Arizona republican., 1919-04-13
LABORATORIES IN THE STuDEBAKER FACTORY
 COST \ B|C FORTUNE

Quality in an automobile is made possible by a faithful and painstalIinS effort to obtain the very best in ma terials and the very best in manufac- ture,' says II. A. Riggs, general sales manager of the Studebaker corporation. No modern business can succeed which does not provide for improving the quality of it's product.
 'Studebaker has for sixty seven years tested and examined natures raw material to find the best for the enormous vehicle industry it has built up. And with the same sense ot re- sponsibility to the public. it has sought out the most skillful and efficient men for carrying on it's great business. The incomparable result appears in the new Studebaker cars that bear the enduring guarantee of it's name.
 "Studebaker obtains surety of manu fracture partly from exact engineering calculations, partly by scientific tests in wonderful chemical and physical laboratories, and partly by exhaustive road tests.
 A large fortune has been invested in our laboratories and equipment. The research and chemical laboratories alone occupy nearly 15,00O square feet of floor space and employ large force of skilled men, each man holding his college or university degree. Few colleges possess larger or more com plete laboratory facilities. Many of the alloy steels and heat-treating processes that are now standard in the automo- bile industry were developed and per nected in Studebaker laboratories.
 In the chemical laboratory, materi- l@ls. such as steel bar stock, brass, bronze, habbit and cast iron are care fully analysed and checked with speci- .dcations from the engineering depart n1ent. Any deviation from original specifications means immediate rejec- ton. The netallurgical laboratory tests the heat-treating of steel under microscopic euiargenlents from sam pies which are taken after each heat treatment Specialized experts in the , physical laboratory test finished parts for strength by special machines which exert crushing. twisting and pulling or bending strength sufficient to break any finished part. The research lab ors1ory, maintained at great expense and employing many scientific men of note, is fully equipped for scientific work along original lines. The object and cuties of this department are to investigate, analyze, and develop new ideas toward determining their relative merits and resultant commercial value.
 The work of the experimental de- partmenr covers the necessary workout of new models and special equipment the inspection of sample of all pur- chased parts, such as dies, castings .sauges, etc. These outside parts are of course, all rightly inspected and checked up by their makers before de- livery 10 Studebaker. But Studebaker engineers take nothing for granted Ehey insist upon a double check under Their own observation to ascertain whether the work has been accurate and up to Studebsker standards. This department also has charge of all road tests to evalUate and check up labor story results under actual service con ditions. Tests on the road cover the question of engine performance, econ- cmy. endurance, acceleration, spring performance, road resistances, tire tests. brake tests. night driving light ing effects and many other minor tests covering the operation of some particular part of a car. The famous 10000 endurance test, to which the three new Stakeholder models were