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HARDWOOD RECORD 



SCENES ABOUT THE PLANT. 



(1) Tm: OiiiGiNAi, Building. (2) Fieeproof Tatteen Vaults. 



(31 THE JlAIX- POUXDRV. 



1)1' ()iit].iit until today it has become one of 

 I he foremost producers of jilaiiing mill 

 iiiachinery in the country. 



Some details of the great Beloit indu.stry 

 are worthy of special mention. The gen- 

 eral plan of construction is in the form 

 of a hollow square. As before noted the 

 ]>!ant oeeujiies an area of two large city 

 squares, a street liaving been closed to 

 iiccommodate it. One of the accompany- 

 ing pictures shows a corner of the fireproof 

 pattern vault building, which lias an area 

 of. 72x136 feet. This structure is three 

 stories in height, is built entirely of steel, 

 cement and brick and is divided into twen- 

 ly-four fireproof vaults. i 'niiimunication 

 with this Iniilding is bad only through an 

 cievato!- and from the inin lialconies and 

 staircases on the outside. In the unlucky 

 event of a conilagraticui in one room, the 

 patterns in 1hat room miglit lie destroyed 

 with no possibility of endangering the con- 

 tents of the remaining vaults. Thus the 

 company has providcti that no contingency 

 covering the destruction of ]iatterns shall 

 interrupt its business. 



Another picture shows the main foundry 

 nf the institution, a single well-lighted 

 steel building with a floor area of 72x30il 

 t'( et. It is equipped with two electric 

 cranes, one having a capacity of ten tons 

 and the other fifteen tons, which greatly 

 expedite the work of handling the large 

 one-piece castings, flasks, patterns and 

 crane ladies. This building has a wing, 

 40x60 feet, and there is also a second foun- 

 ■ liy structure, 66x2o0 feet in size, in which 

 I lie smaller castings aie nuide. This great 

 foundry space is rendered necessary by the 

 fact that The Berlin Machine Works pro- 

 duces all its own I'astings. An especial 

 feature of its work in this line is that 

 many of the frames of its tools from the 

 minor one weighing 1,000 pounds to the 

 gigantic frame for a sizer which weighs 

 t,000 pounils, are cast in one piece; This 

 method of construction has such manifest 

 i.ilvantage over sectional framework bolted 

 together that it scarcely needs comment. 

 It makes a machine that is absolutely 

 rigid and which may be successfully oper- 

 ated with or without a substantial founda- 

 tion. In carrying castings or entire ma- 

 chines from one jiart of the ]dant to 

 another, a system of electric I'ranes is 

 used, as shown in the illustration.s, which 

 can deposit the iron and steel not only in 

 any room of the liuililing bnt in .•my part 

 nf a room. 



A striking feature in connection with 

 the foundry is the thoroughly equipped 

 chemical laboratory which is under the 

 supervision of an expert metallurgist. 

 Here are analyzed all materials used in 

 the construction of Berlin machines. Any 

 consignment of iron, steel, coke or other 

 material, which does not test up to stand- 

 ard is rejected. This is a feature which 



