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NICKEL‐MOLYBDENUM‐VANADIUM ALLOY STEEL SHIELDED ARC WELDING ELECTRODES (LOW HYDROGEN TYPE)

NICKEL‐MOLYBDENUM‐VANADIUM ALLOY STEEL SHIELDED ARC WELDING ELECTRODES (LOW HYDROGEN TYPE)

Harvey C. Rentschler

Harvey C. Rentschler, director of research for the Westinghouse Electric Company's lamp division in Bloomfield until his retirement in 1947, died on March 23, at the age of sixty‐eight. In 1922, Dr. Rentschler and John W. Marden refined samples of uranium metal from uranium salts in order to determine the suitability of that metal as a substitute for tungsten lamp filaments. Although the melting point of uranium proved to be far too low for use in filaments, the knowledge of uranium metallurgy thus gained made the Westinghouse lamp laboratory for a number of years the sole producer of the pure uranium used in early experimental work. In 1942 the laboratory was able to increase its uranium production from a few ounces to over five hundred pounds a day and supplied more than three tons of uranium for the first Chicago pile. Dr. Rentschler was a professor of physics for nine years at the University of Missouri before joining the Westinghouse research laboratories in 1917. He was a fellow of the American Physical Society and of the Optical Society of America.

Electricity and Radio: Basic Electricity . By Wilbur L. Beauchamp and John C. Mayfield. viii + 312 pp. Illustrated. Chicago: Scott, Foresman and Company. 1943. $1.60.; Fundamentals of Electricity . By William H. Johnson and Louis V. Newkirk. x + 212 pp. Illustrated. New York: The Macmillan Company. 1943. $2.00.; Fundamentals of Electricity . By Charles E. Dull and Michael

Electricity and Radio: <i>Basic Electricity</i> . By Wilbur L. Beauchamp and John C. Mayfield. viii + 312 pp. Illustrated. Chicago: Scott, Foresman and Company. 1943. $1.60.; <i>Fundamentals of Electricity</i> . By William H. Johnson and Louis V. Newkirk. x + 212 pp. Illustrated. New York: The Macmillan Company. 1943. $2.00.; <i>Fundamentals of Electricity</i> . By Charles E. Dull and Michael

THE COMBUSTION GAS TURBINE

The first part of this article by E. K. Fischer and C. A. Meyer, engineers of the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, appeared in the August, 1944, issue of this Journal. The second and concluding part of the article is reprinted from the June, 1944, issue of Marine Journal.

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:Textbook of Quantitative Inorganic Analysis, by I. M. Kolthoff, Ph.D., Professor of Analytical Chemistry, University of Minnesota, and E. B. Sandell, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Analytical Chemistry, University of Minnesota.A Chemical‐Technical Dictionary (German‐English‐French‐Russian), by A. W. Mayer. (Translation under direction of B. N. Menschutkin and M. A. Bloch.)Preservice Course in Automotive Mechanics, by James V. Frost, Instructor in Automotive Trades, Brooklyn High School of Automotive Trades, Brooklyn, New York.Automotive Mechanics, in two volumes by Clarence G. BargerElements of Food Biochemistry, by William H. Peterson, Ph.D., Professor of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin; John T. Skinner, Ph.D., Assistant Chemist, Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station, Lexington, Kentucky; and Frank M. Strong, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin.The Chemical Formulary. A Collection of Valuable, Timely, Practical Commercial Formulae and Recipes for Making Thousands of Products in Many Fields of Industry. Volume VI. Editor‐in‐Chief, H. Bennett.Air Navigation. Flight Preparation Series. Published under the Supervision of the Training Division, Bureau of Aeronautics, U. S. Navy, Part One, Introduction to Earth.Radio—I, Written to Conform to the Pre‐induction Training Course in Fundamentals of Radio as Prepared by the War Department, by R. E. Williams, Manager, School Service, Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Charles A. Scarlott, Editor, Westinghouse Engineer.Minerals, Their Identification, Uses, and How to Collect Them, by Herbert S. Zim, and Elizabeth K. Cooper.Basic Radio Principles, by Maurice Grayle Suffern, Captain, Signal Corps, Army of the United States.

