the SCPlI-Washington people working in the Capitol and the members talking to men from Con- gress at the home level. An education of political leaders may be the most vital part of the coming phase.
It's important that all the Texas, Oklahoma and other oil-state clay products people exert themselves to get the oil industry on our side. As a further step, all possible must be done to help other industries in- volved in the depletion allowances, to participate in a depletion allowance.
To continue the depletion action, a further fund of $100,000 is needed.
In summary, Whitlock, as general counsel for SCPI, is far from convinced that depletion is fully won. To insure ground gained, he and SCPI are laying plans for insuring these gains . . . which may be a controversy just as long and possibly even tougher.
Tunnel Doubles Cloud's Output
New plant addition was carefully designed for optimum efficiency; company stresses mechani-
cal handling, uses forced draft.
product
inne! kilt
piant Started With 6 Periodics
When Cloud Ceramics was organized, in and George Cook, plans were made for periodic plant. The site was selected as a result of tion work done | the Kansas State Geological inder direction of ceramist Norman Plummer The studies indicat for face brick manufac
deposits of «
areas. Also indicated
These are the stoners used at Cloud to remove pyrites from the clay. BELOW: The setting crew; warming chamber in back
ground
95 acre a natu!
1946 as post-war c Good Product Reception
Production of the plant met a read;
the quality and the range of colors the Cloud owners
it low the growth of their sales
The first additional construction was of five more pe- riodie kilns, all 30’ size, plus associated improvements manufacturing that brought total production up to million a month.
Despite this added capacity, in 1955 ¢ was still unable to keep up with demand
best available manpower, equipment
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company was an early user of lift trucks in brick handling and of using mechanical draft.
Basing their plans on their insistence upon quality, the management began laying careful plans for added capacity The new plant was to be one of high capacity with no com- promise made in quality. The problem of designing the plant was given to Harrop Ceramic Service with construc- tion begun in October, 1956; operation beginning in July, 1957.
Uses Four Clays
Cloud uses four different clays for control of color in their brick. The clays come from two pits, one by the plant and the other 14 miles away. After overburden is stripped, the upper strata of clay is used for one set of color and then the lower strata, producing other colors, is taken.
Each pit is equipped with a 4% yd. Koehring, with a Byers % yd. also available for use. As the clay is removed, it is carried to the plant by GMC twin axle dump trucks
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Storage and Crushing In back row ore Don Wierman, George Cook, Charles Cook,
At the plant, the clay is dumped into an Iowa 36 x 12 Richard Cook and David Young. In front are Carl Stangel and Cedar Rapids feeder which maintains a steady flow to the Eagle double roll crusher for primary crushing
This Eagle crusher is the heavy duty Senior size, de- signed with 6” square heat treated forged alloy shafts. A feature of this crusher is an extended shaft that’s equipped with a sprocket and chain drive to power the feeder. This
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arrangement allows one 125 hp GE motor to operate bot feeder and crusher.
After reduction to a maximum size of 3”, the clay goes by belt to a shuttle conveyor at the top of a 60 x 153’ Var- ner clay shed. The shuttle is designed so that the clay car be put in any part of the storage shed at the rate of 60-70 tons per hour, into any one of five bins.
Four of the bins are used for clay and the fifth for ground brick which Cloud uses for grog.
Blending and Grinding
The pre-sized clay then moves from storage to grindin with use of a Hough front end loader. Since grinding facili- ties are on the third lower level, the Hough can dump directly into the large capacity bins. There are three of these bins, each of which can feed either of the two 9 Eagle dry pans.
The driving gear on the six clay feeders are by Sterling Speedtrol, designed to allow any blend of materials and quick change of blends when needed.
Fine grinding is done in the two pans, both equipped with
16” slotted plates. These pans are totally enclosed, with a spray system used to reduce dust. Each pan is powered with a 50 hp motor running at 900 rpm.
From the grinders, clay moves to four type M 42 x 96’ Universal vibrating screens, equipped with Unilec dual heating systems and completely enclosed. Material pass- ing over the #5 mesh screens is then conveyed to a large surge bin, with tailings going through a pair of stoners before going back to the dry pans.
Closeup of feeder drive that feeds the supply belt for one of the dry pans at Cloud
Stoners Remove Pyrites
These stoners, believed to be the first such in a brick plant, are used to remove pyrites. The machines are built by Sutton, Steele & Steele of Dallas.
The feed from the surge bin goes to the lowest of the vlant levels, the machine room and kiln area, with feed going directly to the 50F Steele pug sealer. Tempering water is added through a water spray assembly that deliv-
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General view of screening de- portment at Cloud; four screens are at left with the stoners visible at center.
CLOUD Continued
a high pressure spray for quick, even wetting. The pug l a 60FV combined type, separate
moves the clay to
drive Steele pugging and vacuum extrusion machine
lubricated dies, with oil fed by a chemical
feed type pump, and a Foxboro Rotax oil pressure recorder hooked on to keep a record of die pressure and, indirectly, of the clay’s water content. The normal pressure of oil supplied to the die is about 100 lbs. Cloud uses some 22-23
inches of vacuum during extrusion.
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Cutting and Hacking
The brick are then cut on a Steele #18 cutter which is equipped for quick reel change when the company switches to roman or norman production, a substantial part of their output. The company has standardized on the “A” reel feeling this is most satisfactory for their operation.
The brick machine-cutter set-up is located so that they’re elevated above the mill-room floor to allow kiln cats to pass under the belt, with provision made for three tracks lead- ng to a holding chamber
The clay handling facilities were designed by Harrop based on Cloud’s suggestions, with use of Stephens-Adam- son idlers and Goodyear belting
Six men standing on the kiln cars by the off-bearing belt take the brick at waist height for car setting. The Rockett kiln cars, equipped with Sanford-Day bearings and North State car tops, are 7'°2” x 9’, loaded with 16 courses of brick for a total load of 3,600 8” brick or the equivalent in roman or norman.
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Above is an aerial view of Cloud showing the tunnel kiln build- ing in foreground; clay shed behind tunnel; periodics at upper right
The kiln cars are moved from hacking to the warming chamber by hydraulic pushers operated by push button by the setters. The warming chamber itself is 173’ long with three tracks, holding 57 kiln cars at full load. Very little actual drying takes place in the 100 degrees of the warming chamber since the function of this unit is to keep the brick n the same condition as when they left the cutter.
The chamber prevents damage that could result from the loaded cars being exposed to the atmosphere, and allows more efficient operation of the dryer.
The kiln cars are moved from warming to drying by electric transfer cars from Engineering Associates. The 183’, double track dryer receives heat from the cooling area of the kiln through a glass-wool insulated duct that’s wrapped with aluminum for reflective insulation.
The Harrop dryer has a cross section of 7'2” x 5'114” in each tunnel, with waste heat from the kiln cooling sec- tion used. Each tunnel of the dryer has five sections with each under temperature and humidity control with use of Brown instruments. With rated capacity of 67,000 brick daily and 40 car capacity, designed drying cycle is 48 hours.
In the kiln itself, the cross section is 7°2” x 5'1%” and the length is 403’ including air lock. The air lock operates with a guillotine door that’s lowered to isolate the kiln from the atmosphere when the charging doors are open. The guillotine door is electrically operated, functioning automatically when the ram moves back for another car.
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A view alongside the Harrop kiln shows the extensive metal- work; plant has dual-fuel burners.
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Brake to stop — merely release pedal to restart. Applying brake pedal, at left of accelerator, does not break power coupling. This saves time and effort stopping and starting
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Inching pedal lets you move fast or just creep, always under full, positive control. With this you also have full engine power for fast lifting, even while inching.
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POWER SHIFT Drive is simple to operate and service — dependable, too.
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tire operation is controlled by one man. We are now starting on auto- matic weighing of the raw material on a continuous basis to which we will add a constant percentage of chemical admixes and a constant but variable percentage of moisture. All this will be done without the addition of any personnel. When this is accomplished, we will have achieved, as close as I know how, complete automation.’”
Again quoting Weber, “ .. . he means that the shale will be crushed, fed, and weighed automatically and moisture along with several chemical admixes would be added automatically, so that the only functions of the op- erator would be to prepare the slurries for the next shift in accordance with the desired colors and to watch for breakdown of any sort.”
Weber also included a photograph of the control board (shown here) that was sent to him by Robertson.
An inident im Chicago at Illinois Brick Co. ought to prove that nobody should tangle with a brick plant em- ployee, no matter what his age. Charles Clever, night watchmen, rece ntly routed three would-be hold-up men who came into the office one night in October. The men, carrying revolvers, were attacked and routed by Clever, who had to have 8 stitches taken in his head after the fight. About a week after the fight, Clever had his 83rd birthday.
