MACHINING A WATERWHEEL E&MP 10.038a SLICES 4 MILES OF STEEL SHAVINGS AN HOUR Westinghouse East Pittsburgh Works - Speeding production of orders important to national defense, one of the world's largest boring mills is shown machining the frame of a huge waterwheel generator to limits held within four thousandths of an inch, about the thickness of a newspaper page. This mill is driven by 24 motors, ranging from 300- horsepower down to 2 1/2 horsepower, requiring 600,000 watts of electricity.
Its 30-foot turntable weighs 176,000 pounds. [insert lower center] The high speed steel cutting tool. Westinghouse ID # 267914 Original Caption by Science Service |
