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RICHARD \\. LAHEY Spring q / MCA
Meetings Committees
The spring meetings of the Manufactur ing Chemists Association technical con tainer commit tecs were held (.luring the week of April δ at Madison and Milwau kee, Wis. The day spent at the Forest Products Laboratory of the Γ . S. Depart ment of Agriculture, Madison, included an inspection trip through the laboratory with particular emphasis on the container test ing sect ion. Part of the time was devoted t o talks on container testing and develop ment by the laboratory staff, followed by discussions on technical aspects of wood and paper containers. The Milwaukee plant of the Pressed Steel Tank Co. was visited on April 9 by the metal packages committee which wit nessed the manufacture of heavy drums and cylinders. This company fabricates the well-known two-piece drawn steel
drums and seamless cylinders a s well as beer barrels. The miscellaneous packages committee met on April 5 and the glass and wood packages committee on April 6, both at the Hotel Lorainc in Madison. T h e metal packages committee met on April 8 at the Hotel Sthroeder in Milwaukee.
Automatic Marking
Code Machine
A new code- or contents-marking ma chine that automatically imprints im pressed labels on bare surfaces of hot ties, tins, canisters, and cartons as they travel on a labcllcr or other production machine, is announced by Adolph Ciottscho, Inc., New York. T h e new machine is designed to eliminate both the labor cost involved in hand-stamping and the elements of error and waste involved in preprinting labels. It makes a sharp clean impression con
HERCULES
Keg Truck for Industrial
l'sers
A lightweight keg truck has been de veloped by the Palmer-Shi le Co., J>etroit, Mich. For indus^ trial users of* kegs, "~f b a r r e l s , or* a n y ,| wooden, rouitd conii tail ier, the truck ί (weighing 2 2 lb. ji with metal -wheels If or 15 lb. with rubber if tires) can he picked iJL up with one hand. W --^*ΐ^Μ Push it again.st any -**&œr™3^r ι(#lin
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