Word from Jim Neville and Chuck Wetzler, of SCPI-Region 6, is that {7 Brick show homes attracted 125,- 000 people in the cities of Des Moines, St. Paul and Minneapolis during the summer promotion event. The success of the shows was as good or better than last year, to judge by comments by contractors who report getting 200 “hot” prospects for brick homes. Soon we'll run a full story on a promotion in Cleveland along this line. Plans are underway for an even bigger job next summer in the Region 6 area. Paul B. Belden, board chairman of Belden Brick Co., Canton, Ohio, was re-elected president and board chair- man of the Ohio Public Expenditure Council.
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Carbon County, Montana...increased pit efficiency 30% by replacing two machines with one Case*TerraTrac® “800”
Carbon County, Montana, scenic northeastern gateway to spin-turns — with both tracks driving in opposite directions Yellowstone National Park, recently replaced a bulldozer — keeps the floor of their pits in better condition for load- and expensive dragline with ONE fast-moving 1'4-yd. Case ing. Says Shandy, “We've used the TerraTrac in 4 differ- TerraTrac Model 800 tractor-shovel. Result: pit produc- ent pits and find that, regardless of floor level, it does not tear up the floor materials, as former machines did.”
tion was increased 30%, with greatly reduced investment
According to Edgar Gruel, County Commissioner of Mon-
tana District 2, in Joliet, “We liked the price and advanced Handles variety of jobs
features of the 80 HP diesel-powered TerraTrac. But, Besides speeding gravel-loading, Carbon County's 144-yd. being a new machine, we wondered if it would deliver the TerraTrac is kept busy loading 3200 to 3800-lb. rim-rock goods. Now, after 3 months’ operation, we've found it does boulders, for rip-rapping river banks. . . digging-out, clean- more jobs, and does them better than we even expected. It ing and replacing steel culverts... digging cattle crossings has already moved 11,000 yds. of material in 150 hours, ...and handling general road-maintenance work. “We with no noticeable wear.” formerly had to haul out two or three machines to do these
jobs — now we handle everything with one TerraTrac ‘800’ ,”
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ROBINSON ELECTED NCPMI HEAD
Fall meeting elects Reed vice-president. Reports include good advertising results from program; new laboratory nearly completed; good business predicted for 1958.
The 1957 Fall Meeting of the Na tional Clay Pipe Manufacturers, Inc was held on November 6, 7, 8 and 9th at The Wigwam, near Phoenix, Arizona. Migsing was the genial former President, D. M Strickland, who, because of serious
iliness, could not be present at this meeting
Nevertheless, through the thought ful arrangements of the new Presi dent, G \ “Robby” Robinson, “Strick’s” voice was heard fron Washington, D. C., by means of a special long distance telephone con- loud speakers, at the Ban- quet Friday. The members expressed their best wishes to him from “The heard by
nection and
Wigwam” which were “Strick” over the same hookup.
Mr. Strickland was also presented with a bronze medallion which formed the center of a beautiful eight day clock encased in clear lucite. Bronze medallions, also encased in clear lu cite, were presented to J. L. “Jake Tremper, President of Streator Drair Tile Co. and to Mr. Ralph A. Ferre ra, General Sales Manager of Robin son Clay Product Co whose early support, enthusiasm and untiring ef- forts contributed so much to get NC- PMI organized and operating
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A. I “Al” Reed was elected Vice President and Director of Research by the Beard of Directors.
At the General Membership Meet- ng on Friday, the various committee chairmen of the Advertising, Deple- tion, Research and Specification Com- mittees gave rep rts of the work of their respective committees.
Vice President Reed
The Advertising Committee showed that excellent returns were received from news releases sent out by Gris- wold-Eshleman Company, (Public Re- lations Counsel for NCPMI), repre- sented by David Skylar, who directed the campaign Skylar introduced Robert R. Schroeder, who will take over some of Skylar’s activities in this work.
N. J. “Norm” Mark, Sales Man- iwzer, American Vitrified Products Co., Chairman, NCPMI Advertising Committee, requested that Norman Malone, President, Norman Malone Associates, present the advertising program for 1958 which was approved by the NCPMI Advertising Commit- tee.
R. G: “Bob” Scott, Vice President and General Manager of the Clay Products -Association and Chairman of the NCPMI Specification Commit- tee gave this Committee’s report.
R. H. “Andy” Anderson, Director of Research for the Robinson Clay Product Co. and Chairman of NCPMI
Research Committee, requested that A. J. “Al” Reed, NCPMI Director of Research, discuss the various research projects in progress
Lab Nearly Complete
Reed also reported that the new NCPMI Laboratory in Crystal Lake is nearing completion and upon com- pletion, will be dedicated as the “D. M. Strickland NCPMI Research Lab- oratory.”
M. R. Hardin, Vice President of the W. S. Dickey Clay Mfg. Co. and Chairman of the NCPMI Depletion Committee, reported the current sta- tus on percentage depletion. The Committee will continue to cooperate with the SCPI Depletion Committee on depletion matters.
Manufacturers of vitrified clay pipe reported business slightly off for the first 10 months of 1957. It was, how ever, the consensus of opinion that business would be good in 1958.
Hans P. Wilhelmsen, President of the W. S. Dickey Clay Mfg. Co., re- ported for the Board of Directors He highlighted the various actions taken by the Board at their meeting on Wednesday, November 7th. Wil- helmsen’s report was unanimously ac- cepted at the General Membership Meeting on November &th.
Drop ‘Strick’’ A Note
D. M. Strickland, retired president of NCPMI, has been seriously ill re- cently. The editors of Brick & CLAY ReEcorD would like to suggest that NCPMI members drop “Strick” a note, telling him of some of their business and/or personal activities. We’re cer- tain that “Strick” would like to keep up with the latest news from you.
Write to him at NCPMI headquar- ters in Washington, D. C.
However, please don’t expect a note in return. Answering a large volume of mail would impose an unnecessary strain on “Strick.”
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Clockwise, from left, are Mrs. and Mr. T. S. Rawson of lowa Pipe & Tile Co.; R. R. Schroeder of Griswold-Eshleman; Charles Perry of NCMPI
Being served coffee are Mrs. and Mr. B. S. Holl of Logan Clay, with J. J. Dyer, president of Kaul Clay Mfg. Co
Included here are Mrs. and Mr. Norman Malone of Norman Malone Assoc.; Mr and Mrs. (back to camera) Harry Steitz
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N. J. Mark and E. L. Miller of American Vitrified Products Co.; Miss Kay Mark; Mrs. E. L. Andrews and Mr. Andrews, both of American Vitrified, reading from left to right around the table at the Phoenix NCPMI meeting
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Kuouhts Report on...
European Methods of
The concluding article of this series discusses research,
marketing and refractories manufacture in Belgium and
France, as seen on a trip by Robert Knauft.
Belgium and France
Since I visited only two companies or two groups in each of these two countries, and their economies are similar, I think we can discuss them as one and save time.
The refractories industries in Bel- gium and France have several things in common, (1) a desire to produce all of the refractories required for indus- try within their respective countries, which were imported from Germany prior to World War II. This applies particularly to the steel industry. (2) The two countries are rather small and competition within their own borders is very keen. (3) The governments permit the formation of cartels to control production, and to some extent, selling at prices which will return a profit.
Here again we find the pattern of smaller works manufacturing a vari- ety of dissimilar refractories in the same plant in order to supply the needs of their customers.
Smaller Consumers
Their consuming industries are smaller, for the most part, than those which we serve in the United States and the customer expects to have all or most of the refractories required for a given furnace shipped from one source by one supplier. In Belgium, Union Chimique Belge has merged with six other refractory producers to form BELREF. This has enabled them to build and staff a complete refrac- tories laboratory equipped with facili- ties for X-ray, petrographic, physical testing and chemical analyses.
The steel industry of Belgium and Luxembourg, together with the glass industry in Belgium, will consume most of the refractories produced in Belgium. The 7 steel mills operating in Belgium will produce about 6,600,000 metric tons of steel in 1956.
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Of special interest was the produc- tion of large blocks for blast furnace bottoms by the pneumatic tamping method, in steel molds. These blocks are key shaped, varying from 4 to 6” in thickness and about 18 to 20” long. Due to labor conditions in the coun- try, there seems to be a great tendency to use the molder and apprentice sys- tem to produce shapes by pneumatic ramming which we would normally make on power presses.
