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LI A 16333 LEAD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION 4*0 ICX1MOTOM AVXHUg MSW TOM 17, M. T. PSt Of LEAD in HH8I09 X. i. Turoar, Vico froaidant VAgnas Katal Corpcratlea Chicago, 111. I ont to taka * foe ilatH of poor tla* to acquaint you with tha Xorg* eoluH* Marfcot for l*ad that eoaatltatea tha railway car Journal bearing lndnot** -- and to touch upon a ooapetitir* profala* that we believe haa o o malderahle algnlflcance to load producer* and procaaaora aa well. Tb# railroad* and private car eoapanl** la tha tkiltad State* can and operate upward* of 2.000,000 freight car*. Each of tha** car* la aupported ty eight braaa-hached, babbitt-lined journal bearing*, weighing aa average of 29 pound* par .bearing. About JOJC of tha total ualgfat of thaae baarlngs la la ad -- 87f of tha babbitt lining and 1H, appradnately, of tha bra** bade. Bacauaa tM* bearing, *J designed, la a low-cost taring aurfaco to protect tb* relatively ore costly rotating journal fro* lta stationary aupporta, tb* annual tonnage of lead for Maintenance raqulrtaaote la alao conaldardbl*. In 19S1, according to c onsarvatlv* astinatea e bar* aada, tha laad content of journal hearings purchased or Manufactured hr the railroad* exceeded 27,000 ton* -- tram both prlaa*7 and teowxUry aouroea. Tha lnportanee of thla largo Market to tha la*d lndu*t*7 1* clearly undanlahle. Presented at tha 21jth Annual Meeting, laad Xnduatrlaa Association, April 16-19, 1952, Chicago, Ul. MSWUfl!*1 V. `tr?*'- -fair -'riffr jiftfriru "'ift iSwii^tgfa**.., v.'SttriMft <**<^vVjffi4>tfi> - *. K. t. Turnar -3- TMj babbitted braea baaring* idilch a call a solid-type bearing* la tha standard for Interchange rolling stock. It la nanufactored to epaelfloailene established ty tha iaaociation of ianricaa tallroeda, aod except for a baadfal of cxperlnentel laatallatioaa of rollsr-type and othar bearings, it will bo found on all tha 2,000,000 freight eara that oparata la interchange -- tbo severest klad of railroad aarvlea. Ita performance* aadar thaaa oonditlona, la excellent* So-called *hot-boxee* resulting In bearing failures atlll occur, bat tha Inrlrtanoo of fallaro, In ralatlon to tba large aaabor of baarliya In dally service, la WT low Indeed. Significantly, it baa yet to ba prowad that iqr othar VP# of bearing can iaprove on tha enviable raoord of solid-type bearings Uiose dally operating efficiency oxceeda 99.99t* Ihara ara othar factors, too* Urlch in oar opinion* ahtrad ty nmy railroad officials, naka for superior adaptability of aolid Journal bearings to rail fralght service, They ara siaply and easily Maintained* universally Inter changeable) they iin an araraga of owwr $0 toss azeaaa doad weight for aach IX cara In noranant) they offar tba losaat frictional raalstaoea to acceleration and notion) tiny ara capable of affldant oparatioa aedar loada In excess of wQa capacity) and bacauaa of fraa lateral noranant on tha car Journal* tbay giro a anootbar rida for tba lading of tba car than la obtainable with any alternate typo ear Journal bearing aaaanbly yet dovalopede The tolid-type bearing baa eoonoadc ndrantagaa, too, dleh are nqr laportant fren tha atandpolnt of rail freight operation* Lev firrt coat and lev replacunent oost are aignlflcant adrantagoa that can ba cited* bat there la alao tha fact that nalntananeo requires alnpJar facllltlaa* can bo performed in the open* on tha line of road If nacooaaxy* by unskilled labor, and In lean Una ttan 0 wuld ba required for ary other typo of bearing* In apite of all tba foragolng* atrong effort# ara now being nada to supplant the braaa book babbitted bearing on freight eara -- particularly by tha u. 11 jMtif j^asjw; HRfy vaujiiy... w j i i m i M in in p iuuiuw mw w uiim if X. J. fttruse -3 - roller bearing interests, ?hi* is the competitive problem to *ileh I referred earlier -- and which ie o m of k m eonoem to the entire lead induetry. 'feat are the bearing manufacturers doing to meet this sltuatioaf first, thrwigh paid epace advertising in railmgr buaineee paper* they are reminding railroad officer* of the maty advantages of solid-type bearings -- both eperatiooal and eoonoMie. Second, they bare published pmaphlsts end bulletino *iicfc give detailed, factual data regarding solid bearing performance that refute mazy of the extravagant olalns for roller-type bearings. Thee* peapblete end bulletins bate been distributed widely emong ezacutlve, financial, mechanicil and purchasing officers of the railroeda, Third,through both paid spec* advertising snd personal representation they are calling attention to iapreper malntenanoe precticee thah affect adversely the eervlc* performance of s olid-type bearings. One manufacturer Is actually conducting periodic surveys of the shops end repair tracks of tto railroads served and making detailed reports of the discrepancies noted to tha Chief Mechanical Officer, fourth, wherever possible, arrangsaente have and era being mad* to furnish speakers before various railroad club end assodstlea p--I'j-- so that the case for solid bearings my be presented to the attest railroad audience, And fifth, bearing manufacturer* have undertaken to all other Industries having an interest in this partlcul* probias with tha feete of the situation. And that, of course, is sty I am speaking to you on this occasion of ths 2itth annual meeting of the Lead Industries Association. Because of ths lmportanee of ths railroad market for bearing metals te the entire l-~d lnuiatri-a .Toup, I sheuld like te eu^et thrt tho isroduocs* ft lead and lead base alleys glee consideration te supporting tho boating aacmfecterors In this caapalgn through *tever means are evellaole to ths*. & tM eooMctloa our Company, tho Magnus Mstal Corporation will bo glad to furnish all such literature as wo hevu published and to attempt to ansuor fully la witlng ay tpoolfIs guorntm ions you night havoe Mo have also ante available to tho offioe of tho Secretary ft LIA16336 V. J. taw >li* lead Induetrie# Aaaocletloa amber of ltea* of literature Aiefc 2 m oar* will bo forwarded to you prcaptly on fcrhap* your deartlalng tad public relation# officer* particularly could be acquainted with the poasibUitlea epeo to the* for effect!## counter weearee to roller bearing propaganda, Tbo* coepenio# atalob conduct inetltutlonal advertlalng and public relation* reaped gna la the general buaineea eagealnoa end newspaper* will find her* anaccellent opportunity for telling etory of the aerlte of lead baa* prodocte and tba public benefit* de rived therefrom. ,11. w iw ij i. .in , rewtHeawaXaei j i. <'iui HJ4-' j .'. twnwwwaiw