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IT ynw pjwuiwH'ippg'iriBiapwp^ppjw.i^j^iwwggpfpijgcwy -------- -> '-' ' LIA22202 y ''w*^-*t*-J*Ai---'.--------- >-- ty.-rev . r- ,a 1|-iT_, LEAD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION 0 0 CAST 4t ftTRKCT NEW YORK IT, M. V. ^.-.l ........ .... ... .... lurch 6, 1958 SUBJECT ADffi PAPER BT LU SECRETART To Member* of th Lead Industries Association! Attached la a copy of the paper delivered by the Secretary of LIA at the annual meeting of the Society of * Mining Engineers of AIKE, at it* last annual meeting on February 19, 1958. It outlines briefly the highlights of the Associ ation's progrea to enlarge the markets for lead and its products. Sincerely yours, 1^. Ki i . l . , . Q . ------------------- ------ ............ .......* - 0 u l `j *J U^z23 "ir rtlin ~^i /rdir~ ' - *m*m, ,, ^1 faitoMtato PRKPRINT NO. >8l9A8 " i u ^^i ii.gwi--<n ... i -t j ^i .'--i" . . - - -C? &r &yzym >?_>w= 3$ ww _ ^ .\7=0>:> &'/;> ^?I^KF. 2J:/ v-jrt:* ..: .'I w AN EXCITING FUTURE AHEAD WITH LEAD AN INDUSTRY PROGRAM R. L. 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IltfCtH j Aa latatr? mm 5#19*> It hat often to me that people art too prone to turn to now and untried materials In on offort to solve their problems, without firm* aufflclont consideration to tho oil stand-bys, except at a latt retort, It't a little like middle-aged men who are swept off tholr feet by tho froth beauty of a young girl without flrtt considering tho many advantages that a m:t matoro woman hat to offer, kaybc it't beeauae, like tho elder woman, tho elder m*torit It 1 art to mako a dotormlnod offort to keep themselves looking young and attractive, T at*a Just about tho altuatlon with which tho load Industry It fated, Vo hart to mako a dotormlnod offort to keep load looking young and attractive to industry, Bewarer, there la ono dlfforonoo and it la Important* load can not only bo kept looking yeung, but it mam. In fact, actually bo kopt yew*. Thtc roaultt from two thlnga, Flrtt, Induttry and technology are ooaataatly ehangti*. For oatmplo, wo have known for yoart that tho donaltj of load mtkot It ideal to atop ftamo raya, but It It only rocontly that atomic flttlon at a souroo of |wmi radiation hat bottmt an Important tool of induttry. That makta old knowledge about load maoful in dotolopii^ 0 now markot for It, Second, although load hat boon tho aubjeet of rotoaroh for many yoart, ehangli* induttry and technology make it nooataary for ua to loam now things about Itad that wt didn't havo to know boforo. Again aa an axamplo, wo didn't have to find out that oortala load compounds oomld act aa a modifier of certain rocket fuole until roekota and fuels rotehod tholr rooont stag** of development, Za support of thaao view# Z would like to point out that load hat boon around for seworml thousand yoart, yet torn# tvo-thlrd of Ita current consumption It In uata developed In tho latt fifty yoart. Certainly the automotloo Induttry can not be tontlderod antiquated, but about half the lead uted goes Into autmotlv# bttterlei and tetraethyl lead for gasoline, Lead shielding for atomic sMpe, submarines, laboratories and tho like it A v seveleped In amok lota than the latt generation. We t.nlrk of plaatlea at being about the mseat of materials. Thoutarma of tons of lead compounds aro now employed at atablllecra In vinyl ylattlet oath year. Literally hundred a of lead compounds, both organic and Inorganic, are known aM taa bo made, but only relatively few have yet been put to work commercially. Vho knows what tho future holdt In store for themf Our Induttry therefore hat decided to reteh ahead with load* to tho exalting future that it can enjoy if we keep abreast of lhduatrlal and technological devolopment. This future of courts won't Juat take care of Itself. The Induttry mutt do lta part, and It la with that realisation that tne largest and moat diversified program of rettareh and promotion has boom approved for 1$$8, wltn plana being laid for oven more far-flmg activities la tho future. This program hat many facets. It involve# magtilne ang direst mall advertlslMVUbllalty, technical service, reaearor., and will probably alto Include motion pictures. Zt InvtlTea tho protoetion of existing markets and a search for new uses for both existing products ard for new product#. And there la nothing atati# about our approach. Wo are constantly making markot and technical surreys to guide ua In the proper direction of these activities. Thus wo hops to take advantage of now opportunities and to avoid watting mnunltlme on efforts that may prove fruitiest, One such study was recently completed for ua by battalia memorial Institute. It took ala months and was an evaluation of our research need#. Out of the information and reeoMendatlono contained In the report of this study we expect te Initiate a lumber of specific applied and baalo research programs which we nope will develop new markets and new products, this now research, as well aa that already under way, hat the benefit of the guidance of a technical Steering Cosmittee composed of the research directors of a doaen large load producing and com* facing companies, aa fins an array of technical brains aa the Industry could assemble. Another aurroy of a somewhat different nature la now being made for ms by tho Internationally famous firm cf arer.lteeta ar.d trginasra - Skidmore, Ovingt and Merrill, This study as te determine how beat to develop the market for load products In