France
Many of you know Dr. Yves Letort who is general manager of the Societe General de Produits Refractaires with headquarters in Paris, and Louise Halm, director of research. This new company was formed after the war by merging six of the largest producers of refractories in France.
The new company has a capacity of 200,000 metric tons per year and is supplying fire clay, high alumina, sillimanite, silica, basic and some car- bon refractories. The total refractory production for France in 1955 was ap- proximately 250,000 tons, so the im- portance of Societe to the total mar- ket is readily apparent.
The Societe also operates a central research laboratory in Paris, Union Francaise del Produits Refractaires, under the direction of Louise Halm. She is not only a delightful person but possesses a very keen knowledge of refractories in general and of what refractories manufacturers are. doing throughout the world.
The central laboratory nas staff of 17 and is completely equipped for chemical analyses, physical testing, X-ray and petrographic work.
Colonies Provide Materials
rather unique in that
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France is those raw found in France are usually imported from one of her colonial possessions. Under the Colonial policy which they have followed since World War II and the state of their economy, France is poorly organized for export of refrac- tories as most of their products are consumed within their empire.
They do not appear to be as active in basic refractories as other European countries. Their rotary cement kilns, for example, are usually lined with high alumina blocks made of calcined bauxite, which is mined in France.
The average worker in the French refractories plant will receive about 80 cents per hour and works only 40 hours per week.. These are shorter hours and higher wages than are com- mon in either Great Britain, Belgium or Western Germany. I was told that there are about seven national unions in France, very few trade unions, as we know them in North America, and no closed shop. It is common to find both union and nonunion workers in the plant, performing the same task and for the same wage.
I hope this rambling discussion of products, people and refractories pro- duction, as practiced in these coun- tries, hds been of some interest to you. Our industry does seem to be run by a good type of citizen abroad as well as here and I believe that any of you who are interested in making a simi- lar trip will find that you are most welcome and that the experience would be rewarding.
I should like to take this opportunity to express my appreciation to those whom I visited in Britain and Europ: for their time and many courtesies.
Part Il of a@ Series
This article concludes a two-part series of a report on refractories manufacture in Europe, as seen on a four by Robert Knauft, president of Charles Taylor
Sons Co.
Part one appeared in the October issue, page 78.
How You Can Use It - - - And What the Problems Are
The second part of this series discusses engobes, what they are, how to use them, the advantages of this color method and the production methods involved in their use.
By Thomas D. Carnahan feld & C a
Washingt Pennsyivania
B. F. Draker
Several years ago some of the red shale brick producers began experi- ments with low temperature brightly colored glazes on fired brick, and a number of these brightly colored brick are now in use. One of the best pub- licized and the most striking use of this brick is in the new General Motors Research Center. A number of brick manufacturers are interested in mak- ing a similar brick and it may be worthy of some discussion.
The glazes used on these brick are completely prepared glazes and they are merely mixed with water and sprayed on fired brick. The glazes themselves are comparatively high priced and the extra handling and re- firing of the brick helps to push the cost up. However, I understand that the the selling price of these brick is quite high and cost is really not too important.
Bright Colors
In general, the color palette in these low-fire glazes has been pretty well re- stricted to bright reds, oranges, yel- lows, blues, and greens, shades that cannot be duplicated in higher fire glazes. The red and orange series of glazes are colored with a cadmium sul- foselenide type of pigment and it is the nature of this colorant to be quite volatile. Our series of glazes are for- mulated to mature at about 1750° F. or 1800° F. and this is rather close to the upper limit at which a red or orange can be produced in a production kiln. Tie selenium volatilization is more or less a function of time and
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temperature, and, when a long firing cycle (24 or 36 hours) is used, the temperature must be kept on the low side.
As the firing time is reduced, then the firing temperature may be in- creased somewhat. In one laboratory, in enclosed saggers, red glazes have been fired as high as 2100° F. on an extremely fast cycle.
It is, therefore, the red and orange glazes which determine the firing tem- perature of the low fire glaze series and the other glazes are formulated to fire in the same temperature range for reasons of convenience.
Most of these glazes show a rather wide color range when fired and any of you who are thinking of using this type of glaze should not plan on recov- ering a straight shade. Since the firing cycle of these glazes must be as short as possible, we would suggest firing in a small periodic kiln on a cycle of one day or less.
These very soft, low fire glazes have a characteristic high coefficient of thermal expansion and will, if not care- fully compounded, craz eon most brick or tile bodies. The crazing is generally worse on the buc clay bodies than on red clays. Some of the glazes have rather low acid resistance and will show weather attack or loss of gloss after one or two years exposure to the elements. For these reasons, these glazes are not recommendd for gn- eral brick use; if they must be used, we suggest that you test the brick thoroughly.
Part Il of a Series
A somewhat newer coloring process, and one which we have been trying to promote particularly among the brick manufacturers, is the use of colored engobe. An engobe, according to our way of thinking, is similar to a glaze in some of the ingredients used and in the method of application but it is quite dissimilar in other respects. Some of these dissimilarities should become evident in the discussion that follows.
To satisfy the demand for color, sometime ago we began development of a surface coating that could be adapted to a large number of brick plants. For a number of reasons de- scribed previeusly, glazes are not a suitable low cost method for coloring the majority of the red face brick produced in this country.
Fire Without Sealing
We, therefore, approached the prob- lem from the standpoint of finding out if a coating could be developed which would have good adherence to the brick but which would not seal the brick surface. We were particuliarly anxious to leave the surface open be- cause of the carbon burn out problem mentioned earlier. Out of this work were derived some mixes which looked very promising for us and which we choose to call engobes.
There are some very interesting fea- tures about these engobes which we think will be of value to some of the producers of red shale brick. Most impoftant, we think, is the ability of
The first part of this article, discussing various types of coloring methods and the advantages and problems of each, appeared in the November issue, beginning
on page 52.
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these coatings to be fired onto the sur face without sealing the surface. This is a very desirable feature since an engobe can be applied to just about any clay or shale and fired on the nor mal firing schedule without making any firing changes to accommodate the engobe. We have plant tested en gobe mixes at firing temperatures ranging between 1800° F. and 2300° F. and have had no trouble with eithe the body or the engobe.
Here, then, is a coloring process which is available to all brick manu- facturers and which can provide a color palette of pinks, greens, grays, blues, yellows, and many intermediate shades. Of course, a surface coating which does net seal the brick surface will not be completely vitrified
Has Advantages
This feature has a number of advan- tages. Since these coatings are rather refractory and have a comparatively low percentage of glass phase, they will have excellent opacity. It is our recommendation then that these be applied in extremely thin coatings We predict that engobe consumption may go under 10 lbs. of dry material per 1000 brick as compared with 35 lbs. or 40 lbs. for an equivalent glaze application. From these figures it would seem safe to assume that en- gobing can be a cheap process, at least from the raw material standpoint
Another very real advantage of an extremely thin coating is that it min imizes any problem of fit with the brick body. In some of our early ex- periments we were using engobe thick nesses in the range found on glazed brick, about .015 inches. On some of the red shale brick bodies we did run into some crazing troubles but this was virtually eliminated when we went to the thinner coatings
Since the inherent opacity of these mixes is quite good, they will not only hide the brick body which they cover but will also tend to hide any pigment put into them. In order to maintain a low cost engobe mix, we have tried to keep pigment additions at 2% or lower, and these low additions, coupled with high opacity, have produced only pastel shades. Darker shades are pos- sible to make but may require rela- tively higher stain additions.
Slip Preparation
Another feature of the engobe coat- ing involves the preparation of the en- gobe slip. The mixtures with which we have experimented contain conven- tional glaze ingredients such as feld- spar, clay, flint, whiting, zinc, and sometimes barium carbonate or lead bisilicate. All of these materials are commercially available in a 200 mesh size or finer.
In the preparaticn of normal bright glaze it is customary to grind the glaze slip fine enough so that only a fraction of a percent will be coarser than 325 mesh, and this is a very worthwhile practice. However, in our engobes we
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The development of the
Thayer Autoweightion System for controlling materials processing sys- tems has opened the door for many hitherto impractical batching opera- tions. For instance, several different
flushing materials (flooding pow.
ders) can now be handled without leakage by a tipping bucket weigh hopper (Fig. 1) .controlled by a series of different range Thayer
weigh beams
Fig. 2
Thayer individual batching scales can be used to furnish pre- weighed charges which may be varied in weight to suit the formula The system shown (Fig. 2) can be furnished to allow positioning under various bins or feeders so each scale will preweigh a given weight charge and discharge it to a conveyor belt
or to a mixer for further processing
Fig. 3
Where many ingredients are to be handled and there is a factor of space saving and a mini- mum amount of equipment, it is possible to utilize an accumulative batching scale which can either be fixed or moveable as shown (Fig. 3).
