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FILE NAME Armco ARM DATE 1948 DOC ARM020 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Internal Publication - The operator A operator Arm MAGAZINE FOR ARMCO operator operaotperaotorr BOTTOMS UP THE Arm.co.operator Arm.co.operator Published once every month by the Personal Relations Division of Armeo Steel Corporation at Middletown Ohio for all Armco men and women Member Miami Valley Industrial Editors Association affiliated with the International Council of Industrial Editors EDITOR Hugh W. Wright MANAGING editor C. E. McIntire STAFF CORRESPONDENTS William A. Jordan Ashland James Craig Butler Harry Ward East Works Cecil Kindred Fabricating George Stephenson Hami ton Vernon A. Barnhart Mining Division Captain Phil Elsey Huntington Carl Skytte Rustless Harry Wilson Zanesville STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERS Frank Elam Ashland Robert Johnson Wm Rogernon Butler Bert Ruoff Hamilton Thos C. Portsmouth Ray Miles Harry Kremer Arnold Boxwell Middletown Okey DeRaimo Mining Division Mason Clogg Rustless Harry Wilson Zanesville CARTOONISTS Robert Heck ing Carl Skytte Rustless Fabricat- . Lo Yau - THE COVER Photo by ARNOLD BOXWELL E. Wks It's a giant ladle filled with 100 tons of molten pig iron that we picture on our cover this month Into the front door of an Open Hearth furnace at Armco's East Works the glowing iron is being poured Temperature of the iron is 2550 degrees This iron will mix with melted scrap inside the furnace after a few hours it will become a heat of Armco steel ready for the rolling and processing that will make it into steel strip or steel sheets for our customers Handling this big ladle and its seething contents is a job that requires a high degree of cooperation between the man on the floor and the crane operator overhead who moves the ladle William Baird is the First Helper pictured signalling to the crane operator It's a massive piece of equipment but the men who run it can tilt the big ladle as expertly as you could pour from a teacup at your dinner table By W. W. SEBALD President . ws ay By t ta d hited 4 hdd a! wae wd i a You can't expect much of a future from a job of making horschoes wagons or buggies Industry's onward march of progress leaves behind it a trail of products of the past needed machines and date jobs When automobiles became popular earlier in this century the buggy makers of that day had to convert to more modern products or go out of business In the auto industry competition resulted in the scrapping of old designs and models almost every year in favor of new improved products The airplane industry shows the same pattern of progress last year's latest model plane may be a back number by this year end You and I bencfit from this constant and rapid change When we buy articles for our homes or our families use we get increasingly better products for our money But such changes affect our jobs in industry our own steel industry is no exception How can you and I find any security in the future of jobs which might be out of date in a few years That is one of Management's many problems At Armeo we've kept up with the parade of progress for 18 years An Armco job today offers more opportunities for the future than it has at any time in the past This is due to many things all of them costly We have spent millions of Armco dollars in research and other millions to develop new products to meet tomorrow's demands More millions of Armco dollars were spent through the years to keep our machines our tools of production our jobs equal to the task of turning out improved products at lower costs Hundreds of thousands of hours of training were provided without cost to Armco men and women to give them the opportunity to learn new skills and better ways of doing their job No Armco man need become rusty on his job He has the oppor tunity to not only keep up to date on his present job but to study for a better job ahead We have never found an easy way to provide for the future When your next payday arrives Armco must have the money in the bank to pay your wage or salary check When new machines new methods new raw materials are