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Every part of every bronze valve is made right in the R-P&C plant. From the designing or the pattern, the pouring of the molten bronze, the machining, polishing, fitting, inspecting, and testing . . . every operation is under the watchful eye of R-PaC Valve craftsmen.
They like to make valves, good valves, and they build into the complete line of R>P&C valves the quality that gives you more 'H for your money. Specify R-PaC Valves on your next order.
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round lo rip
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pfaould ,lil the plan, b,?j* Jack had been In tha p,c{jd
(ar more year, rhon ,, undeniend he1, up la
W.ih ihe aiek pI(u
plant ensmeer, j.eV
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come aa low water In , boiler 1
"8 Mleamon had coma up rJ ^.olu,io,,M,hoplt^'
Jack ahort. Bur finally h, |,,
the press over. "After aauminln, Ihe ram, j3
for a chance to try an Idea ha (
It would lake only a f,, kJ
didn t work, they could
tear down the preu.
"There was nothing to tow,
o gain, so the Boss told J, ahead.
" `Just give me two mediibl
Hartley. Two men were sttig^
everyone wondered what in' would do with them. Jack pu
work tearing out the eld eti leather packing. Then he got
and drove lo a mill-supply both he came back with balls of pli
twine, the kind that's costed wit
"He had the mechanics calk ih*
into the pecking box, while he t%
graphite over the `packing* from]
lime. The gland was finally;
tight, then removed, and more twine and graphite calked in. 1
"After e few hours the glsj
tight and the press ready to it'
ram groaned and moaned, sol, some of tha packing. But the bu rounded of? llule after that fii *
Evidently that lead relnfoi
twine woe a lot tougher than
"The gland was tightened agtl the ram run up and down a seeej
Ibio time there was less leakage,
the gland was tightened down,
half dozen times of running i
and tightening the gland, the bi
gone. And the rough grooves1
with lead and graphite. "Jack hung around until aoet
that press worked (ires with tbt< plumber's twine. By then thii
worked as good as new and
further leakage.
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"It fust goes to show," phnlooi
Mermy, "thot you can kill out breaking his legs and t**'1
bleed to death.
"But here's the stinger,
maduke. "Jack Hartley wa*