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This unit will have a large weigh hopper sufficient to accommodate the total weight of any number of in- gredients desired to be accumulated To secure accuracy in various weight ranges, the weighing of each indivi- dual ingredient will be controlled by its own weigh beam on the scale and the various ingredients will be weighed into the common weigh hopper in turn at the prescribed formulated weight
Difficult to handle mate- rials, such as hot tar, high viscosity liquids and other such ingredients which leave a re- sidue in the weigh- ing vessel can be handled in a loss- in-weight manner by first precharg- Fig. 4 ing a vessel to any weight and then withdrawing a known amount for the desired charge (Fig. 4). By this means the remaining tare weight within the hopper will not affec: the weight of the next discharged load Such a ‘it can be used either as a single batching scale or as an ac- cumulative batching scale discharg- ing in a loss-in-weight manner.
Engineered solutions such as these have put Thayer batching systems into many of the best known processing plants in North America. Thayer builds a complete line of feeders interlocked with Thayer Scales. Remote controls, add- ing machines and chart indicators are also supplied. Please write us about your batching problems.
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ROBINSON FANS for CLAY PIPE DRYING
Clay pipe can be dried fast if humidity, temperature and air movement are ac- curately controlled. Each clay has its own peculiar or individual characteristics which governs the reaction to the drying process
Our engineers follow the practice of studying the characteristics of a clay; then design the new dryer or re-vamp an existing
dryer, to do a fast, economical job
“It will pay you to place your pipe drying problems in the hands of ROBINSON Engi- neers. They have had years of practical ex- perience and specialized training in meeting
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SCPI Continued
Whitlock discussed the purposes of SCPI and how the work is done. He stated an aim of SCPI as being to do work of industrial thinking and. planning as thoroughly and intelligently as possible.
In a prediction of business conditions for 1958, Whitlock reported general opinion that it would be similar to 1957 with some possible variation up or down, but only slight variation
Needs More Support
Whitlock put considerable stress on the need for greate support of SCPI, particularly through increased member- ship. During the year, SCPI plans to’ make a diligent ef- fort to secure members and to explain to the industry the aims, purposes and working methods of the organization
Whitlock also urged that the members take the results of research work and put them into production use as quickly as possible. He pointed out that there’s little use in spending money for research if the results of research are not adopted.
For Better Attendance
SCPI-National is organizing a series of sales meetings which will be held throughout the country for the benefit of manufacturers, their salesmen, dealers and the dealers salesmen.
It's an opportunity for everyone to latch onto, especially in today’s strongly competitive market. It means that all dealers, salesmen—yes, even manufacturers—should at- tend these meetings.
“Hot Belt’’ Correction
In an article concerning the use of “hot belts’ at Onondaga Brick Corp., in the November issue, we said that these belts operate 4 hours a day, 6 days a week. This actually was a typo- graphical error: the belts run 24 hours a day, not just four.
The Manufacturers Equipment Co., Dayton, Ohio announces the appoint ment of McDonald Welding Ltd., Oak- ville, Ontario as their new sales dis- tributor in Canada.
Appointment of Ray M. Ronald to the managership of Hyster’s tractor equipment division, Peoria, Ill. was announced by Philip S. Hill, executive vice-president of Hyster Co., Port- land, Ore.
In a recent appointment, John H. Sharda was made sales training man- ager for LeTourneau-Westinghouse Co., Peoria, Il.
Appointment of Mark T.. Gilkison as manager of the Industrial Sales Division for. Gates Rubber Co., Den- ver, Colo. was: arnounced by C. H. Mingle, vice-president and director df marketing.
DECEMBER, 1957
Here is how you can make these meetings succeed, Mr. Manufacturer:
1. Write all of your dealers a personal letter selling them on the idea of attending; give all particulars, place- date-time-length, including what they’ll hear.
2. Sell your salesmen on attending, by use of interoffice memos.
3. Have your salesmen call on all of your dealers, mak- ing sure that they reserve the date for the meeting. Your salesmen should take the time to sell the dealer on the benefits to be gained from attending, and should try to create interest.
4. Follow up your first effort to get dealers attendance a few weeks after the first letter. This time, enclose a reply card so you'll know who's coming to the meeting.
5. Follow up on all of those who don’t return the reply card and make sure that they haven’t just overlooked it.
Only in this way can you be assured ‘hat the money spent by the SCP! staff will be of any real value to you.
There’s too much at stake to neglect these meetings as they have been in the past, when attendance was poor.
It costs no more to give the performance to 500 than to 50.
While we're speaking of attendance and meetings, SCPI is also showing clay products to home builders (see SCPI meeting story in this issue) on at least sixteen occa- sions in the coming months. Are you and your salesmen planning to attend?
It seems to us that here’s a real opportunity to get acquainted with home builders, to help answer their ques- tions and to button-hole them for business. Are you going to attend?
Congratulations To
CLOUD CERAMICS
We are proud to have installed the Sheet Metal Work and Kiln Piping in this new plant. This work was done on the installation of Harrop Kilns.
DANSER SHEET METAL WORKS
INDUSTRIAL - COMMERCIAL 124 Market Street Parkersburg, W. Va.
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CLOUD Continued
Some 98 burners are used on the Harrop kiln, with 78 of these dual-fuel North Americans’. In addition, 20 gas burners are used. So far, lines have not been installed for use of oil although this addition is planned. Gas supply has been dependable but Cloud wants to have standby if neces sary. The piping connected with the kiln was fabricated
by Danser Sheet Metal Works who also installed the air
ducting.
The kiln has a pre-heat zone, three hi-temperature re circulating zones, and the main firing zone in the charge end. The main fire zone is controlled by two automatic sys- tems. With the air lock and number of burners used in the various zones, accurate control of the kiln atmosphere is possible.
Have Careful Kiln Control
With such refinements and equipment, the Cloud ope, ators have a means of maintaining virtually ideal firing conditions with resultant high quality of brick. The dis- charge end of the kiln is designed with two recirculating sections in the slow cooling area in addition ito the quick cooling area. Robinson fans are used throughout the plant
Controls again have been provided that allow maintain- ing of a cooling curve that keeps brick loss to a minimum
The kiln, designed to produce two million a month, was handling 16 cars in the schedule six weeks after produetion began. Cloud management. is confident that they can soon exceed the designed capacity of the kiln.
The kiln has Brown instruments by Minneapolis-Honey- well which keep constant record of the temperature at “two points and with which 30 couples are installed for hourly readings. The kiln is fired to about 2200 deg. F
Kiln Buildings
The new plant is housed in steel frame, corrugated alu- minum buildings put up by R. G. Varner Steel. The light, reflective aluminum in conjunction with use of skylights allows excellent illumination throughout. The kiln building itself is 60 x 585’. The combined area of storage, machine and grinding rooms, etc., gives the company 59,880 sq. ft. of covered floor space
Lift Trucks Handle Ware
The fired ware is moved from the kiln cars by Clark lift trucks equipped with Schmidgall forks. These forks have been altered by adding an angle iron to the top of each tine.
The hacks are set on a double course of brick which forms the skid. Brick are set in four hacks on each car with Cloud experiencing no difficulty in removing each block with the lift truck for removal to the storage yard. The forks can handle either regular or oversize brick without changing spacing.
The storage yard is paved, lying between the plant and the rail siding which has space for 14 cars. The brick to be shipped are moved into the car by fork truck with the blocks being broken up and stacked in the rail car in the normal manner. The percentage of brick not suitable for shipping runs less than 1%
Cloud Management and Personnel
Cloud Ceramics was formed by Charles S. Cook and George H. Cook, who are pesident and vice president» re spectively. David Young, ceramic engineer, is superin® tendent in charge of both plants. Richard A. Cook is vice president-assistant manager. Sales manager is Don J. Wierman and office manager is Dean Townsend.
The company employs about 65 men, about 25 directly in the new plant and the rest in the old plant and support- ing departments. The management of Cloud is very proud of the quality of their employees. They attribute the pro- ductivity and the quality of their operation to the policy of hiring the best men available.
Cloud products are sold through distributors located in many parts of the country.
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LOWER COST GRINDING
POSITIVE PRODUCT CONTROL
MORE GRINDING IN LESS TIME
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WILLIAMS
REVERSIBLE IMPACTOR
The economy, speed, quality control and low upkeep ofa Reversible Impactor is unmatched for reducing bank run material to proper fineness for burned ware. In closed circuit systems, with external vibrating screens, absolutely uniform sizing to specifications is assured.
