Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-29
ENGINEER SOCIETY
SESSION IS SLATED
Meeting in Connection With
Machine Tool Congress and
Show in Cleveland.

The Society of Automotive Engineers,
Inc, will hold its production meeting
on the evenings of october 2, and 4
in the ballroom of the Hotel Cleveland
during the National Machine Tool Con-
gress and Exhibition in Cleveland. BY
having these sessions in the evening
production executives and engineers IN
all lines of manufacturing will be able
to attend to their regular business or
visit the machine tool exhibition during
the daytime and listen to and discuss
with other production men the topics
scheduled.
The technical sessions of the society
are open meetings of an informal char
acter to bring before production men
generally subjects of main Importance
to them and to give them the oppor-
tunity to learn from others how they
have been able to best meet their prob
lens.
First Session Set.
The first session of the production
meeting will be held on Wednesday
evening, October 2, at which Prof. F. E.
Raymond of the Massachusetts, Insti-
tute of Technology will present his
paper on Economical Production
Quantities" prepared after survey
during the past Summer in his visits to
a large number of automotive manufac-
turing plants.
He treats of the manufacture of parts
in quantity lots" as well as in "con-
tinuous production. The formulas he
gives have been developed for deter
mining the size of lot that can be man.
ufactured most economically and to
show when a change should be made TO
continuous production. The paper also
gives information that can be used in
determining the type of handling equip
ment that will be most economical to
use. The subject will be supplemented
by appropriate motion pictures.
Open Forum Planned.
On Thursday evening the session will
be an open forum of production execu-
tives and production engineers for dis
cussion of the following subjects, that
are OF Importance in manufacture:
application of Standard Machine
Tools to Automobile Manufacture"
Results in Production Due to New
Features of Machine Tool ConStruc-
ton"
"Synchronizing Automobile Parts at
the Assembling Line"
Basis of Replacing Machine Equip
ment"
No regular papers will be presented
entire time of the session to discussion
by those attending. Each subject will
be introduced by A. K. Brumbaugh of
the White Motor Co., chairman.
The annual production dinner will be
held at the Hotel Cleveland on Friday
evening. October 4, under the auspices
Of the three groups comprising the Ma
tional Machine Tool Congress and with
the Cleveland sections of the Society of
AlltnO1ntiVn no AY1n
can Society of Mechanical Engineers
acting as hosts.
TOastmaster Named
E. P. Blanchard, who will be toast
master, through his wide acquaintance
among machine tool builders and users,
is familiar with the problems of each.
The speaker of the evening will be
James Schermerhorm, ST., of Detroit,
founder of the Detroit Times and served
as its president and general manager
for 20 years.
1000 Active Members.
The society is the national engineer
ing organization of the automotive in
dustries and at present has about 1000
active members, several hundred of
whom reside in or are citizens of many
of the principal nations of the world.
The president of the society is w. r.
Strickland. assistant chief engineer Of
the Cadillac Motor Co., and the gen.
eral manager and secretary is C. F.
Clarkson.
Many of the prominent men of the
industry, such as Henry and Edsal
Ford, Howard E. Coffin, Elmer A.
Sperry, Charles F. Kettering, Pierre S.
du Pont, Alfred P. Sloan, jr., Du Bots
Young, John N. WHY'S and E. P. War
ner. are members.
The societys principal activities are
the formulation and PRONUNCIATION of
automotive engineering standards and
the advancement of automotive engi-
neering research and new developments
in the design and manufacture of auto
motive apparatus. One of the most
active branches of this work is the air.
craft field. Among the major activities
also are production engineering and
transportation engineering, especially in
connection with motor trucks and
motor coaches.