Valve manufacture speeded-up by automation

MASS PRODUCTION of precision-machined valve bodies, for higher quality at lower manufacturing costs, is provided by a unique new transfer machine, according to Manning, Maxwell and Moore, Inc., who will use the machine in the Watertown, Mass., plant to manufacture its Hancock gate type high-pressure steel valves. Engineered and built by Baker Bros., Inc., of Toledo, Ohio, at a cost of over $250,000, the machine employs many of the principles of automation for the first time in the valve industry.