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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 28, 1942)
A Tha OIHXIOIl ETATECMAN. CalemOrecjon. Tuesday Homing. December S3. 1S42 M O R E GOOD N E 17 S F ROM THE PRO DUG t. J ON F R'O N T 66 SAVES : MANPOWER, MATERIALS AND MONEY AND ' GETS THE JOB BONE! Fort innately .far AM Of U mmincun ft HEY said that America was unprepared for war and could not arm in time. But they overlooked our "secret weapon" industrial "know-how." They forgot that in America free enterprise had for years been encouraging stimulating urging men to learn how to make things better and better in greater volume at con stantly lower costs. " Now that the needs of peace have given way to the demands of war now that "Victory is our business our training in this mass production is making itself felt. And today Victory is your business just as it is ours. And as a "stockholder in Fighting America you want to know how well your business is operating; Whether the experience and , skills developed under peaceful American free enterprise arer proving valuable now; whether we have acquired an ability a "know-how' which Is equal to the demands of total war. Kmw How9' So one organization gives you herein a few of the many j examples of how American ''know-how" is getting the job done' is saving manpower, materials and hundreds of millions of dollars! ' ; r. . j ' These are some of the things being done o avoid the tragedy of "too little and too late to make sure that your, boy at the front has every advantage of superior equipment and protection. An EXAMPLE HOW GM APPLIES MASS PRODUCTION TECHNIQUE TO MACHINE GUNS This story of quantity production methods In the manufacture of on type of machine gun Illustrates a principle exemplified throughout General Motors' production for war. Design improvements and production short-cuts have been made possible by the close cooperation and assistance of original manufacturers, machine tool producers and the Army Ordnance Department t rxcKAsma output Many new processes, new tools and design changes have made possible doubfe the output, in the Mme man-hour. Manufac turing capacity and manpower were re leased for additional vital war tasks. i Kpucatrcon Production short-cuts, material savings and expanding output have 'reduced the original cost by naif; with consequent Im portant savings In the nation's expendi ture for war material t UXSm QUALITY Design changes for quantity production have likewise raised quality. Many of the ore than 200 changes have helped to make possible su perior performance, added durability. 4.CCMSCTY9I8 tUTEHAU Many thousands of pounds of vital ma terials were con served through better processing and the substitution of less critical materials. The nwnber of tpecaf sfeeb was cut froa 44 to 15. STEEL REPLACES ALUMINUM Aeroproducts Division Is now building stronger, fighter pro pellers by substitut ing hollow steel con struction for solid aluminum blades. Saving 100 to 200 lb. of aluminum per propeller. Saving 75 lb. in weight of complete assembly KEW MACHINES DO NEW JOSS Cadillac craftsmen de signed completely new machines for produc ing this complex part. a supercharger rotator vane, effect ing Important savings in ime and materiaL Time per piece reduced from 125 man-hours to 10. Material saved, 496,000 lb. per year snsTrrunoN saves materials , Previously drawn from brass and then nkkel and silver-plated, headlamp reflectors are now drawn at Guide Lamp Division from less critical steeL enameled and coated with vaporized aluminum. Metal per 100,000 vehklesi OLD TYPE NEW TYPE 65,000 lb. Copper 78,000 lb. Steel 32,000 " Zinc 5 lb. Aluminum 275" Nickel 160" Silver SPEEDING ENGINE PRODUCTION At Allison Division, new multiple-spindle drills per form 14 lapping operations simultaneously, superseding single radial drill oper ation in these liquid-cooled aircraft, engines. For this operation: Time Reduced 80 ' Production UpZK Machines released for other work CASTINGS FOR FORCINGS "Arma Steel castings supplant steel forging s, save large quantities' of vital materials and many man-hours of machining time be cause there b less excess metal to be removed. Development of GM Re search Laboratories and Saginaw Malleable Iron Division. KDGKS 15 AS KUCH Developed by General Motors Research Lab oratories and pro duced by Electro-Motive Division, this newly desianed "Pancake" Diesel engine weighs 15 as much as and takes only 13 of the space of any previous ocean duty Diesel of fhe same horsepower. Helps provide new Navy sub chasers with Increased speed Longer cruising radius - JXTCCNTRACTIXS Of 132 parts In an Oldsmobile, as prime contractor, builds three basic parts. Production of the remaining 129 parts is spread among 53 subcontractors, working under GM direction, who already had the necessary manufacturing equipment. KG SAYINGS FROM SMALL ITEMS In tank manufacture at Fisher Body, at taching a 3-inch piece of common steel for electrical connection at the end of each welding rod Is saving an important amount of critical welding materiaL' CONSERVING VITAL MATERIALS Chevrolet engi neering Ingenuity , has developed satisfactory sub stitutes resulting . In the following critical materials 1 saved per 100,- 000 military vehicles: 5,000,000 lb. Rubber 1,200,000 " Nickel 500,000 Copper . 200,000 " Chrome 125,000 lb. Latex 70,000 lb. Tin ! 1 . REDESIGNING REDUCES COST As redesigned by Pon tioc, shoulder rests for ' Oerlikon guns have been made simpler and less expensive. . Shoulder rests are now completely adjustable for every size gunner. This Improvement reduced cost gun $45.00 ' . I. per TWELVE TIKES AS FAT At Buick, o newly , designed electric welding machine makes it possible to speed up welding of Diesel engine crankshaft bal--ancers from 3 to 36 perjwur. 00- 00 GM DELIVERIES OF WAR MATERIALS 400- soo f MK.UONS t loreouAtsj 200- ;ioo nnfT W M M 4a Wl 2m4 41 1942 24 Goricrcl Alofcrs Employ oos Sot Mow Hccord , : . .::.... . Although 37,892 General Motors employees are in the armed forces, em ployment for November of this year in the United States was 20 JZ abore that of the same period in 1941. Payrolls were op 51.0. Average hoars of work were up 17. - From their earnings, General Motors men and women are purchasing War Bonds in ever-Increasing volume. IT TAKES A LOT OF MONEY TO WIN A WAR CUY WAR DONDS AND STAMPS ft. EVERYBODY Buy f.loro VJcr Bonds end Stamps It's your boys AND YOU! who must win this war. They, with their daring and their fighting ability; yon, backing them up with your money that most boy them their guns and ammunition, planes and tanks, equip ment and supplies. Don't fall the boys! Boy War Bonds and Stamps for all you're worth the way they fight!