Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1919-04-11
HOFFMAN MOLDING PR0EFSS

HUFFMAN M0LDING PROCESS.
Rapid PROCESS and development
has marked the course of the Hoff-
man Process as it is being handlea
by the New Method Moldina and
Metals Corporation of Buffalo dur.
Ing the past few weeks.
1t was IN the first week Of la.t
November that, William M Hoffs
mans new invention was first shows
10 the world in q demonstration ut
NO. 1853 Main Street. maintained he
the Eastern Bond and Sec,,rit;es
Company: Since that time the new
process of casting metals and man.
ufacturlng heat refractories has he.
come the talk of the industrial,
world: The New Method Moldins
and Metals Corporation procures the
raw material from the mines in
North Carolina and has established
there a modest plant where If ;a
ground up from huge stick of am
phlbole asbestos and actinolite and
mixed with the material that serves
to bind it together again, the for.
mula for which bond is Hoffman's
valuable secret.
For Western Pennsylvania and
western New York the Buffalo snh-
s!!dlary company has started opera.
eions o9 oy securing factory at No
81 Brayton Street. where it is now.
producing fire bricks, refractories
and insulating material. The f;rst
order for this new Buffalo enter.
prise came properly from another
progressive Buffalo company which
4 few years ago was fighting its wav
into existence too and now is one
OF the city's best industries.
The New York COMPANY which
handles the business for Eastern
New York, Western Massachusetts
all OF Connecticut and Vermont has
piled up mass of orders and to fiIl
them has arranged for a foundry
which is to be built on the new lines
necessary for a Hoffman process
plant. at Glendale. Long Island, has
granted franchise under ROYALTY
to the Walker NJ. Levett Co.. which
operates the largest foundry in New
York City.
The Philadelphia COMPANY which
controls Eastern Pennsylvania and
the states of New Jersey. Delaware :
Maryland and the District oil Colum-
bla, has been in operation a little
over a month and has made spec-
tactular progress. The president ia
Charles A, Davis, formerly in charge
OF the Union Works. San Francisco
then OF the Newport News Shin.
building Company, and when he
was Chief erecting engineer for the
r. |. Du Pont Nemours Powder
Company, Mr.. Hurley of the Emer-
geLcy Fleet sent for him and placed
nm IN charge Of the 27 ship ways
at Hog Island. He resigned from
Hog Island alter the war 10 take I'D
the hoffman process. His associ-
ateS are all former executives of
Hog Island. Buffa.o Evening lines
WHAT MR. HOFFMAN HAS. To
SAY
AmphibOle Asbestos is the short
fiber grade of this mineral and has
no value except as a heat RESISTING
product and in order to make il
useful or of commercial value. it
must be ground fine. and 1t proved
very difficult to reduce it to a pow
der as its fibrous condition prevent
ed 1t from feeding to the. grindine
device. After trying almost eyery
make of grinding mill | became
discouraged and was about to dive
it up as one of the mechanical i'm.
possibilities when hit upon q de-
wee which worked successfully.
What we propose to do is to first
develop the process for preparing
the material for use at Sylvia and
alter this has proved success our
plan is to manufacture the refacto-
ry lire ilnlngs and other pro 'rcts
here also.
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