No grates are used thus minimizing upkeep expense. Reversible rotation makes manual turning of ham- mers unnecessary; adjustable impact blocks cut labor, downtime. Parts life is prolonged up to 7 times!
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Internal view showing man- ganese steel impact blocks, hammers and liners: Rug- ged, heavy steel. plate.con- struction. Extra large shafts are mounted in. oversize bearings sealed ‘in self- aligning housings.
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THE PRIESTER TRUCK CRANE
(PATENTED) 16 units of 500 bricks each unloaded by driver alone, merely pushing buttons.
Unloads off either side. Puts loads on sidewalk where they belong. Requires less than half the unloading space that other devices need. Handles brick or block unpalleted or palleted or packaged. Not necessary to move truck. Unloads one, two or all units at one place! No chipping or breaking bottom bricks or blo¢dks. Gentle handling. For full details, ask for Bulletin TC53.
BRADNEY MACHINE CO., INC.
Middletown, N. Y.
The trend to color is apparent in all kinds of building materials including brick
If you've got colored brick in mind, Ferro can help you make it.
We will work with you in establishing techniques, processes and quality controls, to maintain the color uniformity and
the light and heat stability our colors make possible.
Ferro makes quality colors for all brick coloring methods — glazing, body staining, engobe and-sandblasting. Our know-how comes from years of experience in all_phases of brickmaking... in designing and building kilns in = producing finest inorganic colors an : ¢ sty : ) Need help? Write us, describing your 4) fe ~es 4 J } equipment, firing ranges, type of clay and th 1p ng proposed method of applying color.
We'll go to work on your problem
erRRD FERRO CORPORATION Color Division 4150 East 56th St., Cleveland 5, Ohio 5309 South District. Boulevard, Los Angeles 22, California Ferro Enaniels (Canada) Ltd:, Oakville, Onfario, Canada
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CARNAHAN Continued
are dealing with extremely matt and comparatively coarse surfaces. There- fore, we see no good reason for fine grinding of engobe slips.
In our experiments, we compared identical engobe formulas which were prepared by two different methods. One mix was ground in a one gallon ball mill for 2 hours. The other mix was mixed on a Cowles Dissolver, which is essentially an ultra high speed mixe!
The fired comparisons of the two mixes showed the bal! milled specimen to be a bit more vitrified but to have the same type of coarse surface as the other mix. We have prepared a number of samples on the Cowles Dis- solver and have had them plant tested with very satisfactory results. We are not m the business of selling Cowles Dissolvers but we do reeommend that any of you who consider making your own engobe mixes look into them as a low cost method of preparing your engobe slip
Before going on to engobe applica tion and a discussion of color control, I would like to digress for a moment and offer some opihions regarding the use of engobe coatings. Manufacturers of glazed brick and structural tile have striven for close reproduction of color and the elimination of all sur- face imperfections. Some of them have trouble putting their intentions nto practice, but neverthless thos¢ are the prescribed goals This, of course, points the way to a high cost product
Color Variations
After talking with quite a number
brick manufacturers, we learned that there is a place for a coloring process which will not give a uniform shading but which will provide some color variation. With good plant con- trol from start to finish, we see no rea- son why a colored engobe cannot be made as a straight shade with a mini mum of color variation, but there are many existing plants which wish to make additional colors, such as en- gobes provide, but which cannot exer- cise enough plant control to keep a uniform color. Why not then approach the market from a realistic viewpoint and sell the brick with a random color?
Low Cost Process
Another opinion. The brick industry wants and needs a low cost coloring process. We feel that colored engobes will meet this requirement if they are properly used. We have already talked about the use of thin coatings. One feature of any coloring process is the color variation caused by a variety of things, but usually caused by firing variations. I have already recom- mended selling the brick with random shading, and th‘ will certainly hold
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DECEMBER, 1957
Pneumatic tires cushion the load over ramp edge.
ROUGH, BUMPY YARD NO OBSTACLE TO PNEUMATIC -TIRED TRUCK STACKING 60,000 BRICKS A DAY
Hyster 20 sets kiln faster because of high maneuverability
CRAWFORDSVILLE, INDIANA. The Hydraulic Press Brick Company plant here has used Hyster lift trucks exclusively for about ten years, and currently operates six 2,000 lb. capacity units, equipped with Bickerstaff forks
Kiln floors and yard terrain are rough, bump) and sometimes muddy, but prove no obstacle to these highly stable, pneumatic-tired truc ks.
One truck does all the setting (60,000 bricks per day) and completes a kiln every two and one-third days. Kilns are drawn at a rate of 3 000 bricks per truck per day. As kilns are drawn, cubes are loaded in cars or on trucks, or placed in future delivery shed.
See for yourself how a Hyster lift truck can’s} eed up your operation. Ask your Hyster dealer,for a
demonstration toda)
HYSTER
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Tyler Screen Sections for All Makes of Screening Machines!
Screen sections of Tyler Woven Wire are fabri- cated for all makes of vibrating screens in any mesh or metal. They are made up with hook-strip or bent-edge construction to suit the machine on which they are to be used.
Tyler rugged, accurately-applied hook-strips make possible stretching and maintaining the screens at drum-head tension, which is essential for successful screening and long screen life.
THE W. S. TYLER COMPANY
CLEVELAND 14, OHIO
Manufacturers of Woven Wire Screens and Screening Machinery
Canadian Plant—St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
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Many plants are now profiting thru the advantages of
ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
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CARNAHAN Continued
the cost down provided there are not too many which are far enough off- color to be classified as seconds.
Chipping is one of the biggest ob- jections to any brick or tile which has color applied only to the surface. This certainly is a legitimate complaint, but, here again, we have an opinion to offer. In the course of our experi- ments, we tried applying our thin en- gobe coatings to every type of brick surface we could get. These included smooth face, sanded face, wire cut, rugg texture, bark texture, and scratch face. On the smooth and sanded fates, we were able to produce smooth surfaces and uniform coloring.
Coating High Spots
However, they looked just like a glazed brick and, when a chip was knocked out of one, it very definitely impaired the looks of the brick. Quite a different appearance was achieved on various textured brick. Using the same thin spray application, we found that not all of the brick surface was coated. In effect, we were coating only the high spots, and the scratches, cracks, dips, valleys and depressions were left uncoated.
The result was a brick which, -al- though not perfectly coated when in- spected closely, gave an impression of color when viewed from a distance of a few feet. In one sense these are im- perfect brick since they are really a combination of engobe surface coloring and background color of the. brick. In the case of red shale brick the dif- ference between brick color and en- gobe color is rather noticeable when viewed closely, but is undetectable from a distance. On the buff burning clay, the difference is practically un- noticed even at close range.
I should remind you that most of eur work has been with the pastel shades and you probably can picture in your own minds the difference I am speaking of. Imperfect may be the proper description for these brick, but these “built-in” imperfections have one very desirable function and that is to render any small chips ur notice- able. Here then, in our opiniou, is an- other way to a higher yield of saleable brick—make a brick in which the chipped portions blend in with the general appearance of the brick.
To Be Continued
John E. Chadwick, sales manager for Koehring Div., Milwaukee, Wis., was named vice-president and sales manager in charge of sales, service and sales promotion. He _ succeeds John S. Conway who died recently after a short illness.
DECEMBER, 1957
TWO SCREENS THAT
PREVENT BLINDING IN CLAY
PROCESSING
One of the greatest clay screening problems is that of blinding the . severe impoirment of production by Underneath view of Ball Tray Deck sticky, moist clay clogging the holes in the screen. Where square openings are less than 5/32"; Simplicity Screens embody electrical heating. The screen wire is heated to approximately 140°, which prevents blinding, but does NOT DRY THE BED OF THE MATERIAL. This makes possible operation of the hetting elements for only about 45c¢ per hour. High- amperage, low-voltage current presents no safety hazard This new heated screen features an improved method of heat distribution, and easier screen cloth replacement—none of the heating elements are disturbed when changing cloth. Elimination of screen cloth whip results in longer cloth life. Where screening needs require screen cloth with square openings of 5/32" or over, Simplicity Ball Tray Screens employ bouncing rubber balls, trapped between the screen cloth and a retaining cloth Vibration of the screen agitates the rubber balls, which knocks clay loose from the wires no matter how wet the clay may be. Eliminate your clay screening problems permanently with Simplicity Heated or Ball-Type Screens. Both types have proven their economy and dependability in tough applications throughout the country For ail details on these screens and other Simplicity conveying, screening or feeding equipment, write us today.
