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^xtra Care Helps Prevent Losses Due To Waste % from other v.’aste until it is fed into the card. ‘“led Minter, card tender, puls roving waste in can where -..ug used to check weights is saved and is placed in a com- , kept separate from waste from other cards and will partment at the weight station. This waste, too, is kept separate back into the card before end of the shift. t’Method In Wool Carding loot,' Blanket Mill Shows ®*'®tion In Waste Control a termite chewing away M in ^’^^dations of a house. Because t tK ^^stan, time you ce is usually so small, most it goes by unnoticed. But Put all the little instances to- feurg total reaches a startling where there are thous- rtiany lines of prod- Nes ® huge volume of production, Wars Waste amount to millions of Hh g year. If all employees put Wagt ® extra effort in prevent- ™uch of this loss can be ’ ^0 con, P^ny is so efficient or well- j that it can afford an undue k ^ Sood Losses from waste can b hole in company prof- 0^ Which, when reinvested in can provide more work IKS "^^ste can actually cost ij ^Shly ^ business fails to keep pace '^'^^Petitive markets because li,,.'^Ost of® operating costs, including v,„ ''^aste, the loss of jobs is a t> exa how employees ^ ^latii.^°°l Carding Department at When the waste is collected from all the cards once each shift, it is kept separated in a box truck which has a compartment for each card. Here, Percy Robertson gives close attention as he places waste on pile of stock at hopper. can Waste is shown in the ac C the Pictures. ilsn the roving waste from ’ Sttijii l^ept in a separate can. ■fert roving used to at separate in com- Hiii® each ’^®ight station. >t kep^ the waste is collected ^ast in compartments the^ truck—and carried to the ^cd into the hop- j, *'^^al required except that ‘*1 ri V. P stick waste is held out for re-running in the picker room. Under the old method, roving waste was placed in the cans but little care was shown in keeping it separated, since it would be sorted in the Picker Room later. The new system eliminated the need for transporting the waste to an other department and also eliminated the necessity of storing and later sorting the waste and re-running it through the pickers. , ^ This improved method at the Blanket Mill is typical of instances in which employees can cooperate in helping the company reduce manufacturing costs by eliminating losses caused by unnec essary waste. Buy Sell Swap WANTED TO BUY; Cub-tractor with equipment. See John Mitchell, Towel Mill Weave Room, or Rt. 1, Box 666, Fieldale, Va., telephone 673-4452. FOR SALE; Record player, 3-speed. Good condition. Will take $10.00. See Evelyn Beasley, Karastan Spinning Di vision, Greenville, N. C. FOR SALE: House trailer, two bed rooms. 1959 Troy Mobile Home, 52 ft. by 10 ft. Extra good condition. A real bargain. Already financed. Call MAin 3-7551 after 5:30 p. m. 'Ay august 2 6, 1 9 63
The Fieldcrest Mill Whistle (Spray, N.C.)
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