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Show Maintenance Plating Unit Saves Money Chrome Plating Process Used To Make "New" Brake Discs By using a very involved process consisting of acid baths, scrubbing by band, dipping, rinses, and water baths, the maintenance division at Hill Air Force base is reclaiming and making serviceable several thousand aircraft brake and they are doing it at a saving of nearly $1.40 per disc. The brake discs, used in the and brake assembly of 1 aircraft, originally cost $1.69 each and are chrome plated. Having been used, the discs are worn and scarred. In order to be made useable again, they must be with chrome and brought up to the desired thickness. "The only way we can do this is to first remove the old chrome so that just the basic metal is left," said Ronald S. Burton, supervisor nf the nlatinir unit. To remove the old chrome, the one-foIn diameter discs are scrubbed, dipped, given an acid hath rlmml. and siven a water bath. With just the basic metal Diuiea w remove left, the discs aremlflrht be orotrud- anv hurra that the and part imperfect. making ing Then tne units are mmea. Thov Are checked with sensitive miomniAters to determine their exact thickness and to tell just how much of a chrome coat will be necessary to bring them up to specification. They are then stacked in piles with all discs of the same thickness being piacea io cothpr. Thn reason for stacking identical discs together is this: three discs are plated at the same time by a specially constructed jig using holds them susnended in the that plating solution. The thickness of the plating is determined oy ine various jigs length ofintime that thethe discs can ore left the tanks, be plated to a thickness that will make them all exactly the same size. On an average, the discs are left in the solution for around 45 min-dutto pick up a coat of chrome one- - thousandths of an inch thick. But even though the process is rather involved, the saving to the government makes up for the tmnhle. The system has been work of efficiency now ed out to a .point . a so that a shiny new oraxe aiso w at two workers tnmMi out hv the n. m nf mm every 2 12 minutes at a cost of only 21c per disc When two workers are working on the job a full eight hours per day, 200 discs a shift. they can turn out costs to turn a Of the 21c it Into a metal of piece valuable brake disc, 19c is actual labor coats and the other 2c is of the chrome the cost plating. If - a the Air irorce naa to purcnase new discs it would cost them $4,293.00 for the 2700 discs instead of the $567 to have the old discs replated a savings of some $3,726 is thus realised by sheer ingenuity ana discs B-2- S, B-2- 6, P-6- re-plat- ed ot Hill AF Base Air Force Needs Thanked For Winter Efforts 500 Specialists mation specialty of Welfare Specialist (SSN 634) ior will be ioia nrrordine to Chap- it lain (Colonel) Charles L Carpenter, Chief of Air Force unapiains. a iiofirtTia will be considered for nearly 500 openings in this classification, ana actum ments will be made sometime this fall. Welfare Specialists will perform technical duties in the Air Force religious and moral programs and will assist Base Chaplains in the morale and casualty assistance Drozrams for military personnel and dependents. Chaplain Carpenter said greater ctroaa would be laid on participa tion and assistance in the religious ratner tnan phase of the program, oh administrative duties. An important consideration in the selection of Welfare Assistants, he added, would be the applicant's sympathetic un to derstanding of human problems aid him in dispensing information and rendering assistance under the Chaplain's program, Hill Air Force Base has been commended by the officially Bonneville Grazing District Board for the part it played in "Opera tion Hayride." The stockmen ex pressed their appreciation for the untiring efforts of the various governmental agencies in assisting in d .roads open keeping so that owners and operators of livestock could get supplemental feed to starving herds. "The 325 livestock operators during the months of January and February were faced with the entire loss of their livestock had it not been for the untiring work of such agencies," writes D. E. Judd, chairman of the Resolutions Committee. "The Board members of the Bonneville. Grazing District recognize the fact that an emer gency greater than this has never existed in our