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1. Eliminates FIRE HAZARDS W. ; e also produce 2. Will not STRIP. or TEAR DEPENDABLE,
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When the belt stops and the driving drum doesn’t — for conveyor belting there is danger of fire— but NOT if you-use new ScANDURA P.V.C. coated conveyor belting.
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HAND PADS y : ss ‘ WA N T COLORI MITTENS . GLOVES and more colored glaze brick. With a mod-
est investment, you can profit from this
Modern architectural design calls for more
growing trend. By facing your common
PROTECT brick with colorful glaze, you can get
premium prices for it.
WO " K E RS . HAN DS ! Drakenfeld offers You practical help in solv-
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Avoid costly injuries to the hands of your workers by giving them the protection they need—Tufhorse gloves, hand pads or mittens. Made of the finest cowhide, they are flexible and comfortable to wear. CALL ON
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Stuntz, Forsyth applications. Similarly, certain new Other appointments announced for include A. A.
i -efractories have applications in mar- the new organization Appointed by B&W refractories have applic 1 mi ' ; PP y kets where the Globar Division Turner, Manager Refractories Sales;
Robert P. Stuntz has been appointed supplies materials. D. S. Bowman, Manager Globar and eerag re by ewer of The Bab- Furthermore, projects being devel- Electronic Sales; H. M. Killmar, Man- cock & Wilcox Company’s Refractories oped in the Research and Develop- ager Perth Amboy Plant; A. L. Don- Sven, = reported today by ment Division of the Company have nenwirth, Manager #alconer Plant; James E. Brinckerhoff, vice president implications for all three divisions. J. W. Albright, Manager Globar Plant; Stuntz will make his headquarters “ These and other considerations studjed R. C. Straka, Manager Latrobe Seals the company 8 executive offices in New for some time led to the conclusion Plant: R. Vap Der Beck, Manager York . , that the three closely related divisions Latrobe Ceramic Plant; E. H. Fritz,
Succeeding Stuntz as manager of the should be integrated into one Division. Assistant to General Manager of Op Division's ( hicago district sales offi : The plant at Perth Amboy, N. J., erations; C. P. Clapp, Manager of is Robert H. Forsyth, it was reported will specialize in heavy duty super re- Manufacturing; J. M. Smith, Manager by Mark J. Terman, sales manager for fractories; Falconer, N. Y.. in fused Marketing Department; O. R. Stach the division cast refractories; Latrobe in smalle1 Manager Product Engineering
super refractory parts, ceramic spe Branch; E. F. Grimm, Division Con
Mavheetorssugnadir tat cialties and electronic seals and com troller Accounting Branch; and J. S.
¢ ponents; and Globar plant at Niagara Catapano, Manager Personnel Branch
General Clinton F Robinson, Presi Falls will manufacture heating ele The reorganization will become ef dent of The Carborundum Company, ments and resistors fective January 1, 1958
announced that the Company's Stupa-
koff Division at Latrobe, Pa., Globar
Division at Niagara Falls, N. Y., and UNIVERSAL “UNILEC”’ SCREENS
tefractories Division at Perth Amboy,
N. J., will be integrated into one divi- CHOSEN FOR ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S
yn, named the Refractories Division.
All personnel, plants and activities, ex- MOST MODERN & EFFICIENT NEW CLAY PLANTS,
cept the Stupalox sintered oxide cut- ting tool project formerly at _ the Stupakoff Division will be combined CLOUD CERAMICS AT CONCORDIA, KANSAS in the newly established Refractories Division
Boyd M. Johnson, vice president of the company, was named General Man ager of the new division. Robert A. Barr was appointed Assistant General Manager in Charge of Sales and A. L. Leo-Wolf was made Assistant General Manager in Charge of Operations.
Johnsen, Barr and Leo-Wolf were formerly General Managers of the Re fractories, Stupakoff and Globar Divi- sions respectively which are now merged into the new, more diversified Refractories Division.
The Stupalox project has been as- signed to the New Products Branch of the Research and Development Divi- sion. E. Kibbitt, Project Manager, will réport to D. G. Sturges, Manager of the New Products Branch.
Commenting: on the integration of the three Divisions into one, Robin- son said—“This new, mérged Division will enable the Company to give bat- ter service to its customers. in closely related markets by more effective use of “- — of pp of Above: Type “M” 42x96” single-deck Universal capable emplovees, diversified equip- “ - ‘ wate aa = facilities in the Pc high-frequency Vibrating Screens with dual-UNILEC separate Divisions. Fhe new Division heating equipment. is designed not only for more effectiye production and sale of current inter-
volated ‘peeaiiet! linea bat: alae clari. Combining the efficiency and reliability of Univer- fies the proper assignment of certain sal Screens with Unilec Heating System assures the
new product lines that will be ‘forth- ° coming from the Research and Devel- best return on such investments. opment Division of the Company.” ? " : Robinson said the markets form Hundreds of Universal Screens now in service can Globs esistors 1d Stupak P o ° ° ° ° ° a or tha ges, Pe A eEiastey _— easily be fitted with Unilec Heating. Get the facts much the same. The markets for re- before you invest. fractories and Globar heating elementse were in many instances elosely related. Write today for free catalog +150 Certain Stupakoff products, such as Stupalith®, had refractory applica-
tions. New developments in the Stupa- UNIVERSAL VIBRATING SCREEN COMPANY
koff Division, such as high alumina for
electronic use, have many refractory RACINE, WISCONSIN
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Samples obtained from depths up to
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LETTERS continued
Pipe Process Used?
Editor, Brick & CLAY REecorp—We are the manufacturer of salt glazing vitrified clay sewer pipe in 10” and 12”, and these are made in a sewer pipe auger vertical press by the stiff mud process in the de-air system.
Other rival manufacturers use the methods of manufacturing cement pipe, known as the dry methods, for the production of glazed vitrified sew- er pipe
In the dry method use, a type of machine is used which has a revolv ing head which moves up and down inside the shell or form for the outer surface of the pipe, an inner shell being required for this class of ma- chine
In this dry method, a mixture of feldspar, shale and Portland cement (or Plaster of Paris or sodium sili- cate) is employed which contains only enough water (7 to 10°) to leave web like markings on the surface of the special concrete when the forms are removed and to ball up when pressed in the hand
The pipe produced on these ma- chines, which are all used with a dry mix so as to permit the removal of the mold in the natural dryers as soon as the machine work is finished The pipe are generally placed by 48 hours in the natural dryer and hardened by hydraulic chemical re- action of the cement and plaster When the pipe is hardened it is glazed with a slip glaze and placed in the tunnel kiln car and burned.
I inquire about this sewer pipe manufacturing on the new dry pro- cess: Is this process used in the USA; where is the process used; what specifications cover this ware; where can I read literature for this purpose; the most important question, “Can the dry process glazed pipe sub- stitute to the salt glazing (or glazed) pipe in the USA; if it cannot be sub- stituted do you tell me the reason?
Roberto Bozzolo, Industria Ceramica Osvaldo Cruz 5272 Camino Maldonado & Cuchilla Grande Montevideo, Uruguay Ed. Note We've given an answer to this letter to Mr. Bozzolo who, by the way, 8 one of many fore wn subscrib- ers to BCR. Do any of our clay pipe
readers have any comments to add?
Oldest Plant (Final?)
Editor, Brick & CLay Recorp—We wish to call your attention to an er- ror in the article referring to the age
DECEMBER, 1957
of our Company as published in the business, we might call attention to October issue. You state that our ours started in 1844 by my grand- business was started in 1884 instead father. Being the youngest of seven of 1844 as we wrote ... If we are children, I entered act vely into the not requesting too much, we would business in February, 1902 on the appreciate being quoted verbatim death of my oldest brother. Our busi- L. Perry West nese is at present and always has West Bros. Brick Co . ba ed one h endre l - ro nt by Washington, D. C : t heirs of the founder. Ed. Note Sorry for the scrambled ‘ f yy, our origu al p tblishing of date. Here's West's original letter est’ compar i’8 age was based not in fulls “Noting some interest in the on lé ) letter, but ipon an ear
identity of the oldest operating brick
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No guesswork here! To produce L-S crimp- ing dies requires engineering knowledge of all physical and chemical characteristics of many kinds of wire, production know-how, skillful tool making plus critical supervision. Such careful met hods are typical of Ludlow- Saylor manufacturing.
That is why L-S Wire Cloth and Screens are the finest made for every sizing, straining, filtering operation. They are tougher, strong- er, more rigid—have better resistance to abrasion, distortion, vibration, heat and high pressure. Yet they cost no more than ordinary screens or cloth.