Theory of the Expanding of Boiler and Condenser Tube Joints Through Rolling

Abstract Tubes in industrial water heaters, steam boilers, and condensers of turbines are fitted in the holes of adjoining drums or head plates by expanding the tube ends. These are slightly enlarged by means of small revolving rolls. In one large steam condenser many thousands of such tube joints have to be rolled, and in high-pressure boilers these joints must remain tight under several thousands of pounds pressure at high temperatures. The investigation reported in this paper, of the conditions under which tube joints are expanded and made pressure-tight, was undertaken at the suggestion of R. A. Bowman, manager of condenser engineering, of the South Philadelphia Works of the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, early in 1942. The pressure of the revolving rolls creates a radial plastic distribution of stress in the tube wall and around the hole in the adjoining heavy steel plate. After the tube end has been rolled, a system of residual stresses remains locked up near the joints which is essential for its pressure tightness. These plastic states of stress have been investigated for various types of the stress-strain characteristics of the tube metal and steel of the head plates. Simple rules are used for computing the stresses in a moderately thick-walled tube under external and internal pressure, either in the elastic or in the plastic state of stress.

The fostering of an engineer

Doctor Chubb has emphasized my own personal role in the technical developments which form the basis for this much-esteemed Lamme Medal Award. However, man does not work in a vacuum, but lives in an environment of things, men, and ideas, which react on him and upon which he reacts. My own environment during my professional life has, in large part, been that aggregation of buildings, tools, money, men, ideas, and traditions, known as the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, a corporation organized for manufacturing electrical machinery for the profit of its stockholders. That environment must have been propitious, or highly favorable to the development of such scientific talents as I had, or I probably would not be on this platform today. Perhaps a few words about my first experience with this organization will be of interest.

Helical-Spring Design Stresses for a Standard Code

Research Papers Helical-Spring Design Stresses for a Standard Code A. M. Wahl A. M. Wahl Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company, East Pittsburgh, Pa. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Author and Article Information A. M. Wahl Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company, East Pittsburgh, Pa. Trans. ASME. Jul 1942, 64(5): 476-478 (3 pages) https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4019151 Published Online: December 20, 2022 Article history Published: July 1, 1942 Online: December 20, 2022

Current Problems in Public Relations

In this article THE PUBLIC OPINION QUARTERLY presents the results of an experiment designed to provide its readers with practical, helpful information on public relations techniques and procedures. To secure material for the article the QUARTERLY invited a group of public relations executives to discuss two current and pertinent public relations problems. In addition to the Editor of the QUARTERLY the group included: Charles C. Carr, director of public relations, Aluminum Company of America; Ralph Champlin, director of public relations, The Ethyl Corporation; Northrop Clarey, assistant to the president, Standard Oil Company (N.J.); Dickson Hartwell, Hartwell, Jobson & Kibbee; and G. Edward Pendray, assistant to the president, Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company. Mr. Hartwell prepared statements of the problems, directed the discussion, and summarizes herewith some of the observations of the members of the group. These observations and suggestions do not necessarily reflect the experience of the companies represented nor are they necessarily the unanimous opinion of the group. They are a summary of ideas and discussion, not intended to be complete, which indicate how some aspects of these and similar problems may be approached. The QUARTERLY will welcome suggestions of problems to be discussed and reported in this fashion.

