Show FRANKLIN COMPANY I i EXPLAINS SECRET ii i i I OF SUCCESS i in ii n I I f Corps of Process Engineers t Aid in n Maintaining Standard Part Tart of or the secret cr t of or th the great dural durai durability dura dura- l i stamina and mechanical simplicity i embodied in the the- Franklin air air- I cooled automobile Is told In an nn article r re received I re- re received from rom the company h by C. C W W. Newton Newton New New- i ton local distributor of ot this automotive thoroughbred Tho article gives an Idea I of or the efforts put forth orth b by the Franklin I engineers to produce a a. car that will give hc hcan an owner tho the minimum of or trouble and expense An extract follows BASIS OF VA VALUE UE With the s swing of or public sentiment pointing BO co noticeably to service from motorcars as the tho basis of or value the methods methods methods meth meth- o of those manufacturers having ln a or quality products have o come comeIn comein i In for tor considerable attention lately The Franklin company compan of oC Syr Syracuse cus has alwa always s 's been prominently mentioned In III manufacturing circles for or Its system of or scientific management and now sc several rat of or Its more recent moves motes alan along quality production lines are arl tn taking inking ln a leading position po- po position po po- In the tho Industry Foremost among these there the e from tho the standpoint standpoInt standpoint stand stand- point of or the tho maker and owner alike Is the mile road test to which each car Is subjected under continuous driving over o er the tho open roads around S Syracuse In winter winter win win- In ter and In summer eummer The magnitude o of this work ork Is better belter understood when It Is lt l known that under normal production thirty expert testers are aro employed and an c of or time oo per cent moro more thin thin under ordinary practice I Is required FRANKLIN ORGANIZATION Jit the Franklin organization I is Included a 1 corps corpa of or process engineers whose duties In Include lude th the development of ot improved ed manufacturing methods having ha special bc bearing on the maintenance nanco of hl high h standard work t These technical men are arc highly versed er ed in machine tool practice of or all all' kinds To work hand In hand with t these ese specialists the office olce of oC plant en engineer engineer en- en has recently been beeD created the function of ot which is entirely from tho the designing l department This engineer engineer engineer en en- deals altogether with the problems th that t develop In manufacture with a view to formulating steps botn both In process and construction necessary to prevent their re reoccurrence With Hh the Installation of or the progressive group roup o of manufacture which Is particularly particularly adapted to close supervision and Ep specialized work worl the Inspection branch has been extended to Include departmental department department- al 11 Inspection depots in addition to the central Inspection depot DOUBLE CHECK This development gives I C a double check checkon on all I H operations It I Is regarded by m min men n who are familiar with the plan as ono one of or the Ole most painstaking processes ever Instituted In fact act Franklin Franklin Franklin Frank Frank- lin I records cords show that spoilage 1 has been reduced 50 p per r cent on this account In reco recognition of or its lon long familiarity with Hh precise manufacture tho Franklin company of or Syracuse was one of oC the t. t fun fen American concerns to do work for Cor Rolls Rolls- Royce Ltd o of England on the famous Rods Rolls Hoc airplane nl en engine lne having been assigned some oft oCt he most t exact work that this vital vHal piece of or machinery In In- In At one time tho the Franklin compan company company com com- pan pany had practically 76 75 5 per cent o of Its machine facilities devoted dc to this Rolls- Rolls Moyce oyce work alone |