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The Proprietary Articles Mentioned Range from Ball-bearings to Windscreens.
Acetylene Illuminating Co., Ltd.
Office and Works : 268, South Lambeth Road, London, S.W.
Now that welding, either by the electrical or acetylene process, is proving itself a very efficient and sati-sfactory means for joining metals and repairing fractured parts rf machines, there is a considerable demand for the productions of companies specializing in welding plant.
The Acetylene Illuminating Co., Ltd., manufactures oxyacetylene high-pressure welding plants, and its long experience enables it to be in a position to meet all ordinary or special applications of acetylene welding. A.Self-contained welding plants are marketed which are suitably packedfor shipment and are ready for immediate use on arrival. As an illustration of the high efficiency of this maker's plant, in that the metals under treatment are not changed in composition, it is found possible to case-harden the parts after welding.
Alldays and Onions Pneumatic Engineering Co., Ltd.
Head Office and Works : Matchless Works, Birmingham.
London Office : 58, Holborn Viaduct, E.C.
An important factor in machining establishments is the manufacture and keeping in working order, ...ror efficient machining, all the various cutting tools employed. In addition to the quality of the steel used it is essential when hardening and tempering are being done that they should he carried out with exactitude.
This is only possible where the furnaces used for the purpose are properly constructed so as to enable the tool depart. ment satisfactorily to meet the requirements of the machine shop. The Alldays people market many types of furnaces for this purpose. The various control valves; are so placed as to enable the operator to regulate the temperature necessary for any grade of steel to a high degree of accuracy.
Large-size furnaces are also manufactured for the purpose of heating long bars for making small stampings or nuts and bolts.
Aster Engineering Co., Ltd.
Head Office and Works : Wembley, Middlesex.
In addition to manufacturing engines for chassis builders, this company devotes attention to self-contained units suitable for electric-lighting installations, for the driving of workshop and garage machinery and plant, and for pumping sets. The latest development is a small fire-fighting equipment, in which is incorporated a 1,2 h,p,, four-cylinder motor. This fire-engine is not of the self-propelled type, but is provided with a handle for manual haulage or shafts for a pony. This
equipment is capable of delivering 100 gallons a minute against a total head of 120 ft., or of throwing a jet to a vertical height of 85 ft. with a in. diameter nozzle. The field of use for such an outfit is large, and the plant should prove invaluable for outlying townships, farm buildings, and should afford ample protection against fire in any garage where a large number of public-service machines or other vehicles are installed.
T. C. Aveling and Co., Ltd. Head Office: New Canal Street, Birmingham.
Municipal authorities, and users of industrial machines generally, are very largely adopting the Aveling windscreen, the principal advantage of the device being that no glass is utilized in its construction.
The screen, however, affords ample protection to the driver in all weathers. It consists of two uprights, rigidly connected to the canopy and dashboard, between which is fitted an open frame capable of swinging. At the top and bottom of this frame are fixed detachable spring-roller blinds, consisting of Rexine of stout texture.
The screen forms an extension to the canopy as well as an apron covering for the steering wheel, leaving an adjustable slot through which the driver can see any portion of the road.
The Ayeling speciality is adjustable to any angle or height. For machines running on rubber or steel-tired wheels the advantages of this device are self-evident, Aron Taximeter, Ltd.
Head Office and Works : 80a, Sainsbury Road, Kilburn, London, N.W.
Amongst taximeter productions, that form manufactured by the Aron company has proved itself capable of withstandin,7 real hard wear. This is evidenced by the fact that it. is installed on a great number of motorcabs and other passengercarrying vehicles running in England and on the-'Continent. The Aron taximeter has been approved by the National Physical Laboratory and by Scotland Yard and other licensing authorities, so thai its efficient service and accurate record ing qualities are guaranteed to the user. •
The instrument can be supplied to suit any tariff, according to the coinage and unit of distance in vogue where the recorder is adopted. Aron taximeters are in constant employment in many parts of the world.