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l'-i lliWTil l -ILia|>l ^ |i| II. u.j limiy.ijmif | i|||i|iA j|M W p |B ppB W fW pii pw4ip|wpit!pw|!|)|^ p;|j)pp|ji^|iB||UWiiiiiiiiii p p --- `- < n - r - t i i uAmmtoWiiafraiiriiiiit maiinjadiaiMii imamaoiiteiiiiirtmln i>i'i in irr~f LIA163A2 LEAD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION 4*0 LOOMOTO* 4VCNUI MOW YOMC IT. M. T. vrraArtpm in c&MwncATiaq cis.* T, 0. Storor, Purchiaing Agent Veatern Electric Co* Haw Tor*, T Two peare ago, at our lart meatii* la Chicago, X deccrlbed tbo pJlahmontc of tbo Gotten Ilaetrle Coopasy and the Ball Telephone Laboretorlee la developing telephone cable oalng material* jther than laad for ahaatfalng. Since that tlao our problem# of lead procurement bar* proved the wledom of tMe aetlom Vo doubt mary of yarn bar* ooUood roela of cable awaiting lnetall atlnm ltb the bright block aurfoce which ldentlfloe tba pelyattyleoe ahaath. h* bo o bar* twj nr* tgrpea of telephone cablaa value polyethylene ahaathi Alpetta* ^>leh conlata of eablo oora oorarad with dumtnum, thao a tbormopiaatle eempoondenr polyethylene la extrudedj and astalpath" which la tba aame aa "Alpatb* except that * etoel tap# la added bafora tba polyethylene abaatb. Banco tba imh o - Alpath* (iladm - polyethylene) Stalpatb* (atael - alrmlTM - polyethylene) It la not difficult to imagine tba maiy probltaa that bar# confronted aa In endeavoring to obtain raw oatarlala required la tbo manufacture of talapbooa cablaa (faring tba peat tm> year# whan tha demand for talapbooa aairloa for daf and civilian requiraaenta u, and remain*, unprecedented* Soring thla period oar aim baa baao to produce tba graataat amount of eablo pooaiblm with tba materials available. Praaantod at tha fbth Annual Beating, Laad Xndoatrlao Aeaoelatlon, April 16*19* 1952, Chicago, Illlnnla* luwpppMegapreij JA.IlIPWWU LIA16343 T. 0. Storer -t- deny of theta baterlal ihort*|M rt now AUeppeerli*. > art U ftdlltf with the aharp tarty*around In the lead aopply, The realised end expected expanelon for polyetlylene In the Indnetrjr this jrur and In 19$} ehould aaka aubatacstlal additional <piartt.tlee arailabla. Doanr, it la atill tadar >.tJU control. The eupply of tteel and alaalflon alat apptara to to eaalng and all theta proepects anal bt cone!dared In oar fatore planning fren the atandpolnt of eooncey aa tall aa erallablUty of aeterlale* Sheathing alone, ho--rer, doaa not naka nmi--inlcatlone eahla. Copper haa always been oaad aa tba conductor and It la not neceeeaxy for oa to do aero than Motion that andar praaant control#, tha tonnage available to oar ladaatay la conaiderably ah>rt of what oa require to aatlafp tha dminl for cahla and central offlea mvirrlcatlona equip-nt. Although hundrede of aabetitatloao haao haan anda for eopper la --mloatlona apparatao and aqulfnant aa that tha llaltad --pply of thla natal could bo aaad largely for cabla production* narartbalaaa no ra atlll far dtort of or naadt. llanlnno haa boan racognlaad for acaa tlna aa a eatiafartery geo* dieter and early thla year expert--ntal prodoctlen of alanlm ooadteter on--ml rati rna cabla oaa atartad la oar wire adlla. A1though aetlsfartery profraaa haa been made, tla.ilnun conductor la net to be oooaldorad a eubetl* tata bat rather ao a tnppl --ant to oopper in order to provide tho flexibility of barring another type of cabla. Thla will aloo bare a bearli* on tha aoo of abaath naterlala. Aliret ntnt, aa you know, haa a lower amdactlalty than copper, and to oonpanaata for thla difference It la neoeaaary to aoo eonductora about 25Jf (or two B k S goegaa) larger than eoppar* The larger eoadactora ineraaaa tha dlmotor of the ailile on tha ararago* aOoot MS* thla greater dlanotar --aid- roquire about y& nora lead for abaathlng and --aid greatly Ineraaaa tMi--lght. Tha Alpeth or Stalpeth eaaloa wltb mm im p **** w i"w y i w - i i 11uw ma .11. mnan iw^ii'nV----- me m.j lUjil.ill. iPWpiljjliiJ #m-\ '". ! "I JP. L IA 16 3 44 Vftft o^WS'affifrflir 1- ` ;O i < )! ! ,T. 0. Stovar -3- alunimis corxilctor, tharafara, app*r to b tha boot coubinatioa fraa a weight standpoint* Even after allowing for tha graatar diaoetor, Umm typos of cabin ra appreciably lighter thin tba copper-lead ooeblnation. Tar xtafU.u, 202 pair aluadnun conductor cable with etalpeth aheath would weigh a little ore thar 1/3 at web aa tha copper-lead cable. The advantages tram a lighter alght cabla la reducing hipping ehargoa, cost of supportive structures seek aa polo lino* and strand, and tbs handling effort art obvious. * Vo aro looking forward to tha day whan cabla raw Materials *111 bo in ora balanced supply and will ecupete actively for thair plaoo in our Manufacturing pro(ran. Thao aa will hr va tha prlvllaga of pairing aalactiono baaad upon operating and aoontnlc adventagee, tboa providing far groatar floaibility than au bava heretofore enjoyed. Tha prograaa in tha art of cabla nanufactura which I havo brlAfly outlined. 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