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Scientists at Barnes Engineering Co. have developed an automated lathe that obediently turns out a variety of parts by following the coded instructions printed on a tape, which in turn direct a servomechanism system. Says International Business Machines' Di rector of Applied Science Dr. Cuthbert C. Kurd: "If we...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MINIATURIZATION.: How to Grow Bigger By Growing Smaller | 11/19/1956 | See Source »

When Communists want to speed production in their factories, they swing a spotlight onto especially eager worker's, called Stakhanovites, whose example sets the pace for higher production targets and individual output "norms." Last week in Rumania the abnormal norms of Stakhanovite Lathe Operator Constantin Vasilache established what ought...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUMANIA: Early Bird | 9/17/1956 | See Source »

Not only did Saradjeff complain about the incompleteness of the set, but he tried to improve the harmony by filing niches in the bells' edges. Bells can be altered in tone by removing some of the metal, but this is usually done by shaving them down on a lathe. President...

Author: By Martha E. Miller, | Title: The Russian Bells: Culture, Cacophony | 5/17/1956 | See Source »

Unaided by such mechanical coincidences, a bright red 1956 Chrysler 300-6, owned by Outboard Motor Manufacturer Carl Kiekhaefer and driven by last year's N.A.S.C.A.R. Champion Tim Flock, turned in the fastest flying mile of the unlimited displacement (over 350 cu. in.) class: 139.373 m.p.h. Chryslers of the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Speed on the Beach | 3/5/1956 | See Source »

¶A driller that cuts the hardest metal-e.g., tungsten carbide-without touching it. Made by Cincinnati Milling Machine Co., the cutting edge is a stream of electrons a sort of manmade lightning. ¶A lathe with a mechanical brain, which computes the correct cutting speed for each job...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDUSTRY: Mechanized Marvels | 9/19/1955 | See Source »

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