"Engine pistons by the thousands are shipped each day from Ford Motor Company's new aluminum castings plant at Sheffield, Ala."
"Pistons account for a major percentage of the daily tonnage of parts cast at the new Ford plant from metal delivered in molten form from a nearby reduction plant of Reynolds Metal Company. Here, a 15-station trunnion wheel moves pistons past three saws which cut off side gates and top rise, ex...
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