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4A.S.M.E. Trips
During the past your, under
the guiding hand of their
chairman, Cletus 1. Scaver,
the ..S.N."®. made sovoral
trips to various menutfs ctur-
ing vlcants.
The first was made on Oct.
22, to the Westinghouse Plant
near Hog Island. The trip
proved worthy of mention for
meny gient castings were cx-
‘mined, and cverv momber of
the party had an opportunity
to personslly examine the
lergest Inthe built. Whe sur-
bines were very carefully ex-
Dleincd by Student cngincers,
especially the paramount ‘West-
inghousc features which malkc
their products so reliable.
The resl thriller came when
we were allowed to sce then
assembling the big units, such
as 25,000 K.W. sonerators,
The sscond triv was mde on
Dec. 8, to the Philadelnhia
_Nevy Yerd. The members of the
socicty witnessed the various
types of flving mechines and
the psrticulor usc for each
machine. Mr. Hansen, who had
chargo of the trip through the
Yard, was eareful to make clear
all points of interest.
During the course of tho
trip . very vivid ond intor-~
osting explanation of tho per-
achute end its uses was given
by a Government perachuto ex-
pert. Theo trip camo to an ond
with « pare finesse when Mr.
Hensen told of his expcricnce
in particular plane which
he pointed out to us. It is
cnough to montion that he wes
“oproximetcly 8500 feot high.
whon motor trouble developed
cnd he had to take to the
perachuts.
Through the courtesy of
Richs.rd Schloicher '29, trip
wes made through the Cemden
vlisnt of the Victor Trlking
Mechine Compeny. The group
wes first trken into the srlos-|
room wheres the virious types
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of victroles are disnlceved.
Scevevel records were pvlaved on
one of Victor's new devclop-
ments. This. particuler m:ch~
inc has thirteen stages of
amplification. With full vol-
ume one wi.s amazed to find
that no distortion took plece,
The party was divided into
groups of ten and then the
real inspection trip began.
The first trip was to the ve-
cord department where the stu-
dents witnessed ebout 600
girls making records. . Each
girl makes cbout 500 2 dey.
The record is made of carbon,
shellac and bond. The press-
ing operation took place in
about 15 sec. undor a pressure
of 2000 lbs. per sq. in. Next
came the cebinet making dopt.
end the explanations of the
different procsosses used by the
Victor Company in the product-
ion of the best phonograph in
the world. It was interesting
to note that the carvings in
those Victor machines which
hrve been noted for thoir beau-
ty arc made six et a time by
one men using a pantagraph.
Some of the mechanical fce-
tures of the plent wore ex-
plained. The induction motor
used in the automatics proved
very interesting to the Soph.
engincers duc to tho fact that
they were familiar with the
principles of induction,
On Friday, May 20, the a.S.
M.u. made a trip through the
Auto-cer plant at Ardmore
which was very intcresting and
instructive. ‘This concluded
the activities of the Student
Chapter for the present veer.
E.J. MeGuire '99,
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