history. Had It not been for the work of these agencies and the use of the new mechanized heavy road equipment, 90 to 95 of the cattle and sheep In the stricken counties of our state would have been lost. Losses have been heavy, bu not excessive to for their assistance in preserving date," he stated. the wildlife of Utan, according to a letter received recently Dy wm ur Mnrrnin .nmmandinr eeneral. "Were it not for the cooperative Personnel Commended attitude of such people," tne letter The officers, civilians and en states, "Utah's wildlife would have listed personnel of Hill AF Base inrWH suffered, particularly in were commended highly by the areas where civilization has taken State Fish and Game Commission away their natural range." snow-clogge- . . Hill Bowling Champs lots of work. '' b fe I " All odds and betting to the contrary, the SECURITY FIVE, a first-yebowling team, copped the championship and the trophy in the Hill Field Bowling League, April 11, 1949. The upsetters: Top row, (L. to R.) Walter Nevills, team captain; Charles Timmons and Joseph McDonald: Bottom row, Ute Akisada and James De Valk. Another team member, Leo M. Christianson was not present at ar time picture was taken. j itlniW"lw Horn At Hill. With the htim" removed by the buffer the disc will take a smooth even coat of enrorae. ... isuxi uuu . . . .7. are onen on hie tnon iu. cfotos thnf nil nosicions .n wi o.u.wv. tthi fllll Civilian woiii) Vto- foom l. - -meter must np rpndv nv thp ftfVi" rt v..i tne presein.. uuncvci, to the Ogden Soft Ball Association at their next May to be submitted w 1 aim muia- meetlXlK XraCllCeS Will UC licm co-West Soft Ball at the Park." Ogden 5:45 in Let's the evening at days out there and watch the boys play ball. The more interest showriI get ! 4.nnra tha vottor thp team. v. ... . . . i in ... . "y-.- : kwu, or is reauy son Daii minded. Thfl tne ugaen I city say this, May A 11T1 I n - L T311 nnAninfiAfl la '""... tflp rt i ff - rtVPr 0( tpQTVKI 1T1 " asui,iouii " oHo ooii ugaen the Metropolitan league. Thesrf the Industrial league and city leagues, will . . fioM anmp verv sham ball cluhs in the ritv finft Cnil LWU inn.,.a uaii1 icagucii - tm .ij .nnllir lilra tn watrh anmp plosp rontpsts nnd trnnA Violl out to the park when the season starts and support? playing, then Acome rtrv losinn will . iramoo t;it . hp HH cents,j and two and ttlrop bcauioi jfuui One more point on Mr. Boyers team. Uniform 4 each olaved be evening. . m i. nntioMerDii at nrpspnt , an lroon in- fnnnh xi ...v.. wv. urltk r t, beam ate ttn.ncr your managers. Mr. Wayne Bradshaw is the team manager and Mr. 1 -- -- ,v --- ..tja 4.1 TY1 -- -- 11 1 rJ3uyer xl nano(rai . me ItnA.'nABa uusiucoa imxnuv On the military side of soft ball I Soft Ball Team AFB Hill team roster must be in .on the 6th the that would like. to announce x V, i.U A r i OI JViay aiSO, SO X want LU BLicoa buc uupuiutuuc ui uic J1CA.L lew 1600 to been time has Monday, Wednesday, changed practices. The TTntfnrmo . ... will ..... ho issiipd tow thp host www IK mpn J IX1XU A ..v.. Wo- Violioxr XUCjr. we have some pretty sharp boys, however, there may still be some 19 ... -- a. A. X V V. -- Bandits", he t Armed the masses and came Hugh rf( Cry, n1nt -- Crowned Monarchs Bowling Stewart By .s::f7Tf;-- hmlcM discs can be Dlated with chrome and brought up to the desired thickness, all of the old worn and scarred chrome mn at Im removed down to the basic metal. Onee the chrome has been removed through various acid baths, the discs are buffed and made perfect by Don Swallow, (above) an electro . mv last, column X mkiae some rpmarUn .i I x ininK now tnat the a of starting volley Daii league, the chances the air reserve section in from Bill Mr. Manning chances are fine. teams. Mr. Ellis St- : m tuav. me rorms . : Vio ..,511 nnoaihlv VlSVP l. - - two teams. - Nnw T- "o.vc veT instrument repon, w" their lunch the hour her) game in oonoiv spen several teams playing j and there around the field. on tne setup, we u nave a of get togetner I suggest we inionofH 1 rtlaviner their men in a Ipn vimmeeting r rn in an iucs . Liie n i lonn t tViinlr wo fnn nrcanize a 6 or Ipncmc tr iiiajicscia Security Five non-usab- le m I Johnson t r covered at vet. The team manager is your truly and the is Sgt. Shaw from recruiting. es m Bv MSzt. Ralph jn,, Security Five In order that aircraft brake When brake discs are chrome plated, they are mounted in a special Jig prior to immersion in the plating solution. Ronald S. Burton, (above) supervisor of the plating unit at Hill AFB, allows the discs to remain in the solution for approximately 45 minutes to "pick up" their coats of chrome. 