needed to produce the things we make we must have the money to finance them too To keep our jobs modern to meet the changes which the future is sure to bring there must be profits from our business The amount of that profit determines how much Armco can invest in the future of our jobs Armco men and management have done a good job of cooperating together through the years That spirit of cooperation and understanding of each others problems has helped create more jobs more opportunities than we have had at any time in our company's history Our continued security for the jobs of tomorrow will come from the teamwork and profits of today INSIDE : INFORMATION * If you ever get on a radio quizz program and they ask you How much does a ton weigh better be careful or you won't win the jackpot In 1942 a ton of Armco steel eae ingots weighed more than a ton of Armco steel sheets That was be- cates cause the pound Long or Open wes Cross Ton was used in the des Hearth departments while the Pro- Be cessing departments measured their sheets in the pound Net or Short Tons In January 1943 Arm- to changed all its mill records to the Net Ton figure However we still pay freight rates on many items iron ore for example on the Long Mon basis o 2 ae There are some more kinds of tons ee besides Long and Short tons which have been used over the years A Special Long Ton of 2268 pounds 1. was used for sand cast pig iron 14 above the Long Ton being added to represent approximately the adhering sand Back farther in history was the Double Gross Ton c^>2464 pounds a weight 10 above that of the ordinary Long Ton Then there's the Metric Ton of 1000 Kg equal to almost 2205 pounds . . The reason we got started on such a weighty subject was from looking at our cover picture this month That ton ladle of hot iron is really a heavy cupful to up e cd oJ The story on our back page reminds is that we have always looked for- ward to bigger and better things at Armco That brings up a matter of history Back in 1912 an automobile maker publicly advertised his new model as his Farewell Ca His ad said The car I now bring out 1 regarded by me as pretty close to finality I do not believe that a car materially better will ever be built So I've called it my Farewell Car The car cost 1.055 with an additional 125 extra for starter top windshield and acetylene gas tank . Point is we all need to have faith in the future That is where we are all going to spend the rest of our lives IMPORTANT AT THE PLANT JOHNNIE DAD SAID YOU WERE IN CHARGE OF THE DECEMBER NO ACCIDENT CAMPAIGN AND THAT YOU WERE THE BIGGEST THE BIGGEST INFLUENCE ON SAFETY IN THE NOPE THE BIGGEST HAZARD IN THE ELECTRIC FURNACE AS SPECTACULAR NOT AS SOME OF THE OTHER BIGGGER ELECTRIC FURNACES YET THIS ONE DOES & BIG JOB IT IS IN THE FABRICATING DIVISION AT MIDDLETOWN SMALL Fabricating Division's ton furnace produces castings which in castings which are used in other Armco plants Not so big as the doopers but just as useful is how the 15 men at Armco's Fabricating Division Foundry at Middletown refer to their two 1/4 - ton electric furnaces When they make a heat of steel the special scrap is weighed as carefully as a housewife baking a cake The furnaces work the same as the larger size electric furnaces The products they make include castings made from special resisting alloys and from copper To Armeo's East Works plant they send carrier blades for furnaces special major accident years good Foundrymen Foundrymen for over 3 We're not big but we're welding rods By the thousands items are sent from the their foundry to Armco's Ashland and Butler plants . It's safe Foundrymen ; no We're aS Paar rar, ~ Ww k JACKETS are placed on the sand moulds before the metal is poured into them MOLTEN METAL poured into moulds becomes machine parte for other Armon nfants By BUREN CHANDLER Mining Division had molten babbitt splash in his face His eyes were unharmed he is pictured with the safety glasses he was wearing woe rey TOM HAMILTON and PITE BOSs working together at Butler were peppered with slag Today they're still both working unharmed Reason safety glasses CHARLES MILES Ashland plant was struck left lens of his safety goggles by