Of unit number 8
Larger ducis for the greater
CFM capacity.
New: bigger & better cleaners
Installation of increased-
capacity cleaning equipment
at Gastonia #8 fabric-treat
ing unit will be completed
by early March, according to
Bill Lindquist, senior staff
engineer. The project, cost
ing $754,000, will provide
larger electrostatic precipi
tators, enabling the unit to
handle all pollutants that
come from the various styles
of fabric processed in #8.
Precipitators themselves,
a large holding tank and
other equipment will be en
closed in an addition joined
to the west wall of present
unit building. A 9-foot-wide
access path will go between
the enclosure and wall of
new Warehouse.
With the equipment en
closed, weather conditions
will have little effect on pre
cipitator performance. The
retired Smog Hog precepi-
tators had a 28,000 CFM
(cubic feet per minute)-
capacity. The new equip
ment rates at 48,000 CFM.
Student, teacher to institute
A student and a science teacher from schools in Gaston
County (NC) attended a science-technical institute at Florida
Technological University and Walt Disney World of Or
lando, Feb. 9-12. Their selection as delegates and travel ex
penses were sponsored by Firestone. The company sent
student/teacher teams from a number of areas of the U.S.,
where it has divisions operating.
Norman Cloninger, senior at on February 11 and the Centen-
Easl Gaston High School of
Mount Holly; and Anita Friday,
biology teacher at Gastonia
Ashbrook High, attended the
institute which brought together
students and teachers from most
states of the U.S. and many
other countries.
The program celebrated
Thomas Alva Edison’s birthday
nial of his invention of the in
candescent electric light bulb.
TEXTILE DIVISION presi
dent James B. Call said the in
stitute’s purpose is “to stimu
late youth interest in science
and engineering careers, foster
a close worliing relationship be
tween industry and our educa-
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ENERGY
HOTLINE
Extension 314—Gastonia plant. It’s the Energy Hotline,
and a new way for everyone to express ideas and participate
in the Firestone Energy Conservation Program.
Through 314 you can share ideas you have or report some
thing you think needs fixing because it’s wasting energy.
Brian Schroeder, energy conservation coordinator, said
the Gastonia plant has been able to cut energy consumption
for every yard fabric produced, by nearly 16 percent over
the past 6 years.
Think of the importance of this saving, considering that
the cost of electricity, oil, and gas has tripled over the same
6 years, he said, adding:
“The need to save energy is still very much with us this
year and it will be with us for years to come. So, let’s all
try to develop an on-j ob/off-job awareness of energy usage
so we can take every step possible to make energy available
for the future.”
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PUTTING THE RAILROAD INSIDE was one of the last things
to do of completing the 172,000-square-foot warehousing facility
~ II* Firestone Textiles, Gastonia, in December 1978. The Southern
& UnlOaCling Railway service line to the Firestone plant was lowered, beginning
at the Second Avenue factory gate and terminating at a loading/
unloading dock inside the west end of new warehouse. Also there
is an outside dock near the entrance. Picture at left was made about
a year ago, when warehouse construction project was beginning;
and (right) one of the first cars to haul away a load of fabric.