The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-03-24
SPECIAL. CARE TAKEN
EMPLOYEES EYES

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In connection with this opera
ton the company has set up u
special room for. testing and car
ing for the eyes of its employees,
A specialist visits the plant every
two weeks to. examine and. care
for the eyes of the operators,
The party was also taken
through the first aid rooms of the
plant where any operators requir-
ind medical attention arc immed-
lately taken care OF.
The next step was the vacuum
clippers which cut off all the loose
threads on the SoX and convey the
clippings to 4 tank. The SoX are
placed on Il rack and operators
cut off all loose threads by hand
The inspection section is ada
cent to the clipping section and
here trained operators, working
in pairs, place the sox on stretch
crs and examine them for de-
fects; one girl places the soX on
the rack and another removes
them.
Also included in the Hendcr-
sonville plant are the designing
rooms where designers work out
the styles which will be used IN
the soX. -,
At the East Flat Rock plant the
party passed through the dying
rooms where huge motor driven
watts dive the sox. Dyes and acids
arc stored in bins for convenience
in selection. Motor driven paddle
wheels mix the dyes.
MACHINES PERFORM MUCH
FORMER HAND WORK co..
In the room where the soX are
sized, large machines automatl-
cally perform many Of the duties
formerly done by hand. Again
working in pairs, operators place
the soX on Adjustable eject" NOV
ing on a continuous belt when
carries them into the machine
where hot air drys and molds the
sox. Automatic fingers remove
the the soX from the eject" and
a convcycr belt carries them OFT
after the fingers have removed a
dozen. .... ..
From these machines the Sox
are carried to the sorting tables
where trained operators pair the
sox and discard imperfect ones.
They are then placed on a belt
conveyer where operators stamp,
clip them together, wrap them
and place them in boxes.
These boxes arc rolled to the
shipping department, where large
cardboard cartons. are placed IN
inclined troughS and packed with
boxes of sox, The inclined troughS
arc used to facilitate handling as
they prevent the boxes from TALL
ing over while being packed. Car
tons are placed in bins according
to. size to facilitate handling
An unique feature Of the plant
is the storing racks which utilize
all available space, being built IN
tiers up to the ceiling with rum
ways before each row. A large
passageway underneath the tiers
enables this space to be used al
so for storage.
The new building which houses
the. "Full-Fashioned" department
is constructed without side VIM
dows. A sawtooth roof with WIN
dows facing north provides uni
form light without glare and even
OH a cloudy day no inside light Is
needed. With this type of roof the
full rays Of the sun, with It's re-
sulting, heat do not, penetrate inc
room. .,.1.. 50. -
The FulI-Fashioned, department
is now in only partial operation
as machinery is being installed:
These machines knit the body OF
the stockings, dropping threads
automatically where needed IN Or
der to make the stockings con-
form to the leg shape. They are
then placed in other machines
which knit the feet and then, oper-
ators trim and sort them.
WORKERS LOCAL PEOPLE
ACTIVE FULL TIME