The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-07-28
The Now nventiOn.-Danks' Rotary
PuddIer.

From he CtHeihHGti GGsehs.
The Cincinnati Railway IRON Work.
located on the Ohio River Nnd From
street, above the Little AIiAmi Railroad
depot, has now discarded Tie old style O
hand pudding furnaces md adopted I'll,
revolving pudding furnace machine, tn
invention Of Samuel Dnnks, its Superin
tGndGnt. u ,I I'D. i.d ..I Iln ly..iy
| AS this promises 10 reYolutlonize, by y
economical working, the work in th'
merchant and railway iron and steel mill
in the country, u description of II will IN
terest not only the manufacturer, but TIN
general reader. ~" e'i'Al ,...''.' D.
In 1858 a small experimental furnace
was built, which, working satisfactorily
for several months, two large ant
improved furnaces were built allt
began work in April, 1860. ThesI
have worked steadily ever since, and il
January last tic company ordered til
construction OF four additional and still
further improved furnaces, and tie tOta
uJOli<ing attic old manipulating, furnaces
One Of these improved furnaces Is NOW b
work and the others will be in 10 few
weeks, the old puddlcrs discharged anl
the furnaces taken down to make room
for the rotary machines. Tile 'ldst nnnIeC
furnaces arc ofsdiliclent capacity 10 pud
lie heat ycntoeighthundrcd pounds
and make the heat into ono ball. Til
two furnaces that began work III 1851
make two or three balls at one heat, an(
in nine consecutive weeks one produced
one hundred and twenty-seYGn tons, ant
gained II, 347 lbs. Of muck bAr over The
charges Of pig metal; the average con
sumption OF iron ore to fix the lining wa
54G lbs. per ton of bar produced. All To-
Dor cost 81 per ton, and the coal Ilset
go 0.1O bushels per ton, which includes
ilNy.four lighting ups ind pudding only
single shit.
Recently the Roane Iron Company, o
Tennessee, brought ten tons OF the furnace
iron to test In these rotary puddlezs
Gen. Wilder, Superintendent, and MIR
Bra2er, the. mill manager, attended thu
weighing, and watched the working q
their pig iron in them, giving it the closes
scrutiny for several days: Tho result
showed a quality ofmuCk bar never be
fore produced from their iron; aud gaiI
| in yield Of good sound bar Of III per cent
THEY have contracted in this city Will
the Miami Machine Works for making
Ten Of the furnaces and engines complete
The indianapolis Rolling Mill Company
are now having four built, and the New
Albany Mill one. For many years till
improvement in pudding furnaces has en-
gagged the attention Of Dir. Danks, The IN
yeHtor, ~ Il had before for. years the ut
tcuIion of iron workers and master
throughout the world. Success has nov
crowned his persevcring efforts, and Will
the Greek philosopher he may well ex
claim Eureka" i" 1N '
rtAmong tho advantages gained by tht
r0mry machine puqllcr are u slpcrioj
quality Of iron or muck bar from Il glyer
Quality Of metal; q larger yield than i
possible In tho hand furnace, averaging
ton per cent; an increased quantity pud
died Of lllty to eighty per cent; Of labol
the same per cent, and saving OF repair
and materials; Il saving in cost OF con
strnCtiOn when based on product OF fur
naccs, an ability to. work quality Of piG
iron or old castings, difficult to puddle i
the hand furnaces, and TO produce pud
died balls Of any weight required; i car
produce iron or steal at pleasure troT
piddlcd balls Of sufficient weight 10 MAKE
solid head rail entire from holnogene
GUS bloom or ingot Of iron or steel Of bet.
ter quality and cheaper than by any othcl
known furnace. II produces finer gradei
Of iron for hoops, hinges, sheet or boiler
iron, and for nail works 1t has no equal
as plates cAn he made 80 tlat the split
ting Of mills is impossible. Other alvan
tagcs could bu named. Like the sewing
machine it will relieve labor O:' mucl
lrulgery, and promises to take first Tanh
among the improvements Of tho age
Patents have been obtained in both thil
country and Europe, mil We predict il:
general adoption '" Z"