. Canadian foundryman (1918). C. E. REHDER, Vice-President and Assistant General ManagerBowmanville Foundry FIG. 1 SHOWING CHARGING DOOR. ALSO CONTROL BOARD WITHTO ELECTRODES IRKS CONNECTING with only two alternatives to choosefrom. The one was to close down untilafter the war (a proposition which wasnot to be considered) and the other wasto secure iron from some source, and inthis they were successful. As has beenpreviously mentioned, the class of workbeing turned out was such that nothingbut high-grade pig iron could be used,and if good scrap could have been secur-ed it would not have f
. Canadian foundryman (1918). C. E. REHDER, Vice-President and Assistant General ManagerBowmanville Foundry FIG. 1 SHOWING CHARGING DOOR. ALSO CONTROL BOARD WITHTO ELECTRODES IRKS CONNECTING with only two alternatives to choosefrom. The one was to close down untilafter the war (a proposition which wasnot to be considered) and the other wasto secure iron from some source, and inthis they were successful. As has beenpreviously mentioned, the class of workbeing turned out was such that nothingbut high-grade pig iron could be used,and if good scrap could have been secur-ed it would not have filled the bill, buteven this was not easily procured, butthe source from which they were enabledto draw was the cast iron turnings andborings of which every machine shop hasan abundance, and which had hithertobeen considered as of little practicalvalue, and bv utilizing the electric fur-nace the difficulty was solved. Had this class of metal been chaiinto the cupola the bulk of it wouldbeen blown out through the stack andthe balance would have been mostlyslag. With the electric furnace none ofthis trouble i
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