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Libertyville Independent, 29 Nov 1923, p. 15

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(8 -- Rigid Ins Foll [ S ie rirough Vast Organization Behind Wetzel and 'Turner Nearness of Great Nash Plant Gives Big Advantage to Waukegan Nash Owners Nash Undergoes -- Severe Road Test Before Shipment A circular road, one--half .mile in diameter, which /na just back of the long rows"of -- saw--tooth build-- ings that comprise the Kenosha fac tory of the Nash Motors--Company typifies the fact that in the pro-- duction of Nash cars nothing is "Jeft to chance." That wroad is just as much a part of Nash --manufacturing equipment as are the ~battery of electric furnaces in the heat--treating department and the marvelous, drop hammers of the forge shop. -- The fact that close inspection . fol-- lows 'each operation throughout the m,umm'of parts into the completed car and that each part is relnspected after it has been assembled with a coordi CARS IN PER-- _ FECT CONDITION proper functioning of any the car, it is given a rig The tester after driving *the car out onte the circular road, puts it in flow speed, then in second and finally into high. He circles the road many times, frequently alternating these speeds and as frequently go-- ing into the reverse. °_ _ _ _ If he detects the slightest Inac-- curacy in the functioniags of any part he takes the car to the "hoe pital," a special adjusting depart-- ment whera the trouble is jmmedi-- ately remedi¢ed. The car is then taken out again by the tester and driven 'over the track to make ab solutely sure 'that it is 'Iin perféct tondiicn. _ -- The --Nash practice of precise and aceurate boring assures uniform and equal expansion of the cylinder wall, eliminating the possibility--~of pliston ~--'*--~e or cylinder scoring., KASH BORING IS ACCURATE SPECIALLY 1ES1ED MEDALS _ -- USED IN MANUFACTURING _ _ NASH C¥LINDER BLOCKS known to those familiar with. man-- ufacturing . practices," ~says -- Eric Turner of 'Wetsel & Turner, "Hes largely in the maiter of quality of materials that go into an automo-- *"Because it manufactures more of its car than does any other maker in America, The Nask Motors company is in a position to absolutely gov-- ern the quality; with an immense possesses --endurance to a point where its life is far longer perhaps than ~other. cars of similar wheel-- distortion, whereas this is eliminat-- ed in Nash cylinder jrons. In<the manufacture of this {fron,-- control of a great number of conditions is exercised to bring about -- perfect m At the very outset preé measures are taken with the raw 'material delivered at the "Before any of this iron is passed on to "the {foundry, tests are made o!--ue.hthqxuhhbouwfles. It is made certain that the chemical compoments of the iron are correct. The material is then sent to the foundry, where the metal is melted rhtheupohu]lnmuquuform poured into moulds, Care in Manufacture Ac-- . Every Nash camshaft is . tested with the greatest accuracy to show Its efficiency in operation. This is done by a machine which records, to the thousandth of an jnch, each cam contour and within a fraction of a degree the relation of the cams to used by Nash is especially designed and is not used generally throughout the Industry. It is --the nost accurate method of testing camshafts. ever de-- It is frequently asked by automo-- counts For Life _--_of Nu'hl%or _ "At this point test pleces are also poured and sent back to the labor-- atory for chemical and pbysical ex-- ation. In the laboratory each mixture of metal is given what is known as a Brinell tht and it must measure up to the hbigh standard of that test before it receives the en-- dorsement of the company's metal-- lurgists. This is a check on quality that is as exact as science can make it, and'it means to the subsequent car owner assurance of quality and durapility.. By the Brinell mg is dgetermined " the degree of ess attained in the--mixture. _ The metal under scrutiny is placed in a Brin-- ell. machine where a perfectly uni-- form ball of exceptional hardness is forced into the metal by a pressing process, The depth and diameter of the imipression is registered, thus making it possible to determine the exact hardness of the matérial turnp-- ed out in any mixture. . .:<. > for>the follo day. : And to make miss in so importast a matter, the checked rigidly and frequently. ~.*The degree of hardness in metal regulates -- the re?r on 'ey?der ;:&-. A favorable relationship in the relative bhardness of the cylinder block, pistonrings and cylinders is 'brought " about through the --skillful of metals and positive tests. This means longer life to the motor. Laboratory tests also determine the strength of cast iron and determin®e strength of cast iron and determin® 'its uniformity. -- _"Nash --Motors, because of its facil-- ities for manufacture, is making cyl-- inder jron--of congiderably higher ell hardness than can be secured in an ordinary grey ijron casting. cars possess longer life than others?" finest in the automobile industry in . point of size and equipment. Careful study by Nash metallur-- gists has developed a practice for Kash: cylinder blocks that is the Soundest proce«s ever rating for fire insurance. This means that the Nash both six ; and four carry the lowest automobile.rate