hot metal a broken lens instead of a badly seared on the He has eyeball ARMCO IRON MAN SAFETY DIVISION STANDINGS - SEPTEMBER 30 1948 DIVISION Accidents STANDING FABRICATING MIDDLETOWN ------- 1 17 --+--+--+-- FIRST ---+---- SECOND BUTLER TH 36I -+--+-R --+-+-D THIRD ASHLAND ------ 28 ---+--+-- FOURTH RUSTLESS ------ 22 -------- FIFTH SAFETY Butler Safety ADVISORS from various Armco plants met in annual conference at the plant in September Headed by C. M. Allen Staff Supervisor o the group planned ways and means of keeping us safe while at work WEL SHOR erow ot Aghland pictured here com- 28th By that date the crew had amassed a total Cunningham is the Foreman of the group Con JOBS WITH ODD NAMES SAND SAND SAND SLINGER AT ASHLAND'S new Foundry this man operates a machine which throws slings sand into the moulds at high velocity Sand is mixed with conditioning agents before being used for moulding purposes MENDING BROKEN NECKS NECKS of broken rolls are mended at East Works Weld Shop by Thermite Welding The weld is made by meiting steel with a therme therme mixture and then BOTTOM MAKER EAST WORKS Bottom Makers put Coke Breeze small pieces of coke into the bottom of soaking pits to keep slag and cinders from sticking to the 1 ARMED _ ORAINAGE & METAL PRODUCIS PRODUCIS HARDESTY DIVISION FROM ITS HEADQUARTERS AT DENVER COLORADO IT SERVES CUSTOMERS IN FIVE STATES They call it the Hardesty Division of Armco Drainage & Metal Products Inc. because Mr. Rudd Hardesty started a plant in Denver back a few inne. 8 ie mee FoA or years before this Century began He started by making tin cans as containers for baking powder Years later the business now greatly expanded became a part of the Armco organization No longer do they make cans but a variety of products including corrugated pipe straight seam welded pipe water control gates and other such drainage and irrigation products They also sell Armco Steelox panels for constructing buildings There are 288 Armco men and women working at the Hardesty Division Their plants are at Denver Colorado Salt Lake City Utah at Twin Falls Jerome Boise and Caldwell Idaho at Nyssa Ontario Oregon and El Paso Texas The Divis ion serves the MP customers in Colorado Wyoming Idaho Utah New Mexico and a few counties in Texas Nevada and Oregon They fab ricate their products from Armco steel made at the Ashland and East Works Armco plants Pictures on these pages show some of the shop views at Denver and the plants and people from some of the Division units SALT LAKE CITY PLANT REBUILDS AFTER FIRE From the ashes of a destructive fire a more modern plant has risen at Salt Lake City Utah Part of the Hardesty Division MP this plant below is now better equipped to serve its customers than ever before BOISE PLANT IS HOST TO IDAHO AND OREGON Out west picnics cover large territories F'rinstance the Boise Idaho plant of MP Hardesty Division was host to 50 Armco families from Boise Caldwell Jerome Twin Falls Idaho and Nyssa and Ontario Oregon HARDESTY PRODUCTS CULVERTSCULVERTS DRAINAGE EQUIPMENT IRRIGATION f WELDED STEEL PIPE INC 631 So. What - CONCRETE PIPE PLANT MCO 5 WATER MCO CONTROL CONTROL CONTROL DENVER PLANT OF MP MAKES SEAWMELDEWDELDED STRAIGHT STRAIG:HT STRAIGHT3 STRAIGHT MOORS 4 Shere IRRIGATING many gates the great to control open spaces of the West requires miles of pipe and the flow of water Here are Armco gates being made MAKING A PIPE starts with this forming roll Steel sheet is formed into pipe shape with the edges touching Diameters made at Denver from 6 to 72 inches LARGER GATES have cast iron frames Here at Denver MP holes are being bored fittings placed to complete assembly on gates ordered by customers PIPE IS WELDED machines they on this automatic welding machine Denver produce a strong butt weld which makes plant has the seam 2 2 such Secure GRINDER alantalant smooths wallwal ausinna^ castings for gate frames Machine shop at ausinna^ ee handla handla tooling work for the plant'e Denver MF many onerations TESTING straight plant Pictured Pictured seam abosse welded pipe nm foot under water pressure at Denver MP length of the welded nine being tested GETTING MOLTEN PIG IRON FROM OUR BLAST FURNACES = HAMILTON OHIO AT MIDDLETOWN TO OUR OPEN HEARTH FURNACES AT OHI1O2 MILES AWAY ON GRAPH Hamilton analyst receives order from Middletown Open Hearth for cast of pig iron FURNACE CREWS AT HAMILTON COMPLETE THE CAST POUR MOLTEN PIG IRON INTO THE SPECIAL THERMOS CAR WEIGHING the car of hot metal requires a special scale This car and contents weighed 615,500 pounds BELOW ON ITS WAY FROM HAMILTON TO MIDDLETOWN THE HOT METAL TRAIN IS AN ODD SIGHT TRACKS ARE A DIVISION OF THE B & O RAILROAD BUILT FOR THIS JOB 65425 .. 