The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-05-09

things are recognized. The building
also has been SO designed that the
flow of work through 1t is continuous
for industrially we have learned the
force of the old Roman maxim, Not a
step backward The machines are
grouped much according to its kind
| like the animals in Noah's ark. There
used to be cheerful distribution OF
these things, as Is lathe were not
comfortable unless a shaper and mill
er were side by side with it, or a
planer were carefully married to a
drill press. But we have divorced
them now and We group 3 or 4 or 10
of kind, each in its order for the
proper routing of the work as 1t pass.
es through the shop. We go even in.
to the details of these groups and so
relate the machines, one to another,
at different angles that they may be
properly fed without trespassing on
space, and we put racks beneath them
so that an abundance of material may
be piled at hand to avoid time and
steps when new stock is needed for
the automatic machinery. All
through the whole machine equipment
shows the evidence of study, how
each unit shall not only be fitted TO
Its task and be given the best condi.
tons in which to perform that task,
but each shall be so related to its
fellow unit that the task Of the fel.
low shall not be hindered but helped.
And since these buildings and
machines are meant for. production
and are all Of them useless waste un.
less they produce, and are none of
them sources of profit unless they
produce efficiently. you look into Ger.
tain other details that bear upon
these factors. You have discovered,
for example, that belt running on
tho cid tight-and-loose pulley Is al.
ways under tension, and even VIII en-
running on the loose pulley is wearing
itself away and shortening its life,
and you have taken up a form OF
countershaft, in which the loose pull.
ley is slightly smaller than the tight
pulley, SO that the belt runs tree Of
tension when not working, with \
slight conical section on the loose
pulley to bring 1t easily into place
when its services are required. You
ani have found that the mere mat
ter of getting the power TO our ma
chimes Is worthy of our thought, and
We find in the factory we are visiting
some machines directly motor driven,
others driven in groups, others con-
Lected up in sections, each according
to what study has shown to be nor
rial to its best productivity. We lind
also that a ticker of belts is kept
(oi study, which has shown that belts
~ certain age and in certain uses
have rather definite life, and that
when they shall have become so Old il
is necessary to watch lest by some
sudden breakage they stop a valuable
machine. So each belt in the shop is
no longer under general but under
particular supervision, the time when
1t may be expected to show wear be-
ing known when the belt is put in
service new. And our belt men work
in the noon hour and after hours, for
II is good form to watch the belts, SO
that repairs are made before wear
goes too far. We find also that we
have gone into what seems small de.
tails in other ways. The shop we are
In does not make its wise benches OF
heavy hardwood plank, for these warp
and when they wear in spots il Is
needful to replace more sometimes
than is worn. This shop has made its
benches of heavy Eastwood plank and
Na' ~ Va 'H'hA PuNo NioSbNibt Nulll
and narrow matched strips of hard
wood, any two or three of which when
worn can be replaced without disturb.
ing others or interrupting work.
1t would be possible to continue
our factory inspection into other de,
tails, but enough has been done for
our purpose, and we will go for mo,
ment into the tool and stock rooms.
In the former not only is care taken
that tools as they come back from use
are sharpened or repaired so that
there may be no question of their
readiness for service when they are
reissued, but to save what seems a
small detail in records you indicate
the number of tools or fittings that
any one workman has by the shape
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