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ANNUAL EDITORIAL INDEX - 1957
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Acme Brick Bennett Piant Setting Record for Output, Economy Jan Additives, How Des Moines Uses Additive A to Make Good Operation Better Nov Alton Brick, Pit Equipment, Pug Mill improves Operation June American Ceramic Society Expect 1,800 to Attend Dallas Convention Apr See Exciting Future for Ceramics June AmVit Applies Plastisol, How June Annual Clay Pipe Section (See NCPMI) Annual Refractories Section (See Refractories Atomic Bomb Test Brick School Classroom Withstands Atomic Blast Aug Furnace, Bomb Test Feetured at SCPRF Aug
Ba Test, Procedure in Making Drying Ba Test Nov Bark Texturing Machine Patented Apr Belting Follow These Tips for Longer Belt Life. . Feb New “Hot'’ Belt Gives Longer Life for LW Bennett Plant Setting Record for Economy Black Coring, Research You Can in Your Plant Brainstorming How to Get Brainstorms Every Day What's This Brainstorming Al! About? Brick & Clay Record (See “Ten Year Program Built-ins, This Year Sel! the Built-ins Burners Changed by Phoenix to Get Ware, Less Rejects
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Car Lubricant for Kiln Car Apr Carter-Waters Corp Carter-Waters Doubles Capacity to Meet Heavy Demand for Haydite July Production Doubled Since Plant Opened June Ceramics Diagnose and Solve Your Glaze Problems May Refractories Used in Ceramic Manufacture Jan Chambers’ First Hundred Years Jan Charleston Clay Products Builds Kiln Sub structure of Refractory Concrete Nov Cinder Concrete Products, Plant Rebuilt for Switch to Clay Output June Clay Blogging as Related to Product Quality ontrol Jan Clay Block Houses Cheaper Tha rame? May Clayburn Plant Mickages All Agricultural Tile Jan Clay Pipe Plant, $! Million-Gegins Soon May Clay Pipe Institute Serving the West May Clay Products Association Serving the Midwest May Clay Sewer Pipe Association Serving the East May Clay Products Reports Be a Self-Starter Mar $15 Billion is Market or Home Improvements Nov Brick Salesman, Please Note Apr De We Need a Luxury Product? Aug Faith in Us Nov Form Not Function Sept Hold the Price Line June Let's Help the CFLI Feb Let's Test Paving Block, Too Mar Let's Think Big in Building Feb Passing Points on Promotion Sept Predictions True Apr Research — Our Right Arm Feb Second Home Buyers Apr Sell the Homes Apr What's Proper Promotion? Feb What's Proper Promotion? June Who are You Kiddina? Aua What's Proper Promotion? Feb Clemson Meet Discusses Plant of Future Oct Cloud Ceramics Double Production De Colors How Columbia 8B & T Combines Clays for Colors Aug How Columbia 8 & T Combines Clays for Colors
DECEMBER, 1957
How Columbia 8 & T Combines Clays for Colors Cc How You Can Use It — And What The Problems Are Meeting Discusses Colors For Clay Nov Columbia Brick & Tile Combines Clays for Colors Combines Clays for Colors Combines Ciays for Colors Pug Mill, Lift Trucks at Columbia Community, Relation of A Company A Community Concrete, Complete Kiln Substructure Built of Refractory Concrete Corona $5 Million Plant Nearly Complete
Dallas Convention Expects |,800 To Attend Depletion Condensed History of Depletion Court Refuses Depletion Review Court Reverses Only Government Depletion Decision We're Winning the Big Fight Des Moines Clay Co How Des Moines Uses Additive A To Make Good Operations Better Nov Hundred Pack Meets Des Moines Needs Apr Dickey PVC, Jointed Pipe Pays for itself June Drying Dryers Lead Modernization at Standard Sept New Presses, Dryers at Vandalia June New Dryer, Research Facilities at Laclede Proceedure in Making Drying Bal! Test Tunnel Kiln. Dryer, New Fulton Features Dunwody (Kenneth We're Winning the Big Fight
E ESCA ESCA Members Tour Shalite Plant Sept Exciting Growth’ Predicted by ECSA Apr Editorials Attend Sales Meetings De Business Jitters? The Facts Say Otherwise Apr Can You Handle 70% More Business? Jan Costs — No Object? Feb Fire Prevention A Year-Round Job Oct It's Downright Foolish Sept Let's Get to Work on @ 22 Billion Market July Now for the Next Job! Nov Salesmen or Errand Boys? Aug Size, Color, Newness for Sales Punch May The Sixty-Four Million Dallar Give-Away Mar Warning to Makers of Glazed Brick June Efflorescence, Research You Can Put to Use in Your Plant Sept Engineers. How to Recruit Technical Help You Need Epoxy Adhesive Speeds Pipe Jointing Without Rejects Evans. Colman & Evans, All Agricultural Tile Packaged at Clayburn Evens & Howard, New Extrusion Part of $360,000 Program Exhibits, How to Develop Extra Benefits from Home Shows Sept
F Firina
10 000 Extra Brick Per Day From New 320 Tunnel Kiln Get Maximum Production From Your Tunnel How Does Warren Fire Seven Extra Cars A Day? Fiuorspar Controls Vanadium Staining Fox John M How Do You Measure Up?
G General Refractories General Adds Equipment For more Efficiency How Does Warren Fire Seven Extra Cars A Day?
Gladding, McBean $5 Million Corona Plant Nearly Complete June New Shipping Method Cuts Pipe Breakage Loss to $20 Per Car July Gray, Briscoe B.. Get Maximum Production From Your Tunnel Feb Green Brier Meeting, SCP Dex Grinding 100,000 Grinding Plant Ups Midland Capacity 50% One-Man Contro! of Grinding At Wellsville June
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Moorhead Moves to Mechanica Handling June Rube Goldberg’ Power Transfer Units Solve Handling Problems For Golden Brick Jan Harbison How fe
June
New Fulton
Oldest and Largest Pot Manufacturer Highway Program, Clay Products Vital to Highway Program Press, New Brick Big Seller
Hydraulic Press
I nois Clay Pre s, Grundite Product Up 50 pct Insulating Brick of Fuel Cost nterstate, 10000 Extra Brick Per Day m New 320 Tunnel Kiln
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(President) 50 Years with Sayre Fisher Brick Co Mar
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Kasten Brothers Brick, New Storage Shed Packaging at Kasten June Kelsey-Ferguson, New Packaging Method Saves $100,000 Annually Sept Kilns Complete Substructure Built of Refractory Concrete Nov New Kiln, Equipment & Products at Walsh June What Type Kiln Car Lubricant? Apr Knauft Reports Knauft Reports on European Trip at TRI Meet Aug Knauft's Report on European Methods of Refractories Manufacture Dec Knoxville Meet, ECSA Members Tour Shalite Plant Sept Kraftile Co. Develops Quality Control Oct
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Laclede-Christy's New Dryer, Research Facilities Juns Lanae (Jim), Are We Selling The Right Way? Feb Leftwich Process, Minimum Personne! Needed by Denie & Sons Aor Lelite Plant Operates on Waste Heat Mar Liqghtweiaht Aggregate Carter-Waters Doubles Capacity to Meet Heavy Demand for Haydite July Clav Block Houses Cheaper Than Frame? May Exciting Growth’ Predicted by ECSA Apr Minimum Personne! Needed by Denie & Sons Apr New “Hot'’ Belt Gives Longer Life for LW Nov Pioneer Lelite Plant Operates on Waste Heat Mar Plant Rebuilt For Switch to Clay Outout June Sayre & Fisher's Kev to Future Success Mar Stiles Turns Overburden Into Profit Jan Virqginia'’s First LW Plant Produces 420 Tons Daily Feb Lightweight Furnace, Bomb Test Featured at SCPRF Aug Logan Clay Products Logan Converts 2! Periodics to Gas Firing July Logan's New Pack Increases Handling, Load ing Efficiency 800% Doubles Storage Capacity June
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Management, How Do You Measure Up? Feb Martinsville Brick Co. Remodeled Completely Plans Still More June Merchandising Brick Helps Homes in St. Louis Mar Minneapolis Proves Brick Houses Do Sell Better Apr This Year, Sell The Built-ins of Brick Mar What Are You Doing To Help Us Sell Our Homes? Mar Mexico Refractories Co.. Fifth Tunnel New Rotary June Midiand Brick & Tile 100,000 Grinding Plant Ups Midland Capacity 50% June Midland Modernizes; Output up 50% July Minneapolis Proves rick Houses Do Sell Better Missouri Special Section General Adds Equipment For More Efficiency 100,000 Grinding Plant Ups Midland Capacity 50% Million-A-Year to Improve Green Facilities Millions For Medernization Moorhead Moves to Mechan Handling New Brick Biq Seller For Hydrauli Press New Dryer, Research Facilitic at Laclede New Extrusion Part of $340.00 E & H Program New Kiln. Equipment & Prod at Walsh New Periodics at United-Harrisonville New Plant Unit to Double Farber Output New Presses, Drvers ot Vandalia New Storage Shed, Packaging A? Kasten One-M*n Control! of Grinding at Wellsville Production Doubled Since Plant Opened Pua Mill. Lift Trucks at Columbia School Successfully Trains Men for Incustry June Tunne! Kiln, Dryer, New Fulton Features June Tunnel Modernization for H. W Vandalia June United-Vale Converts Al! Forks fo LP June Moorhead Brick & Tile Moves to Mechanica Hend'ina June Moss Lightweioht Aaqregate, Minimum Personnel Needed by Denie and Sons Apr
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NAHB, Research Home Shews Onpportunities for Clay, Need for Research, Product Development July
NCPMI!
