Norton Company

Th e members of the co mm ission who visited th e No rton Com pa n y plant shown

on t his page , s urely mu st ha ve bee n impressed with ma ny features besid es mag ni­
tud e . It is not o nly con side red t he largest g rind ing wh eel m a n u fact u ring plan t in
th is co u nt ry , but th e most mod ern . Pract icaJlythe en t ireeq uipm en t wll.s especially
design ed to meet req uiremen ts fou nd necessary thro ugh man y yea rs of experience
in rua n ufuct u ri ng th is line of good s. Scie-n tific ex per imen ts a re cons ta ntly carried
o n , th e co m pa ny mai ntaining bot h a chem ica l a nd mechani cal labora tory . Eaeh
of t hese lab ora tor ies is fitted with t he best appl ia nces k no wn to science .
T he unu sual co ns iderat io n gi ven by th e com pa ny to t he com fo rt a nd hea lth of
th e workmen is e very whe re appa rent.
In t he sho rt time th e visit or s had to go th ro ugh th is plant, but a " ague idea
co uld be o bta ined of the man y o pe ra t io ns and th e e xac t ness iii deta il necessary in
th e ma nu fact ure o f g rind ing wheels , th e grea t vari ety oi sizvs, s ha pes a nd COII I­
bin at ions o f wh eels mad e, a nd th eir uses in th e m a nu fact u ring wo r ld .
A few yea rs ago em ery a nd co ru nd um were th o chi d mat er ials used in th e man­
n iacture of gr ind ing wheel s, but now a lund um , prod uced in elect ric iurn aces at
N iugaru Fa lls , ~ . Y. , is t he " g rit" or cutti ng ma terial used exc lusively in No rton
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wheels.

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Visi ted by the H ono ra ry Cnmmi ssiono rs of Japan, Oct ober :?Ii, I VW

T he al un d um comes Irom th e elect ric furn ace in large in got s , a fte r whi ch it
is cr ushe d an d shipped to Wor cest er . wh ere it is put th rou gh vari ous p rocesses
to pr epare it fur use in th e man ufactu re o f wheels and ot he r Norto n prod ucts .
Th e Illany o pe ra t ions necessary in ma k ing gr indi ng whee ls, suc h as m ix i ng ,
dry in g, sha ving. hak i ng in k iIns, tr ui ng, hal an cing, g ra d ing, testi Ilg for saf ety ,
etc. , ho ld th e inte rest oi visito rs from th e tim e th ey enter th e plant unt il th ey
lea ve.
It is in ter estin g' to k now th a t iu th is pla nt wheels are mad e in every co nce iv­
ab le size, from :V" , in ch d iam et er up to six ieetdiamet er . It has been est im ated
t hat th e number of com hina tio ns of grai n a nd grade th at co uld be work ed out
is so me t h ing like 100,000.
As it requi res a bout fou r week>; to fini sh a g; rind iug wh eel co m plete, it is
necessary to ca r ry a ll im men se stock oi vari ou s sizes, sha pes and co m bin ations
to be ab le to exec ute o rde rs pr om pt ly. Th is sto r- k con stit ut es a ile of t he in ter­
estin g features o f t he p la n t.
T he prod uct of t he' Norton Co m pa ny is gri ndin g wheels, g l:l'='s cut t ing wh eels ,
oil stones, razor hon es, rul,bing and sha rpen ing sto nes an d scyt he sto nes.
Theil' prod uct and reputati on have rea ched a ll parts of t he wor ld ,

CoR!< ER OF E LECTRIC F"RNACE ROO~1

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This is o ne o f the few large plants dov oto .] to th o manufacture :WOO los, to :?O ton s in we ight-f rom Gil s wi ng to :t!" s w in g , [ro m
of grin ding m a ch in es ex clu sively. Th eir pro d uc t co ns ists o f plain ;{:!" 10 2:?' between ce n tr es.
ey lind ricaf g r inde rs , u n ive-rsa l tool a nd c ut te r gri nc!" rs , ben ch '11H I The comp any h as e n joyed ra pid g rowt h , a nd it s product is
rloor gr ind ers. heJu in h igh rep ute o n both cont in e nts.
The lin " o f cy li ud rir-nl g r i n d e r~ iuelud es si zes ran gin g from

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