building construction and to retaevand mow products that mlgnt help In the solution ef building problems. We expect this study to take three or four months to complete and that It will give ua an authentic picture of Jast where wo stand In the gigantic building industry which already use a a large tannage of lead products but which may well be a market for a let more, A third atudy being male It a market surrey ef the shipbuilding Industry in this country. Indications aro that this Industry may enjoy Increased activity of majar proportions and if this is to be the case, it a'.o-jld offer a substantially increased market for an old etand-by lead -- .! ! I II ' > I nww * i ' < mm>m, -- US JO'.W iij i . liiiimi l-IBJUJfl 'U' w* t^imii u w |w ii WP'IIWW 10^ 0 > 0 rtf * Xi>il product -red load paint- at wall at other lesd products, fowevsr, our research tinea tna last war, partly In cooperation with the Vary* hat developed new rad lead paint formulations with many advantages which plaea ui In i Matter competitive position than aver ba/or and have given a *nev look* to rad load paint a. In faet we have already greatly expanded our reaearoh and promotional programs on rad lead paint* to take advantage of tna huge new federally-aided highway eenitruetlan program which onould require aubatantlally Inoreaaed amounta of red lead. La it year we added trade paper advertlilng In thla field to our previous direct Mil and reaearch afforts, and all of those are being further expanded in 1958, field work with users and apeelflera of metal proteatlvo paints la also belr* Initiated, be are partleularly enthualaatlo about the futu.'e for lead La the ceramics industries whleh Include* a variety af applleatrana auah as glass, glatos, pereelala enamels for almlawm, ttael and other metals, eeraalt bodies, gloat eolort and others. The only really successful pores lain enamels for aluminum developed so far, and this Is of semparotlvsly resent development, have a high load aontant, and tha industry Is seeking to lover the firing temperatures mf enamels for steel, whleh again Involves lead. Lead adds valuable eleatries) end other characteristics to ceramics for electronic opplleotlons, t new and growing field. Clay sewer pipe manufacturer* are Just beginning to use lead gloats on thalr product a potentially .wye market for lead. These are only a few of the Interesting new developments In esromlss la vhle> lead may play an Important part, A new program to develop this cereal# market was started lets than three years ejo, Ms first Issued o comprehensive data bede on *Leed in the Ceramic Industries,* this has beam followed with advertising and publicity in ceramic magazines whleh It being further lacrosse* u.lt year, and with supplements to the data book to keep it up t# date. Three graduate research fellowships dealing with different Phaser of lead In ceramics have bean established at throe different universities, and out more will be established thla ysar, femajar.1 exhibits to be donated to ell accredited eeromle aehools In the country are under construction, Vo believe we have under way a well-rounded reaearch and technical promotion program in ceramics, which offer a major growth potential for lead, X have already mentioned the study we are having made ef tha use of lesd In bui.dlng ecrstruct lor.. This does not mean that we are not already active In that field, Ve have boom promoting lead to the plumbing Industry very aggressively since the early 1930't, Xn tha loot couple of years we have expanded this to Include architects and builder*. Par example, etartlig with tnls year we have two four-page Inserts in Sweet's Architectural and light Canstruetlam Catalogs dealing wltr. lead pluablng and herd lead sheet for roofing and flashing. That# catalogs go to soma 40,000 architects and builders, Ve also offer a service of detailing and writing specifications for arenltects for load in building construction, A resent example af the effectiveness of this service was Installation of over 3,000 sq, ft, of >-lb, hard sheet lead gutter linings, detailed by us, on a now dormitory at Puke University, or are we forgetting the great possibilities of atomla energy where lesd provides the most compact gramma-ray shield at eeonijslesl cost., A member of cur staff le secret %* cleared. Through atomic plant visits and by ether means he gathers as much authentic Information as poselbls on the bast use of lead In this industry and assists these involved with the design mf atomls ligtallstions in the proper use mf lead ahleldlng am that It may compete as effectively as possible with other matmrUk, Xn the field ef cable ahe ething we have a samlttee composed af bath lead producers and cable manufacturers which is working closely with manufacturers af lesd extrusion presses te perfect the continuous, Instead of Intermittent, extrusion mf lead alley cable ahmath. If this Is successfully accomplished, wo expect that it will aid materially in preserving this market mf more than 100,000 tons af lead per year, Chemical construction Is anotnor big market far lesd that has growth potentialities as the use of chemicals continues to grow. But this Is complicated by Increased eompctltlen with auah materials at rubber end plastic*, for many years we have been gathering and disseminating technical information on this use of lesd and working with ehealtal engineers te design with lead for best results. These are some ef the specific areas in vhloh wt are new working. But this It Mt all, it 2 have said, people need to be taught to hlnk of lesd in terms of tha future and be made ta realize Its broad general potentialities for future developments, Tnat It has these potential!