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» Es 4 WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATU RDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1919 9 GIVE TO HARVARD FUND 5 i : Exhaust +! The North Shore Studio SEVEN YEARS' WORK IS BEHIND NEW FORD ELECTRIC STARTER | Henry Ford tested the Ford start- ing and lighting system on his own car for one year. Ten months ago the Ford Motor company was not manufacturing electric starters; today the output of its starter department is greater than that of any other manufacturer of electric starting devices in the world. Tts nearest competitor makes 1.000 a day, wherecase the Ford com- pany's output is fast approaching the 3,000 mark, 2.881 already having been manufactured in one day. The Ford starter--and generator. for it is really two separate units-- is not the result of a new idea or of a sudden decision. More than eight years ago Mr. Henry Ford's vision saw the need. and his electrical en- gineers were instructed to begin ex- nerimenting. After seven years of constant research, which 'took -into consideration the many different rtimatec in which the Ford car is used, together with the factors of size and weight and an adaptability to quantity production, twenty-three trial jobs were built. These were tested in many different ways. Mr. Ford himself used one on his car for a year. Still the engineers continued their experiments and improvements. Then came the order from the gov- ernment for 15000 three-ton tanks. each one of which was to he equipped with two synchronized Ford motors. A starter was essential, so the one now being installed on Ford cars was evolved. But, only one starter and generator was used to turn over the two Ford motors in each tank. January 1, 1919, the Ford Motor company began equipping enclosed cars with this new starting and light- ing system. Ford engineers say that although the entire system--starter andgenerator--weighsonly thirty-one pounds, it produces a higher torque output (constant rotary motion) pound for pound, than any other sys- tem on the market. When the department for building the starting and lighting systems first began production, fifty hours' labor was chafged to each unit, but now that machinery aud equipment Echoes -- --@-- ---- have been installed, the time per unit is four hours. Two huge armature! impregnating ovens have been in- | stalled, each with a capacity of 1,700 every eight hours. In these ovens] the armatures are dried. soaked in! varnish and dried again. Eight hours' time is required for this one opera- tion. / The power from the starter to the] applied through ti well 18 motor gh | known Bendi drive, which aut matical engages the starter, a then, he motor is st: starter immediately dise equipped witl illess 1 needs practi no at Within - thirty weeks the 1 be making enough starte every Ford car will be ec d the new Electric starting and ing rd company system. | OVERLAND 4 PRODUCTION PASSES 300% MARK; WILL BREAK RECORDS "Remarkable progress," is the way | John N. Willys, president of the | Willys-Overland company, expresses | his satisfaction after a w eek's: visit | in Toledo spent in intimate study of | conditions today at the biz Overland plant. In conferences with executiy es, Mr. | Willys, during the week approved | the plans for a huge production pro- | gram scheduled for the two or) models the company will market this | year. These new car: are Overland | 4, which is now in quantity produc- | tion, and: the new Willys-Knight model. "Production of Overland 4 already has passed 300 per day," Mr. Willys said. "Within a short time I expect that the scale of production at the Toledo plant will equal any previous figures in the history of the com- pany, and from then on should sur- pass former records." The plant here! now ranks second in the country's total production of automobiles. "Although the new Overland was designed two years ago, and en- gineering models have been under contract test for that entire 'period, factory production plans." Mr. Wil- lys said, "could not be started until late last' November, when the armistice released the plant from war work. And yet in August this year, Overland 4 was in production. "Usually it requires a full year or more for an automolibe company, however well equipped, to get under | way with a new model. Even then the manufacturer generally has the advantage of being able to use many of the dies and tools necessary for previous models, or he is able, with very slight changes. to incorporate in the new model, some former parts, such as axle, steering gear and the like. : "But Overland 4 and the ne lys-Knight differ from any other cars heretofore made at Toledo. Parts from former models could not be used. This meant starting out new from the hottom up. "Fight thousand special dies and | tools had to be designed, built and installed at the Toledo plant to take care of the 10.000 operations on the Overland 4, alone. Markets for raw materials which had been greatly | disturbed by war conditions, had tol be organized. Factory method routine had to be : w Wil- | and | ! changed over from war work. A great quantity of S new machinery had to be built and in- stalled. | "A tremendous job! 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