Using equipment largely automatic in operation at Mobile, Ala, Louisville and Nashville, produced average of 10 welds per hr with only eight men; they performed all operations involved in converting 39ft rails into strings 1326 ft long and loading them onto flat cars; data on type of equipment and how it is used.


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    Title :

    Automation takes over in rail butt-welding


    Additional title:

    Ry Track Structures


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1958


    Size :

    5 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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