The Detroit times., 1915-10-04

!, I The castings are never moved cX-
cept when II is necessary 10 move
: them. and there is never any back
tracking The machining and nm
ishing operations are all arranged
! in proper sequence. Each man
knows exactly what he has 10 do.
and hayins the tools 10 do il quick
~ and properly. there is The abso-
! mte minimum OF lost motion, In
some departments OF the motor
building shops the castings are
moved from one machine 10 another
on trucks carried on tracks, so that
all the men have 10 90 is 10 push
the trucks along and lock them into
position under the various station
airy milling or boring machines.
The whole manufacturing organ
! ization might BE- compared 10 4
river with endless tributaries, ana
! emptying into gulf The ''guli
In this instance. IS the warehouse
! where the machines are stored prior
TO shipment. The tributaries are
| the various factory departments IN
which the several component parts
are finished and sent on their way
| TO Join the main procession as 1t
passes. AS the parts merge toward
central stream they are assembled
| into the complete car and the car,
as IL moves along the line, gathers
more and more Of the mechanlsms
which 60 70 make the finished pro-
duct Finally, the finished cars
pour into the warehouse, and there
they are sorted. tagged. boxed Tin
| case they are for foreign destina-
ticnl and then loaded into waiting
freight cars.
All along the line there is com
! plete smoothness OF operation. No
where l. there any friction The
Nnen know just what to DO and when
10 do IT, Il is a practically perfect
example OF manufacturing efficiency.
The Buick. valve-in-Hand motor
car Is known and used all over the
world, and with each passing day
Of the engineering principles and
The manufacturing practice which
have cor 5ined 20 produce The Buick
product
From the beginning Of the mo
, tor car Industry. the Enick rroduc.
has been distinguished by the def
+ milton 'yllYc-in-aead" and moro and
Z more are ~ )tori.ts ard prospective
s mo'orist- coming to know just What
d this term means
Z Briefly, Vaive-iu-Head means tha.
o thc valves are IN ,he heads Of the
o cylinders This. IN itself. would
" not le Important were IL not for
D. the fof chat placing the valves IN
3 rho position makes 4 possible 10
l. get more power from d motor OF
. given size than can be obtained
J. from fhe same motor with the
valves IN any other position
e To the lay mind II would rot ap
e pear 70 make any particular differ
X ence whether the valves we're
g placed At the top Of the cylinder
p or on Tho sides. but 10 the expert
n mind the difference is readily ap
@ parent. and 10 the user OF motor
Il cars toe difference IS also readily
:. apparent after he has tried the va
Z rious kinds OF motors.
An automobile motor IL heat en-
l. gine The gasoline is drawn into
X ihe cylmder in the form of yapor
Z which consists, roughly speaking
y Of aboVt one part OF gasoline 20 Is
!. parts of air The vapor, when /,
y comes IN contact With The electric
spark supplied by tho ignition. *.
piodes. or more properly speaking
: n burns. II burns very. very quick
f" .y and In that burning process 2
? great deal Of heat is created.
@ Heat. a. everybody knows. px
p psnds and il is simply tho cxpan
sion Of heat against tho piston
c that forces them downward against
. the cranksh7it. That is how No ge,
l. the rotating movement in the crank.
: SHAFT. and this rotating movement.
Q IN turn Is transmitted 10 the rear
q Wheels causing them 20 turn also
l. Manifcstly II Is to tho great in.
. ter"st Of the motor car user 10 get
q The maximum ~ heat ont % IA.
J. gasoline he buys, just as 10 is 10
= the interest Of a railway co,naau,
J. 10 get the maximum ~ steam ont Of
{ the coal i buys for ite locomotives
2 and In tho Buick valve-ln head tni-
maximum Of heat is obtained
r The valve-in.hcad motor cannot
r create any more heat than any other
+ type Of motor. but tho Valve IN head
J motor can-and does--save ard nss
more Of this heat. after Il IS ere
; ated. than any other type Of motor
The explanation is simple IN
u the other types OF motors the
valves are enclosed In what arc