Fabrication of stainless steel railway cars at Budd Co, Philadelphia; two important features are design standardization and fact that all orders from different railroads get approximately same treatment, from shearing and forming stainless steel sheets, through Budd-developed spot welding processes, and past various stations in one of progressive assembly-and-test lines; welding operations described.


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    Title :

    Short runs are big business in rail cars


    Additional title:

    Am Mach/Metalworking Mfg


    Contributors:
    Berg, R.T. (author)


    Publication date :

    1960


    Size :

    3 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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