Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-11-29
Ford Makes Own
Glass for Cars

Ford Motor %company's plant at Rive
Rouge and brings the company on,
step further in its program-to-eea
troll the manufacture of PRACTICAL,
everything entering into its products
according to N. H. Browning, Ioca
distributor for Ford cars and acces.
series.
With the new factory in operation
the third and largest glass producing
unit of the company comes into beng
and the Ford method of making glass,
which is a marvel to experts and
which establishes an epoch in the in
dustry, attains to higher and more eff
ficient standards.
One furnace is now operating in the
Rogue factory, fires have been lighted
under the second and the remaining
two, it is expected, will be going
shortly after the first of the year.
When the factory gets in full opera
ton it will haye an annual capacity of
more than 100000 900 sqaure feet of
glass.
The eompany's glass plant at Glass
mere, Pa, has an annual output of
1000, 900 square feet of glass while
the smaller plant at Highland Park,
started about four years ago as an
experiment and where the Ford meth
cd Of glass making was developed,
daily produces $500 square feet of
glass.
And all this great production is
necessary to meet the manufacturing
requirements of the company which
at present call for more than 90 O0,-
300 square feet of glass a year, due
to the increased production Of Ford
,ars and the constantly growing de-
for the enclosed types. {
Glass manufacture has been placed
IN a day and night continuous produc-
ion basis through the Ford process
md as carried out in the new factory
It River Rouge, it presents an indus-
rial accomplishment of vast import
nee and entailing operations inter-
sting to laymen and experts alike.
Every 10 minutes $50 pounds of the
MIXTURE is fed into the furnace OPEN
ng and these constant additions to
he fiery mass within permit a never
nding flow of molten glass from the
Mouth of the furnace at the opposite
ide.
As it comes from the furnace, flow
1g like molasses from a tank, the
iolten glass is caught up under a
oller, spread out and sent on in a
bid ribbon 400 feet long at a rate of
feet, a inches every minute.
The molten glass leaves the fur
ace mouth at 2,150 degrees Fahren-
has cooled to 1000 degrees by
lie time it passes under the roller and
roceeds through a long oven or lehr
lessening degrees Of heat until
moves out at the end at 10 degrees.
here 1t is cut in lengths.
The roller system as devised by the
ord Motor company gives a uniform
.ickness to the glass, eliminates the
'-called "waves" and saves about 25
n cent in materials at the very start
compared with other manufacture
here great pots Of molten. glass are
ted from the furnace and poured -
It.
Polishing also is on the Ford sys- Is
of continuous production and pro-
eds along a direct route until the ia
ass energies highly polished.
These grinding and polishing ma
were devised by Ford engi-
ers and Ford products utilized in
cir construction. For instance, Ford
r steering when connected with a
nd car driving rod which extends to
Ford rear axle gear, regulates the
discs which is operated by
tractor worm drive.
Every step of Ford glass manufac-
-e is accompanied by the most ex-
ing standards. All through the M
tire process from the careful Sc !,
ton and preparation of ingredients WI
til the glass energies ready for in nh
llation in cars there is constant in
to see that every piece is of be,
highest quality.