American Institute of Physics

HomeRadiologyVol. 35, No. 6 PreviousNext CommunicationsAmerican Institute of PhysicsPublished Online:Dec 1 1940https://doi.org/10.1148/35.6.751cMoreSectionsPDF ToolsImage ViewerAdd to favoritesCiteTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked In AbstractProgress and problems in one of the most rapidly moving and promising fields of modern science, nuclear physics, was discussed at a special conference held under the auspices of the American Institute of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in October.Nuclear physics is the investigation of physical phenomena which occur within the nucleus or core of atoms, the tiny building blocks of which all matter is composed. Scientists have discovered that many of these phenomena can be harnessed for man's use, and it is the various diverse practical applications of this branch of science to which the conference devoted most of its attention.Dr. Karl T. Compton, President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, addressed the conference: Dr. Paul E. Klopsteg, Chairman of the American Institute of Physics, responded. The technical session which followed was devoted to the measurement and production of radio-active and stable isotopes and of penetrating radiations. The chairman of this session was Dr. Edmund U. Condon, of the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, and papers were presented by Dr. M. A. Tuve, Carnegie Institution of Washington; Dr. Harold C. Urey, Columbia University, and Dr. John G. Trump, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M. I. T.). Dr. Enrico Fermi, the distinguished physicist of Columbia University, and winner of the Nobel Prize for his achievements in nuclear disintegration, was also a speaker on recent advances in physics. Sessions covered the fields of chemistry, radiology, and biology, and there was an evening lecture on the biologic effects of radiation. Papers on radiology and biology were the subject of sessions, with a lecture on “The General Results of Biologic Studies with Tracer Isotopes.” Studies of plant metabolism with radio-active isotopes were considered.The committee in charge of the Conference included Dr. Robley D. Evans, of the Department of Physics at M. I. T., Chairman; Dr. Elmer Hutchisson, of the University of Pittsburgh, Secretary; Dr. Henry A. Barton, Director of the American Institute of Physics; Dr. Edward U. Condon, of the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company; Dr. Lee A. DuBridge, University of Rochester, Dr. G. Failla, Memorial Hospital, New York City; Dr. Clark Goodman, Department of Physics, M. I. T.; Dr. Ernest O. Lawrence, the distinguished physicist of the University of California, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for the development of the cyclotron, and Dr. Harold C. Urey, of Columbia University, whose discovery of heavy water won for him the Nobel Prize.Among the distinguished scientists who were chairmen of the various technical sessions were: Dr. James B. Conant, President of Harvard University; Dr. Lyman J. Briggs, National Bureau of Standards; Dr. F. Seitz, University of Pennsylvania; Dr. S. C. Lind, University of Minnesota; Dr. C. S. Barrett, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh; Dr. A. C. Lane, Tufts College;Article HistoryPublished in print: Dec 1940 FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsRecommended Articles RSNA Education Exhibits RSNA Case Collection Vol. 35, No. 6 Metrics Altmetric Score PDF download

Scholarships of the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company at the Carnegie Institute of Technology

Scholarships of the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company at the Carnegie Institute of Technology

Scholarships of the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company at the Carnegie Institute of Technology

Scholarships of the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company at the Carnegie Institute of Technology

Manufacture of electrical porcelain

An “inspection trip” through the electrical-porcelain plant of the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company at Deny, Pa.

An Experimental Television System: Part IV-The Radio Relay Link for Telivision Signals

A radio relay circuit is described for carrying 120-line television programs from a studio in New York to a broadcast station in Camden, New Jersey. Details of the actual relay station used are given as well as the characteristics of directive antennas especially designed for this service. The completed system satisfactorily relayed television pictures over this 86-mile distance. The project was carried out jointly by the following companies: RCA Communications, Inc., RCA Victor Company, Inc., National Broadcasting Company, Inc., General Electric Company, Inc., and the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company.

High-conductivity oxygen-free copper

An address, “High-conductivity oxygen-free copper” by P. H. Brace, Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, East Pittsburgh, Pa., and Sydney Rolle, U.S. Metals Refining Company, was scheduled for presentation at the session on electrochemistry and electrometallurgy, January 26, 1933, during the Institute's recent winter convention. In the absence of Mr. Brace, the previously prepared address was read by J. V. Alfriend, Jr.

