Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 December 1942 — Page 5

"GOOD

‘NEWS

‘FROM THE

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PrRONT

SAVES MANPOWER, MATERIALS AND MONEY—AND GETS THE JOB DONE!

NHEY 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 constantly 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 are proving: valuable now; whether we have acquired an ability— a “know-how” —which is equal to the demands of total war.

Fortunately For All of Us, American Industry Has This

“Know-How”

So one rganization, gives you y: herein a fow of the many examples of how American ‘‘know-how” is getting the job done —is saving 1anpower, materials and hundreds of millions of dollars! :

These aic some of the things being done to avoid the tragedy of

boy at the ont has every advantage of superior equipment

una protect on.’

“ too little and too late’’— to make sure that your

"An EXAMPLE

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—HOW GM APPLIES MASSPRODUCTION TECHNIQUE TO MACHINE GUNS

This story of quantity production methods in the manufacture of one 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.

1. INCREASING OUTPUT

Many new processes, new fools and design changes have made

possible double the

ouiput in the same

man-hours. Manufacturing capacity and manpower were released for additional vital war tasks.

2. REDUCING COST Production short-cuts, material savings and expanding output have reduced the original cost by half, with consequent imporiant savings in the nation’s expendi-

- fure for war material.

General Motors Employees Set New Record h

3. RAISING QUALITY

Design changes for quantity production have likewise raised quality. Many of the more than 200 changes have helped to make possible superior performance, added durability.

CONSERVING MATERIALS Many thousands of pounds of vital moterials were con-

served throughbetter

* processing and the

substitution of less crifical materials. The number of special steels was cut from 44 10 15.

STEEL REPLACES ALUMINUM

Aeroproducts Division is now building stronger, lighter propellers by substituting hollow steel construction for solid aluminum blades. Saving—100 to 200 Ib. of aluminum per propeller. Saving—75 Ib. in weight of complete assembly

SPEEDING ENGINE PRODUCTION At

‘multiple-spindle drills per-

form 14 lapping operations simultaneously, superseding single radial drill operation in these liquid-cooled aircraft engines. For this operation: +

Time Reduced—80 Production Upset : "Machines released her work

SUBC J NTRACTING

Of 132 paris in an aircraft cannon, i Oldsmobile, as y > prime contractor, builds three basic parts. Production

of the remainir ; 129 parts is spread

among 353 sul contractors, working under GM di: - ction, who already had the nec::sary manufacturing equipment,

REDESIGNING REDUCES COST

As redesigned by Pontiac, 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 per

gun $45.00

NEW MACHINES DO NEW JOBS signed completely new machines for produca supercharger rotafor vane, effecting important savings in fime and Time per piece reduced from 125 man-hours to 10. Material saved,

Cadillac craftsmen de- I ing this complex part, material, 496,000 1b. per year

CASTINGS FOR FORGINGS “ArmaSteel” castings supplant steel forgings, Vv save large quantities of vital materials and many man-hours of ‘machining time be-

. cause there is less excess metal fo be

removed. Development of GM Research Laboratories ond Saginaw Malleaple Iron Division.

BIG SAVINGS OM SMALL ITEMS

In tank manufc cure at Fisher Body. attaching a 3-inch :iece of common ste: ES electrical conn::-'ion at the end of cach

. welding rod is 5: ving

an important ar cunt of critical we! ng material.

TWELVE TIMES AS FAST

At Buick, a newly

designed electric

welding machine makes it possible to speed up welding

. of Diesel engine

crankshaft balancers from 3 to 36

" per hour.”

SUBSTITUTION SAVES MATERIALS Previously drawn from brass and then nickeland 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 vehicles: OLD TYPE NEW TYPE

65,000 Ib. Copper 78,000 Ib. Steel -32,000 “ Zinc

5 Ib. Aluminum 275" Nickel 160" Silver

. WEIGHS 1/5 AS MUCH Developed by General Motors Research Laboratories and pro-, duced by Electro-Mo-tive Division, this newly designed Pancake” Diesel engine weighs 1/5 as much as and takes only 1/3 of the space of any previous ocean duty Diesel of the same horsepower. Helps provide new Navy sub chasers with:

Increased speed Longer cruising radius

IT TAKES A LOT

/'TAL MATERIALS

Chevrolet engineering ingenuity has developed satisfactory substitutes resulting in. the following

CONSERVING

critical materials savecl per 100,

600

00—CM DELIVERIES OF

70,000 Ib. Tin

WAR MATERIALS

MILLIONS OF DOLLARS,

I 2nd 3rd 4th 194) :

" EVERYBODY Buy More W :r Bonds and Stamps

Although 37,892 ‘General Motors employees are in the Armed Forces, em-

ployment for November of this year in the United States was 20. 2% above

that of the e period in 1941. Payrolls were by 51.0%. Average hours of work were 17.3%.

From their earnings, General Motors men and women are piri war bonds in ever-increasing volume.

OF MONEY TO WIN A WAR-—

AND STAMPS

daring and their fighting ability; you, b: BUY WAR BONDS

It’s your boys —AND YOU !--who mus win [this war. They, with their | ‘king them up with your money that must buy them their guns and : mmunition, planes and tanks,

equipment and supplies.

; Don't ail the boys! Buy War Bonds & ¢ Stamps foe all you'se wort : the way they fight!

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