65425 POE AAD on oe hide cat mel aos me nerenen Lem et 798 EEE TY we eBid Be Jae . 12 aNILTON ILTONMIDDLETOWN ONE OFTHE IS TRIPS RAILROAD RAILROAD RAILROADRAILROAD RAILROADRAILROAD HISTORY : RAILROAD ODDEST HISTORY Shaet Papeete os Aysated pin HAMILTON roundhouse man inspects ladle car before each trip uses 2 gallons journal oil each trip MIDDLETOWN Open Hearth gets phone call from along the route There's a load on the way Coming in ARRIVAL AT MIDDLETOWN OPEN HEARTH END OF MILE TRIP IRON STILL LIQUID IT REQUIRED COOPERATION BELOW BACK TO HAMILTON ACROSS GREAT MIAMI RIVER GOES THE EMPTY HOT METAL TRAIN EACH CAR HAS DELIVERED ITS 125 TONS OF VALUABLE PIG IRON AHN JB ahead yaa x a: SOUTH AFRICANS ANOTHER group of South African steel men have arrived in Middletown for training They are from the Iscor firm there they are learning more about steelmaking Above with the Armco Iron Man NEWMAN EBERSOLE NEW LOOK ASHLAND'S Diesel Engine No. 47 was completely rebuilt by Armeo men from the Weld Rigger Pipe and Round House Shops weeks job cost 23,000 Picture shows No. 47 and crews who worked on her COMES OF AGE NOW IN its 21st year Zanesville's Boy Scout Troop Armco Association The Scoutmaster of this pro- Death claimed Newman Ebersole on September 22 1948 at the age of 61. He was Armco's Director of Purchases and one of Middletown's outstanding industrial and civic leaders Armco men in all Armco plants knew him as Bud Mr. Ebersole became associated with Armco in 1911 as a weighmaster in the East Works Bar Mill Later he was promoted to Assistant to Purchasing Agent and in 1937 was named General Purchasing Agent He was advanced to Director of Purchases in 1944 Before the entrance of the United States in World War I Ebersole headed a group of Armco men which served as a volunteer ambulance corps in France The unit was outfitted by Armco When America entered the war the unit was taken into the United States Army He served in the Army until March 1919 the group engaged in many campaigns Ebersole received decorations for bravery He was sent to Europe by our government after World War II as a member of a sixman commission to study the return of scrap metal from battlefields He was prominent in civic activities in Middletown For 17 years he was a member of Middletown Hospital's Board of Trustees second Commancer of Middletown's American Legion Post 218 active in local Red Cross work He was a member of the National Association of Purchasing Agents and member of the American Iron and Steel Institute He was born in Cincinnati attended school in Avondale Ohio and graduated from Cornell University in 1910 Armco will miss Bud FAMOUS QUOTATIONS THANK YOU SO MUCH Says outgoing President Helen Bissell right to the installed President Jean Croll left of the Butler Armco Girls Club YIPE says Doug Ross Ashland Metallurgical department It was at the Rodeo held at Ashland sponsored by Boyd County Saddle Horse Association ax a teen 25 LETS TRY FOR A NO ACCIDENT MONTH in December say members of Butler's Central Safety Committee They investigate accident causes study remedies FOR 20 YEARS WE'VE HAD NO ACCIDENTS say members of Zanesville Masonry section William Norman is General Foreman They're now on the second twenty * BMY SNAP UP YOUR GAME with parade said girls en of the Rustless Division beiure the girls soft- _ | ball teams had a game The Ancient Burlaps " played the Bobby Saxers At left the Lil Abner outfit At right Rustless Medical Director Dr. W. E. Fleischer stands by with with crutches splints first aid DESKORATIONS Middleat t Mo iddw letn own RUSTLESS DIVISION Supervisors took their wives to their annual outdoor party ARMCO WAR VETERANS at Middletown