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FILE NAME Corning OC DATE 1968 Apr 4 DOC OC377 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Kaylo Research & Development Monthly Report for March 1968 Ne B. S. - ToleTd olo edo Mr. B. F. Shannon - Granville AYLO RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT MONTHLY REPORT FOR MARCH 1968 April 4 1968 ' Mr. R. Gay - Toledo Mr. H. Hardd - i Bec rlk in - sis, J. HelsBee rlr in * Mr. A. J. Pearson - Toledo Mr. J. Thoads - Berlin Mr. T. Schuman - Toledo Mr. H. V. Smith - Toledo Central Files This report summarizes major Process Development activities carried out in March by the Kaylo Research & Development Laboratory in cooperation with Berlin Plant personnel in support of plant operations It also briefly summarizes the status of Marketing supported Kaylo Product Development programs PROCESS DEVELOPMENT 1. New Plant Facility A report which provides a direct comparison of processes under consideration .. for installation at the new Southwest facility with the advantages and dis advantages of each listed was prepared and issued Technical support and consultation was provided the General Engineering and Manufacturing Divisions Divisions A study is currently under way to determine the effect of 510 cylinder pressures of 350 pai Berlin uses 250 pai SID's on process time thruput and product properties _ a ; oak A trip was made to observe first hand the M filter press process at their plant in Long Beach California The filter press process as developed by JM is highly automated and requires very few people to operate A report covering this trip will be issued by E. Gay ~ ae - 2. PE rocl ess i 101. mina of Ht old i Releo ase 0n 11 Large scale experimental production runs of Process 101 have been completed Results reported by the plant indicate Process 101 will successfully eliminate mold oiling for Laylo products at no loss in efficiencies or thruput Additional costs for additive lubricant should be more than offset by reductions in labor oil polyethylene and maintenance savings Conversion to Process 101 will take place May 1st . id . . o- 3 OLR, ae . oe * wa re : wos. price than on carbon black dispersion substantially lower in thoste he market is being developed at Granville with initial plant trials scheduled for latter part of April 3. A revised scope with attached cost estimate for the equipment required to grind collect store and convey to the dust weigh hopper on the batch @ continued - 01 023 1337 Ar He 3. Grant Toledo Page Two floor ground Kaylo scrap and offware for reuse in Kaylo batch was issued March 27th by General Engineering A 901 will be prepared shorbtylthye Plant to cover this facility Granville and Berlin plant trials all confirm a satisfactory product can be made from batch containing 700 lbs of dust and offware The process permits the reuse of a substantial percentage of available offware and offers the plant a substantial cost savings Granville R & D fully supports Berlin in their request to management for a grinding facility 4. Diatomaceous Earth Based on laboratory data an alternate and lower cost source of diatomaceous earth has been located Prehardening and product strength data are quite comparable to those obtained in Kaylo made with Eagle Picher's 370 Calatom A 1000 lb. order has been placed with the vendor for shipment to Berlin Full scale plant trials are scheduled week of April 8th PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT . 1. Stress Corrosion | Kaylo STS the new stress corrosion product line will become available for national distribution May 1st Extended plant runs have been made in March with no major process problems encountered Samples of both pipe and block were submitted to PTL for physical and thermal testing . 2. Multi Fittings Meeting with representatives of Industrial Insulators Houston Texas was held during the month of March They are interested in the fabrication of Multi pipe fittings Also interested in producing Kaylo pipe fittings by pan pouring process Previously Coustics Division Birms Manufaoturing Company had expressed same interest in Multi pipe fittings I and C Division was to make a decision on how OCF would prossed in Multi- tamp and Kaylo pipe fitting business by March 19th - Program plaocn heoldd Reason Lack of manpower At request of the Philadelphia Branch a comparison of Thermobestos vs Kaylo by including chedical analysis of each was made Data to be used the to Branch supbip d fo orrlartge job at Hercules Ses KFS RM ; wot, 01 023 1338