9J FRIDAY, APRIL 29, HILLTOP TIMES as- semblies will be absolutely uniform, it is essential that individual brake discs be of the same thickness. Inspection plays a big part in the final processing of brake discs and it is the Job of John H. Pearson, (above) machine shop inspector, to see that discs are uniform. He uses sensitive micrometers to check thickness. mixed with! up somewhat! disheveled with the undivided opin-- l fifteen to ona ions of hundreds against "The Five." Some nights ago the playoffl took place. Final score: Thunder-- J i!ui JJ Remember when Max Schmeling Who said, "Yousecurity can't win?" knocked out the great Joe Louis This is the story of a team that while riding the barnacle covered couldn't be beaten because itt side of ten to one odds? It couldn't wouldn't be beaten. Just a word of but it did. happen praise for the last place havocs. Well, listen to this. At the begin- This team, with young and inex ning of the Hill AFB Men's 1948-4- 9 perienced bowlers proved to ba bowling season, opponents of champions in their own right. With the newcomer "Security Five" team the knowledge that their chances counted four points on of winning any Monday night mentally ' their figurative fingers and glee- were somewhat less than even, fully envisioned a rapid ascension they presented a solid front and! in the league standings. a full team for every opponent dur Your correspondent, by means of ing the entire season. With tnis furtive meetings with kind of spirit, no team can long talking individuals in dark- remain in the cellar. The bowling ened warehouse corners and of- season just concluded was by fan fices during rest periods, finally and away the best in the history! doped out that the law enforcing of the field. In sportsmansnip, Quint were five hundred to one good fellowship and just plain odds to snare the bowling title. fun, it was unrivaled by any league. These odds were scientifically fig in the entire state. ured by applying the principles of Final Team Standings the laws of gravity, the law of av Won Lost law 1. erages, and the unwritten 19 37 Five which was televised. With this 2. Security .' 35 Commandos inside information, a few pound 3. 3 34 notes were laid ' on the line with 4. Lightnings 23 33 Metal Maulers those unfortunates whose rate of 5. 33 : . Marauders 3 reproduction was estimated by 31 Tin Twisters Barnum to be approximately "one 6. m 29 7. Skymasters 27l every minute." 29 8 Air Installations 27 Unfortunately, it was found too 9. Supersonics 29 28 late, that the laws referred to 10. Thunderbolts 28 aoove had been repealed 2S 28 it 11. Mustangs 28 couldn't happen, but it did! Walt 12. 28 Neville's boys, rushine down the 13. Inventory 28 nome stretch in the second half of 14. Thunderjets 26 Widows Black 30 the base championship, fought off 15. Jolters 26 31 the challenges of the Lightnings, 16. 25 Flight Testers Commandos and the Metal Maulers 17. Gremlins 25 to finish two points in the van of 18. 25 3j the second place winners, .Com- 19. Superforts Ser Maintenance mandos. 12 20. Havocs Thus, the stage was set for the Ten High Bowlers play-of- f games with the first half Ave title holders The redoubtable JfJ 1. Chet Mahoney Thunderbolts, headed by very cap- 2. Bill Leonard able Al Agee. Again, this "team of .177l Hal Francom destiny" found themselves very 3. ..176 4. Hank Deboer much the under-dog- s. ...176 Your correspondent, mindful of 5. Jack Stokes ,...171 the disasterous results of the sur- 6. Don Sparks ,..170 7. Oliver Dunn reptitious huddles with the experts, 8. ...169 decided to mix with the masses Ray Allred ..168j 9. Killian and gather public opinion. So, Rocky ..168 heading straight for the "One 10. Al Agee Suggestion Merits Award Glenn T. Kerr, auditor in the t. budget and fiscal notinn A comptrollers office, received a cash award for submitting a new Idea to the Suggestion Awards com- imiee. captain William E. All Doits, ive, officer, brook, budget and fiscal made the award. rt vi i--i i UGf Baociiiuiiiig A aitu 28W)J thod " nWHtrntvtltL .u- -- in ' oenditurp documents to aid an Kerr Mr. accounts. of auditing his wife live at 1159 Booswjj Avenue, Salt Lake City. They two children, Carolyn aldine 9. n, nu |