sponsored " football iam arranged 10,000 SQUEEZE In this giant press at Armco's Butler plant a railroad wheel is being formed With a pressure of 10,000 tons the dies closing down on a glowing steel slug or ingot slice heated to a temperature of 2050 degrees This is one of a series of 3 big hydraulic presses at Butler which help form railroad wheels for strong safe railroad trans- portation Believe it or not the big press pictured above is a delicate piece of mach- inery Keeping it in first class working condition is a constant job of maintenance Recently the Butler Wheel Works maintenance crews gave it a complete overhaul and that's a mighty big job Before the press was dismantled there were days of planning The cap or top of the press weighing 94 tons was removed and shipped by a special railroad car to the manufacturer for machining A branch machine shop was set up in our Wheel Works for the precision machining of the ton base and ton platen The big press rises 21 feet above floor level but there is a base which extends 17 feet underground It took thousands of Armco dollars and more thousands of hours of work to get Old Number 1 in top con- dition Now completely rejuvenated it tackles its job with new life a . . MAINTENANCE crew at Butler happy with success of their repair job INSIDE STORY How the wonders of Ray guard our health at Armco Taking an inside look with an Ray machine isn't a new idea But it isn't generally known that Armco has had this type of equipment at several plants for many years At our Butler plant for example they installed new equipment earlier this year It cost 18,000 But its use in the plant hospital has been a tremendous help in treating ailments or injuries of Butler Armco folks Dr. J. A. Llewellyn and his Assistant Dr. J. Van Donaldson at the Butler plant use Ray for employment examination of prospective em- ployees general chest surveys to detect early pres- ence of tuberculosis and routine diagnostic work in the plant hospital Butler is proud of its wellequipped hospital Pictures on this page show the Ray apparatus in use at their plant me Ape hmg AT ce 1 IN BUTLER Armco's plant hospital is a modern Roentgen Ray unit Here a Butler Armco man is having a chest picture taken with the camera ELBOW this IT'S AN time being photographed The patient damage have had an 2. 2. elbow injury the Ray will discover if there was any damage to the bones 3 . IN CONTROL BOOTH Technician Wallace Billek operates the mechanism that sends electric power into the Ray tube The rays will penetrate the skin 4. 4. RIGHT MINUTES after exposing the film to the rays the Doctor has a picture to look at Latest darkroom and development methods are used at Butler } .A : Pgh he i) NECK STICKER FRANK ROSE bowling his first game of the season with Hamilton's Blast Furnace teams scored 234. His BEAT THIS challenge pepped up the league THE FIRST 100 HENRY KLAUS Butler Weld Shop made a suggestion which has estimated savings of 5,400 Under Armco's new Suggestion Plan Henry got 100 note smile gets 440 more in a year if actual savings prove estimate was correct re FUN PLANNERS BOWLING LEAGUE OFFICIALS at plant Bowling Tournament next Ken Robb League President C. Butler are deep in plans for Armco's Inter- Spring Butler will be the host Left to right E. Leasure Vice Pres Victor Shoup Treas ae Py ees an es , - UNDERGROUNDERS ARMCO OFFICIALS went everywhere saw everything at our recently Identifiable here left to right are H. W. Wright Public Relations C. W. Connor Manager Mining Division Vice President W W. Sebald President and F E. Vigor Montcoal mines Staff Supervisor C. H. Murray Vice President TRIPLE THREAT MAN RUSSELL BROWN Butler loaf at an Armco Park Maintenance dept is proud of party He is President of the Brown is also the President of Butler Cro gt his ability to cut Butler Foremen's oe ef... PF. meal Club ae you at Armco Armco when you're you're old enough Whe oe ; pepcetct afuture with Armco some day add we more jobs we expand we build we grow In profitable years we can plan a future that is stronger more dependable for all of us Today's . profits become future Job Insurance for us and Opportunity Dkwhe Insurance for our children