Foundry Moulding Machines And Pattern Equipment Classic Reprint PDF Download

Excerpt from Foundry Moulding Machines and Pattern Equipment During the past years marvelous advances have been made in the amount of production obtained from the daily efforts of man. This is true not only in the industrial establishments, but it is true in practically all walks of life, and especially does this fact stand forth in our home life, transportation, trucking, farming, merchandising and in the industrial arts; it is evident in the steel mills, machine shops, pattern shops and in some few foundries, especially those foundries engaged in the manufacture of automobile castings. The increased production that is obtainable in these and in many other lines of daily activities, has been brought about by the utilization and application of scientific knowledge. engineering principles and mechanical appliances. This is a mechanical age. The hard, drudging, physical effort is being taken out of labor. Labor is now, in nearly all instances, being performed by the pulling of a lever, or the pressing of a button. The farmer's life is easy, plowing is performed by power, the wheelbarrow has become a truck, the Japanese jinrikisha an automobile, the hammer and chisel are replaced by lathe and planer; but to the foundry in general these contrasts will not apply, as the moulding in some plants is still being performed in the same manner as it has been for centuries past. The mould is still made in the old-style wood flask, hand rammed by the same old laborious method, and very little accomplished at the day's close. Instead of being fresh and vigorous, the man is exhausted, the production small, and in many cases the castings defective. A new day is upon us. It is here; we cannot change it; regardless of our individual attitude, it is here to stay; we cannot even delay its workings; we must launch out into the current of modern activities, or the current will strand us upon the reef. Our individual effort will be judged by the amount of work produced. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.