THE CHEMICAL NEWS PARADE Installations οί equipment οί the Buffalo Forge Co. and its subsidiaries are pictured on these pages. Described on page 841 are this and other indus tries οί Buffalo, scene οί the 104th meeting οί the AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, September 7 to 1 1 . Upper left comer. Squier cane mill in one of the newest united States cane sugar factories showing a succession of rolls crushing the sugar cane entering the far end. This shows the application of water and thin juice on the three last mills to dissolve the film of sugar juices in the cells of the fiber by successive freezings and soakings. The mills are driven by motors and steam engines through gearing on the right, and hydraulic pistons on top of each mill are controlled by air/oil pis tons pictured at left. Left. Battery of high-speed sugar centrifugals in a refinery. They are the first high-speed heavy-duty units built with air-cooled clutches and brakes to eliminate the troubles of maintaining water-cooled brakes and clutches be cause of freezing, incrustation, clogging, and con sequent overheating. Left be* low. Battery of cane mills de signed for high-speed high-pres sure work beyond commercial
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ranges, installed in Louisiana State University sugar school iactory for studying the advantages of cane milling in these new pressure and speed zones. The mill was built in Buffalo by Squier with speed reducers by Fallc and complete individ ual electric drives by General Electric for each of the component units making the horsepower de mand, speed, and pressure available by a recording chart for each individual unit. Below. Interior of the Memorial Auditorium, air conditioned by the Buffalo Forge Co. Below right. Building the housing around the rotor of one of the fresh-air fans used in the ventilation system of Midtown Hudson Tunnel. Right. Limit load fans installed for the ventilation of a public building. Upper right corner. Combination forced and induced draft fans in an oil . _ refinery. Above. Interior view ;• of Kleinhans' Music Hall to show the air-conditioning installation. *" '
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