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FILE NAME: ZK/L DATE: DOC#: BO/L0 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: d:Z - Dust in Industry MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Published b]t Th~ American Societ)1 of Mechanical Engineer./' VOt.O~B S5 NIJMIIIlR 2. ContentJ for Febmctf')') 1933 THE COVElt. ".RUNNING SMOOTIILy"-A STUDY IN GI>ARS AND WIIEIlLS RECRl'IT .\DVANCIlS IN PHYSICS, W. F. G. SlIltIfltJ 7S DUST IN INDU~TRY . . Frederick Wittson 80 THE SOCIAL El;'I'ECTS OF MASS PRODUCTiON D. S. Kimhclli 83 EDUCATIONAL PREPARATION FOR CREATIVE TECHNICAL ENGINEERING LEADERS!flP R. E. Doherty 90 THE; PROBLEM OF ECONOMIC IlAl.ANcn . S. I-I. Slir:hter 95 THE TRADE ASSOCIATION'S PART IN COORDINATE PLANNING E. L. Hecrmal2r:~ 101 THE RELATION OF WEATHER TO TRANSOCIlANIC FLYING NEW CONSTRUCTION CAN RESTORE I'ROSl'llRITY J. H. Kimb"I/ 105 D. C. Co.'yle 111 STEAM Rl>SBARCH: PROGRESS OF WORK AT MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECI-INOLOGY F, G. Key'er and L. B. Smith 113 PROGRESS OF WORK AT U. S. BUREAU OF'STANDARDS N. S. O.rbome 116 PLAINTIFF:S~I EXHIBIT ASM3 EDITORIAL SURYSY OF ENGINEERING PROGRESS SYNOPSES OF A.S.M.E. PA)?ERS nOOK REVIEWS ANI:! LIIlRAR Y lIB 120 133 NOTES CORRESPONDENCE RESBARCII-STANDARDlZA TrON A.S.M.E. nOILER CODE 141 l}S 138 140 DISPLA Y AOVERTlSEMENTS PROFESSIONAL SERVICE . 1 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS 28 26 INDEX TO ADVERTISERS 30 OPtlCBllS OF Tl{E sQClIny: A.. A. p()"C'TIHt, PruiJl.tJt EJn~ OnllRG 1 Tr:.4II1;,r c...r.-yu.: W. t~;.::z. St:.-::o:rj' PUBLIc nON STAfF: Gao~Oli ~I,.. SU"TsoX"J EJir",. FkDftfUCJ.: L.\SoJ::, At/I-'eTtililtg A!,gr. CO~{MIT'fRE ON PUBL.1C .... TJONS; tt. L. C. MOlmow, Cbairm~!I S. W. DUDLI::. S. F. VOOil.U.eE.>, Viet-Chairw;111 M. H. RODIlRn w. 1'. t,) ....:'" ... C. E. DAV'tI:S. SUrtfar)' /0 Cammiuu all PIl!;tic.Jti~!1r =~~~;~.;;~~~~i::r~Nt~:~ s~~~~~~~cY~;:f::.ty~. C~b~~j,cJ~~~~,~~~~~~~~~N~,~\~~~~j:~~~~~~~I~:.~~o;;.~~.oo~i~~~l,~n~,;;;;~:;i!~n; ~~ft:r~~.'!6'c!~ ::; ~~~'. tor$-4.00. r.u. Paft~~ ~ CcuJ,., 75 CC'IlU .JJi:ioDd. (0 (or::isn tOlu)uirs. SloW ;lI.Mido::.d. Cb~,,!u of ;tJ,l!nu QUH ht t:tn'fcJ ",SOc:ltly h.:aoJquu"rl tYo'O w,cb before Iher MC: ,., pc nr~mQQ t:h,o!" QullD.~p.IC. PhUt: ~lId ol!., \('::11 u n.w jJ.Jreu...... Sy.LlW: The SGcietr.sl'Uil.cOI be :,,"spar-liMe f:>t' IU!crnenu ~rc~jniu!lJ 1:lvm:....-d iD pf:rS or ..... priQ;.::d ia It I ~li:cuiO!). (tU. ?f.:'.),. . E..:ir:Ct<! ...~ s.;,,;,::s.i,,,I;1..u r-.;IUttt at cb:: POIC Q!ti:: ~c ~1l0Ql P.... 'Jlh.tr Ihe ,'\(1 otM~n;b}, 18-79, ~ .lIc~c:pr.QCC: (er :t\l;Jins :" ~F:l;i,1 utc er pOJI",,, r:oTrd~J ill tCio.= 1J01, An olClctcb.:, 1. JiU7, IQlborll!J 00 ,IOII,for,. 11. 1911 . ... C(}f')""~htc<!.l9n, b,. Tb." Am"ric.n Sod!tt Cl! Mcchlnfc~1 E..'1Hinccrs. DUST zn INDUSTRY Shop MethodJ and Equipment Effective ill Controlling Dust Ha'!,ftrds By FREDERTCK WILLSON, M.D.' J UST at chis time "l11ployers ill dusty tl'aeles lint! themsd ves in II tliniculc, if "Ot' :dil"millg, position. Not fully warned or informed, utltil lately, of the spedal d:tngcrs ofccnain dusts, employe,'S h11.