Clay Pipe Institute Serving the West May Clay Products Association Serving the Midwest May Clay Sewer Pioe Association Serving the Eact May National Clay Pioe Manufacturers Inc Progrees Through Cooperation May Phoenix Meetina Dec Research Imoroves An Age-Old Product May Sanitary Eraineering Service Serving the Sovth May
New Jersev Shale Rrick & Tile Package Saves Labor, Cuts Costs Aug
North American Refrectories Co
How to Use Electrically Heated Screens New Plant Unit to Double Farber Output °
Ochs, A. C., Brick & Tile How Och« Makes Their Hundred Pack Oct Modern Plant. New Kiln Uns Och« Production May Onondaga Brick Corp.. New “Hot” Belt Gives Longer Life for LW Nov
P Pacific Clav Products Epoxy Adhesive Speeds Pipe Jointing Without Reiects July Procedure in Making Drying Ball Test Nov Packaging ’ How Ochs Makes Their Hundred Pack Oct Hundred Pack Meets Des Mo'nes Needs Ap Loaan's New Pack Increases Handling, Load ing Efficiency 800% Doubles Storage Capacity June 20 Minutes Unloading Time for Tile Jan New Packaging Method Saves $100,000 Annually Sept New Shipping Method Cuts Pipe Breakage Loss to $20 Per Car July New Storage Shed, Packagain at Kasten June
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Package Saves Labor, Cuts Costs New Jersey Aug House, All Brick Put Up in Hours Oct Paving Block Tested Mar Phoenix Changes Burners to Get Better Ware, Less Rejects Apr Pipe Jointing Epoxy Adhesive Speeds Pipe Jointing Without Rejects July Jointed Pipe Pays for Itself June Plant of the Future Discussed at Clemson Meet Oct Plant Operators Forum Discusses Color for Clay Nov Plant Stories Acme Brick Co Jan Alton Brick Co June Carter-Waters Corp July Clay City Pipe Co May Cloud Ceramics Dec Columbia Brick & Tile Co Sept Des Moines Clay Co Nov Evans, Coleman & Evans Co Jan General Refractories Co June Gladdina. McBean & Co June Golden Brick Co Jan Green, A. P.. Fire Brick Co June Harbison-Walker Refractories Hews, A. H. & Co Apr illinois Clay Products Co Mar Kasten Brothers Brick Co Kelsev-Ferguson Brick C Kraftile Co Oct Lactede-Christy Div Lehigh Materials Co Mar Logan Clay Products Co Martinsville Brick Co June Mexico Refractories Co Midland Brick & Tile Co Moorhead Brick & Tile Co New Jersey Shale Brick & Tile Corp North American Refrectories Co Ochs, A. C., Brick & Tile Co Onondaasa Brick Co Pacific Clay Products Poston Brick & Concrete Products Co Roanoke-Webster Brick Co Savre & Fischer Brick Co Sheffield Brick & Tile Co Southern Brick & Tile Co Stendard Brick Co Stiles & Sons Brick Co United Brick & Tile Co Walsh Refractories Co Wellsville Fire Brick Co Plastiso How AmVit Applies Plastisol What Are Thev? How Are They Used? What Can They Do For You? May Platt (Jim). This Year, Sel! The Built-iIns of Brick Mar Poston Brick & Concrete Products Co., Clay Block Houses Cheaper Than Frame May
Quality Control Blending of Clays as Related to Product Ouslity Control How Kraftile Developed Quality Control
e Refractories Complete Kiln Substructure Built of Refractory Concrete Nov Grundite Production Up 50 Pct Mar How Does Warren Fire Seven Extra Cars A Day? Feb Knauft's Report on — European Method« of Refractories Manufscture ct Open Hearth Meet Reports on Refractories May Record 178 Attend TRI Youngstown Meetina Apr Refractories Used in Ceramic Manufacture Jan Sayre & Fisher's Key to Future Success _ Mar The Backhone of Modern Industry Jan Region 4, This Year, Sell The Built-ins of Brick Mar Region 5, Sales Meeting. What Are You Doing To Help Us Sell Our Homes? Mar. Roanoke-Webster Brick Co. Virainia's First LW Plant Produces 420 Ton Dally Feb. R R Car. New Shippina Method Cuts Pipe Breakage Loss to $20 Per Car July
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Sanitary Engineering Service Serving the South May Sevre & Fisher President Junker's 50 Years With Sayre & Fisher Brick Co Mar Savre & Fisher's Key to Future Success Mar Schools School Successfully Trains Men for Industry June Schools-Where to Now? Aug. SCPI Brick He'ns Sell Homes in St. Louis Mar. Minneapolis Proves Brick Houses Do Sell Better Apr.
1.05 Million Starts — Higher Priced Houses Construction At High Level — Brick Jan Considering Solar Screen Promotion Mar What Are You Doing To Help Us Our Homes? Mar
The Brick in a House Put up in 8, Hours! Oct Brick Schoo! Classroom Withstands Atomic Blast Aug Furnace, Bomb Test Featured at SCPRE Aug New SCPRF Officers Elected Jan Research You Can Put to Use in Your Plant Sept SCR Survival House Can Protect Public From Disaster Screens, How to Use Electrically Screens Scumming, Research You Can Put in Your Plant Shalite Plant Has Tour for ECSA Members Sheffield 8 & T. Insulatina Brick Can Save 21% of Fuel Cost Silica Brick Dip Eliminates out Southern Brick & Tile Asociation Goodyear Says ‘Bring “Installation Costs Down’ July Standard Brick Co.'s Dryers Lead Modernization Sept Stiles & Son Brick Co. Turns Overburden Into Profit T
Tandem Sintering Hearths, Plant Rebuilt for Switch to Clay Output Tax, Decisions That Affect Your Ten Year Program — Brick A Ten Year Proaram Desiane Profit. Sales Production te The Clay Products Industry Brick Schoo! Classroom Withstands Atomic Blast Aug Brick Salesman Please Note Aor Clay Products — Can Supply The Demands of Builders Oct Hundred Pack Meets Des Moines Need Aor i Brick Houses
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New Packaging Method Saves $100.000
Annually Sept Our Goal for The Future Oct Packanre Saves Labor, Cuts Costs
At New Jercev Aug The Modern Builder What Does He Want
in Todew's Mertot? Oct The Problems We'll Fece —
And How to Solve Them Oct This Year Sell The Bu'lt-te« of Brick Mar Sevre & Fisher's Key to Future
Success
Tile Packaging All Aecricultural Tile Packaged at Clayburn Jan 20 Minute Unioading Time for Tile Jan TRI How to Use Electrically Heated Screens Sept Knauft Reports on European Trip Meet Aug 178 Attend Youngstown
Meeting Apr. Relation of A Company and
A Community
Tunnel Kiln 10,000 Extra Brick Per Day From New 320
Tunnel Kiln Feb Get Maximum Production
From Your Tunnel Feb Modern Plant, New Kiln Up Ochs
Production May Tunnel Kiln, Dryer, New Fulton
Features June Tunnel Modernization for H. W.,
Vandalia June
Turbine Type Mixer July
U United Brick & Tile New Periodic at United-Harrisonville June United-Vale Converts All im to LP June University of Missouri Succe lly Trains Men for Industry June
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Vanadium Staining Controlled by Fluorspar
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HAMMER MILLS Jeffrey 20x24, 36x42, 8x15 Miller 17”
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CONICAL ROLLS—Brewer 32”, Chambers 32°
DISINTERGATORS Chambers 16%, 24°, Steele ~~” 18"
JAW CRUSHERS—15 x 24, 20 4 4, 20 x 36, 30 36, 56” x 72”
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