The use of powerful electromagnets for lifting pieces of iron
in foundries is increasing. In _The American Machinist_,
E. F. Lake gives some particulars of recent applications of
electromagnetism to lifting, and discusses the economies
effected thereby. He says:
“At the West Allis works of the Allis-Chalmers Company, lifting
magnets are prest into service for saving the small pieces and
even minute particles of iron and steel which have heretofore
been allowed to go to waste without thought of the possibility
of recovery.
“This is done periodically by hitching the magnets to
traveling-cranes and allowing them to sweep over every inch of
ground area, both in and around the works. It is a never-failing
source of wonder to the shops’ management how much lost metal
the magnets can find.” (Text.)
(1947)
=Magnificence=--See ICE BEAUTY.