\'e naturally exercised merely gelleral care in ,111.~t prevention. Under such "general carc" some of their workmenth""o,..s,e...1 ePx....p. o1.s..e..d....t.o;7"..s..i;l..i.c_a,I":,cmd'_..1si_l_ic.Jeous, du sts-have ,b. een th~ amlOsphere should consrand,. be alert .nd "'<ltchful, discoumi'lg to the hlllcsc extent evcry possibilit: of danger. Employers should not conclude that ther ha.ye entirely eliminated Jaoger of silicosis, or of :In)" t~pe of plle\lmonoconiosis, simply r,ecause the air is seemingly free from dust. It should be borne in mind chat the: particles which do the most h:mu are im"isible and that 'Vhen manage~ent and ,vorkmen pool their in- terests in behalf Qf safety) then certainly safety ,...-ill finaUy be ,von. ~ Research lies ,vith the sdentist~ but the intelligent application of the kno\vledge thus obtained, ris it applies to occupational eases,-is a lnoral responsibility of industry.. ... o,.4.i ...ih\g~ 6u.u.:t JUSt rcrcn"CU to. However, froth now on) with the spro",l of COlllInOn, or at least avai!:>!>le, knowledge of rile peculiar danger of certaj'l dusts, only "special care" wi!! safeguard the interests of employer and workman alike. - - _ . . . ' __.:i. . _ - _ .............. t'-v........<..A to the dnnger of tut>crcular infc:ction from one another. that every flleUilY in the """)' of dressing rooms, lun<:h rooms, umt wash rooms is pro\'ided, and ch:,! C\CI)' piece of protective cquipmenc is kept in ~rfect "'orking order. Good housekeepidg is, after <Ltl. one of the major I'.RnCJ\.UTlO.NS NHCllSSARY WltEltn b.ANOUR,<JUS OR POISONOUS DUSTS ARE PRESllNT Lc! us nuw cc!!sidcr What prcsent steps \iiiH COi1:lLi.tuLc "special care" where dangerous Or POiSOflOUS dusts arc present: in other wurds, whac shop p,ccnutiolls arc now known to be abse,lutcly necessary, ba,eu on the knowledge of silicosis just made av"jlablc to us. Employers ill industries where free silica. is present in considerations ifl the protection of workmen' where there is dust of a hnzardous nature. Dlm-e.wausting systems arc of no us~ unless they are so "!,plied to the ~;oI:'k as to rc~llr c.lrry oIf R larb~ pan of the dust and deposi t it in receptacles. where it cannot again "'ork: harm. Preferably the suction should dntW the dust downward, :twa)' from the face of the operator. 7l<b.nr dust-collecting syste~s sulfcr fromlaek: of mainten:JJlcc. or from noe being C:;ottecdy applied to the operation_ I Prc!>iJcm, WiUson Prod\1ct~, fnc., RC:lding. Pa. PCl:6entc:d at the Nlltion>ll ProCC3S Mc:eting arranged by the Process rnduSl:rte! Commitre.e of the A.S.M.E., and held nnder the f'1.ttsrices of' (he- 8uITalo Section o( tit:: Snc1cty, Dulf.:110, N. Y0' June 6 tu 8, 1932. In onc plant visited:lnsc rear the author noticed that the aue pipe between the iulct and the exhaust fan had opened ae a ;oim. so' that :tir drawn in ;It the working entl.lIce-if any \\'as dr:lwn ill-tended to be thrown Page 80 dis- III 82