* ties cannot bo denied because lead f.a found so axy completely new applications In the last few years, I have already mentioned Isao compounds as roskst fuel modifiers.- *>ut 2 can't say mere because of security reasons, A lead compound la else used In the electronic brain of guided missiles, Certain load compounds add brlllianco and slsrity to motion picture screens, ^ a ^ *--p l-i*1* " MtWy^g;.WW^J lW'l|!'JWg!W ?' particularly the 5-X> type. 1 hare mentioned the use * lead at a stabiliser in plastics vnich cor. already be numbered In thousands of tens, and 1 have told you of our enthuplaam about the future of load in par* colain enamels. I have also lr-dlcated the part that lead la playljg In eereals bodies In tho electronics lr.duatry, Juat by contract X would like to aertlwr. a new use aa an etplanalon Joint In monellthle concroto floor* developed by tho Portland Cvmer.t AiiMlitloc, Juat In ay last few sentences I have triad to Indicate a few, and only a few, acv developments In load that X imagine only a handful of people know about. Thy range from alaalloa to movla screens, plaatlca to porcelain enamels, oloctrontca to expansion Joints. Iona ia yet a major consumer of load. perhaps non# of thoao particular applieationa aay ever bo. But they do establish tho fact that something now ia coming out of load every day and no ono saa fore toll irhon ono now thing may bo c o m anothor totroothyl load or when, in tho Vfregtte, o multiplicity of now usea aay accomplish tho same thine. This, of eourao, la tho direction in which our research program will bo directed. But research can not be expected to do the Job single-handed. That ia why wo are expanding our teerar.leal service work by adding trained men to our staff who can go out In tho field and help aanufacturers work out their plotless In terms of lead. Ve hope that these men can find new applications for lead by supplying Industry with knowledge we already hare, or by bringing problems bark to ua aa bases for meaner, on lead, or by encouraging ethers to undertake load roaearsb on their own or In cooperation with ua. And through our quarterly publication. "Load,* with a circulation of 50,000 to 60,000, wo Intend to keep lead and wnat It la and eon do before industry generally so that it will "Look ar.ead with lead" and realise vnat a vital, useful metal It lc. t Vo are also close to cocpletlor. of a Monograph on Lead tv bo published by the American Chemical goelety. Ve hope that this comprehensive volume will supply industry auch needed technical information about lead that will encourage people to explore Its merits. It covert the whole field of lead production, manufacture, properties and uses, with each ehlpter written by a top expert In hla particular field. Vo dlaeusalon of our efforts on behalf of lead would be complete without some mention af our lead hygiene activities, It- is well known that lead, like many ether Industrial materials an* metals. Is toxie, which merely means that If an individual takes too much of it into hla system. It may be harmful, Ir. the same sense, even coffee, alcohol or candy may bo toxic, Kererthelerc, the toxicity of lead often militates unnecessarily against its use, I aay, "unnecessarily" because sometimes feara are Imagined rather than real and because, through proper precautions, lead can almost always be used with complete safety. Therefore an Important mad costly part of ou work la derated to education of Industry and the public In this field. It involves assisting people to use lead safely, maintaining friendly relations with OovernMnt agencies that lata* regulations concerning toxic materials, combating unfavorable and often erroneous publicity, and educating people generally to the real truth. Juat one example la tbs lead hygiene conference vMen wea~e piannlrg to hold in Chicago next fall, the third of its kind we have sponsored, At thisconference medical people and others concerned will be brought up to date on every phase of the lead hygiene problem by top medical men, toxicologist# and Industrial hyglenista. and by exchange of experience and Ideas of those In attendance. In summary, our Industry is committed to a vastly expanded program of research and develop ment geared to modem Industrialneeds. This program Is a many hided thlrg designed, o the fete hand, to protect existing valuable markets, and on the other, o', find nee ones. It Is laposelble here to outlie every pr.ase of ou* program, existing o- planned, but we expect to ue every tool at our command research, advertising, technical service, publicity. To metht futu-e of lead la tremendously exciting. Cur present major uses are In auah modem and huge Industries as tne automotive, electrical andeonatructlon Industries, lew markets are deeeloplrg In the atomic, electronic, piaatle end other industries with great growth potential, Vr.at we must most ea^fvlly guard against la falling into a state of lethargle selfetlafaetlon and I am convinced that the industry's pr**..v *1111*40 la far from tnat. In the last three years tne fuide 'or -esearen and promotion provided by the producers of pig lead have nearly quadrupled, but a number of new projects are still under consideration. This la certainly strong evidence of the confidence the industry hat if it "*caehea ahead with lead," iievumw