cov-- ering fire insurance. "All of which is an angwer in rt at least, to the question of the Nash cars are given an A grade The Nash foundry is one of the LIBERTYVILLE INXDEPENXDENT, THURSDAY. NXOVEMBER 29, 1923. FOUKXDRY of the heat--treating department to their own kitchen at home. Metals for use in automobiles are, as a mat-- t--r of fact, heat--treated in .electric ovens, much the same as bread pany is a big battery of electric furnaces, manued by experts in the art of--"baking'"' metals so that each part will attain the exact degree of hardinesa-- necessary :for its proper functioning in its subsequent use | by 'l;:nflnh Motors company as m part of the finished automo--| the ufacture of its cars, w bile. e . |facilities mean that: the quality Each furnace is equipped Writh ajthe car-- is governed absolutely pyrometer, a heat gange, capable Of the factory itself, . making bread is done. So the dough is put in containers and placed in . an oven. There the heat -- must be uniform so that --the baking is thorough. In the heat--treating de-- partment of the Nash Motors com-- that her dough mixture being per-- fectly blended only half the job of Heat Treating Is a Special . Nash Feature Women visitors at the Nash plant The housewife knows for instance -- k ~ s * s :.( P k\ 2 iA Piles * 7 m a A L | d L 'Q : * k iB F > C 3 f . * * M e C Es 1 4 , e § I + i f § ul '.vé C f p ®f P i is es ies mt w e s Ranks First in Its Field! _ _ _ _ The Nash Four Cartriole Examine this car thoroughlyfrom . comfort. Frosted silver--finish tires to top! Then you'll realize fixtures and a score of conven-- how impressively it stands out as . ient appointments reflect Nash the leader of its price class. thoughtfuilness and good taste. Sm'twididn,body.Markitumatt And under all road conditions sweeping lines; its all--metal panel /; --_ ___ suuvels as briskly and as construction; its beautiful color binati j Observe the smartly --fashioned trunk at the rear guarded by nickel Heavy coiled springs in the deep cushions provide unusual riding Models range frequent -- intervals b& the -- metal "cooks" in elnm'z' e ovens. The factory ° metallurgital _ department, acting as a sort of master chef pro-- the formula and makes micro> scopical tests constantly to deter-- mine 'the uniformity of the grain structure of the metal under treat-- ment. registering degrees of heat excess of that which is -- While 'the average housewife may. not be entirely familiar with the effect of heat in various degrees upon dough, expert metal . "cooks" must of necessity know exactly the status of their material at all times while it is undergoing heat treat-- ment. They know, for instance, that when "a given piece of steel has 'atwneq a heat of so many degrees, its critical temperature, it is dipped in water or oil and thus qnenggl This fixes the exact degree of | = ness desired in the metal. by use of mereury. ~P; sedt into this departm« treating are scrutinized frequent intervals by "cooks" in eham.':'th\ factory ° metallur, 1 acting as a sort of mas by use of merecury. ~Parts that. are sedt into this department for heat-- treating are scrutinized carefully at Heattreating is merely one phase :r 'trhp flet'o'o facilities provi;;d 7 as tors company . the nanllctun of its cars, which facilities mean that: the quality of WETZEL and TURNER ° BELVIEERE, & SHERIDAN RD. FOURS and SIXES-- . from $915 to $2190, f. o. b. factory by _ Convenient door pockéets for the stowing away of side curtains are a movel and practical innovation -- in-- troduced in the Nash Four touring moldcl > Now it is but the matter of a few moments to sBap the curtains fih place, and it is not necessary for the rxcumu of the car to get up from their seats and start a hurried search [tor curtains in obscure compart-- ments in the event of --a --sudden Curtains Stored In _ Pockets: of> Nash Four Touring Car When not in use the Nash Four curtains fold compactly and neatly slide into their roomy door pockets where the glass is thoroughly pro-- ; --a f "or . 6e this car travels as briskly and as quietly as a car with more than four cylinders. . Once you've inspected and driven the Carriole you will favor it above all others in its field. 'Test it out today! Finest Body Plant in the World Seldom, indeed, has induatry or art writtern a more inspiring hbis-- tory than that--of the House of Sea-- man, enclosed body builders to Nash and Lafayette. ayts-- But down thru the years it bas progressed and grown, always un-- der the guidance of a Seaman, al«. ways with intent consecration to the highest ideals of craftsmanship Body:building engineers term the Seamon works the fnest in the world in their modern practice. and in their wealth of precision ma? chinery. 14 "wign $ "'fia;l':"?e;c;i}l the memory of: the present generation this institution had its small beginnings. t FEach process ih production is earried -- forwartd ~with infinite ~care and scientific accuracy, and there is simply an amazing amount of de-- tail involved in these processes that convert the incoming raw material ln: the outgoing Anished product. the initial selection by ex« perts of --wood and metal and fabric, thruout the hundreds of inspections and tests, down to the completion of the body, there is but one stand-- ard--that of precision. 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