Franklin Institute Awards

THE following medals, among others awarded by the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, were presented on May 18. Franklin Medals to Dr. Ambrose Swasey, of Cleveland, Ohio, for his development of methods and his invention of appliances for making machines, tools, and instruments of the highest precision, of the design and construction of the mountings of many of the world's largest telescopes, and for his scientific vision in the establishment of the Engineering Foundation for the promotion of research and its application in the various fields of engineering; Dr. P. Lenard, of the University of Heidelberg, in recognition of a life's work devoted to fruitful research in physics, which has included the demonstration of cathode rays outside the generating tube and their effects, the discovery of the electronic nature of the emission from surfaces upon which ultra-violet light falls, as well as the basic laws of photoelectricity. Elliott Cresson Medals to Dr. P. W. Bridgman, of the Jefferson Physical Laboratory of Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, for his fundamental contributions to the technique of high pressure experimentation and to our knowledge of the properties of matter at high pressures; Mr. C. Le G. Fortescue, of the Engineering Department of the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for the development of the method of symmetrical co-ordinates applied to the solution of polyphase networks; Dr. J. B. Whitehead, Dean of the Engineering School of Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, for his investigations of dielectric behaviour and allied subjects. Howard N. Potts Medal to Prof. G. P. Thomson, of the Imperial College of Science, London, for his experimental demonstration of the wave properties of high speed electrons.

Stresses in Railroad Track

Abstract With the constant tendency in railroad practice to increase the axle loading and the speed of locomotives, the problem of stresses produced in rails by moving loads becomes more and more important. In a study recently made by engineers of the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, principally in connection with the study of the tracking characteristics of electric locomotives, there has been developed a method for experimental determination, not only of vertical but also of lateral forces produced on the rails by a moving locomotive, and it is shown that these lateral forces produce in rails very high stresses. In this paper the authors briefly discuss the theory which has been used as a guide in this experimental research work, and describe some recent experiments in the laboratory and in the field.

Hidden Costs in Materials Handling

Abstract A large variety of material-handling equipment and methods are used at the East Pittsburgh plant of the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company. The author tells how material is handled in different departments and the type of handling equipment found best suited to the requirements. He discusses various material-handling problems in a general way and tells of methods that are essential to reduce handling to a minimum.

Production Method Used in the Electrical Industry

Abstract The principal field for use of conveyor systems in the electrical industry is in the manufacture of devices that are operated by electric current. In this paper the author describes production methods used in the plant of the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company at Mansfield, Ohio. Sad irons, ranges, switches, waffle irons and toasters are now assembled on conveyors, and assembly costs have been reduced from 15 to 35 per cent. Results obtained include lower labor costs, reduced inventories, fewer rejects, less floor space, better processes, better machining, and a more uniform product.

Stresses and Deflections in Large Dynamo Frames Due to Dead Load

Abstract Because of the continued tendency to enlarge the sizes of electrical rotating machinery, and necessarily the dynamo frames themselves, some thought has been given to the mechanics involved. The analysis given in this paper is the result of an investigation made by the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company. Two assumptions are made as to frame support: (1) simply supported, and (2) built-in. The actual condition is probably between the two, and measurements are being made to determine the relative accuracy of the suppositions. However, since the first assumption imposes the more severe condition, size of air-gaps, and so forth, should be designed according to these results. The solution is obtained by two methods: Lord Rayleigh’s theory, utilizing Fourier’s series to give the final distribution of bending moments and deformations; and the theorem of Castigliano, which is simple and easy to use but which gives less general results. The compatibility of the two is established. Tables and equations are given in the paper which will permit the accomplishment of satisfactory designs of machines much lighter than now in use. No analysis is made of the effect of unbalanced magnetic pull, all such effects being under the control of the designer in fixing his allowable air-gap variation.