Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1906-05-04
The GIANT GRIP PLANT
Marked Improvements in
the Machinery and
Capacity

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for this seasons work on May lst.
and expect to run their factory day
and night during the entire season.
The company has booked heavy or
ders from past users aud with the ad'
ditionsl new territory where tho shoes
have just been introduced the local.
concern expects to do banner busf-
ness this year.
Several important changes have
been inDaugurated which has necessi-
tattd d the installation of new and spe:
cial machinery for tue manufacture OF
calks. These are now drop forged un.
der . heavy friction hammer of 100
lbs. weight, and the forging dies used
with this hammer are constructt d in
such a manner as to forge ont tire
calks in sets or gangs containing forr
each at q single drop of the hea'y
hammer.
This new method of manufacturi ring
the oalks increases the capacity + the
plant In the output of ca1ks alb ,nt 30
per cent and this at q greatly reduced
cost for both labor and material. The
product az 1T is now being turned ont
from the factory presents q marked
improvement in appearance as COM
pared with the old style # CALI, the
new ones being heavier and of better
design. absolutely IN form as to
weight, size and finish, thus placing
on the market q much 'oore service.
able article, the gel ell utility and
sale of which Is destiued to far sur.
pass the must sanguire expectations
Of the officials OF the ,mpany.
The process in det Ill may be Of in
terest TO our readers, few of whom
realize the importance to the city of
manufacturing plant of this kind.
The steel in long bars is first placed
on an incline conveyer and fed
through the cutting shears and cut
into pieces the exact length for max
ing a gang of four calks In one bar :;
these are then placed into q special
constructed furnace, heated by fuel
oil, sprayed by q jet of compressed
air when proper heat is attained the
bars of steel are placed on the CALI
dies under the heavy hammer, and
the calks in sets of four form perfectly
at one blow. The calks so forged are
then placed In the combination trim
which they are dropped out in one
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Here they are placed in cast iron
artons, holding thirty calks each.
and again heated by being passed,
by means Of hand operated oarriages
through another oil heated furnace
from which they are placed in .
stamping or finishing machine, ana
completed in one revolution Of the
eccentric shaft which engages the
finishing dies From this machine
they are elected automatically into q
large receptacle and tempered by q
blast of cold air after which they are
placed into boxes of fifty calks each
and are then ready for shipment.
Great credit 10 due MI. Otto Swan.
strom. the patentee of the shoe. who
IL now superintendent of the factory
for the marked improvements which
have taken place in the local plant
since last season.
Mr.. W. II. Cooley has recently &C.
cepted q position with the company
and will have charge of the sales,
thus relieving G. A. L. Cassidy of
q great amount of detail work in
this department, which he has here.
tofore handled in connection with bis
position az General Manager. Mr..
Cassidy's work has been of great
value IN the development of the busi-
ness and he is undoubtedly the right
man in the right place