Using roll leaf stamper, Norva McCullen stamps numbers in vari- Pat Gambill and Leora Evans (in foreground) attach
ons colors, inspects dials before sending them to Control Assembly, dials to control cases. Cases also are molded at the plant.
New Molding Equipment Increases
Automatic Blanket Plant Efficiency
Impco Injection Molding Machine Molds
Dials For Automatic Blanket Controls
To' help achieve greater efficiency and more economi
cal operation, the Automatic Blanket Plant at Smithfield
has recently installed an Impco injection molding machine
in the Molding Department. This machine molds the dials
for our automatic blanket controls.
The machine is fed styrene pellets which are melted
down into a semi-liquid and then pressed into dials by
60,000 pounds of pressure. The dials go from this machine
to the dial stamper who uses a roll leaf stamper to stamp
the dials in various colors. The operator then inspects the
stamped dials and sends them on to the Control Assembly
Department.
In the latter department, the operators attach the
dials to the control cases. The cases are also molded at
the Smithfield plant. They are made from a white pow
dered molding compound which is placed in the Baker
machine and pressed into the mold by pressure amount
ing to 75 tons.
The installation of the new machine is another ex
ample of Fieldcrest’s continuing modernization and im
provement of machines and methods to increase efficiency
and provide economies so that the Company can continue
to make top quality products at the lowest possible cost.
Monday, march 5, i962
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Control cases are molded by this Baker machine using
75 tons of pressure. Operator shown is Billy Nowell.