Show Monday Morning MORE GOOD FROM NEWS December 28 1942 akr Zeibunt PR ODUCTION THE I 66 e s m-- 7 --- — IL--' -" l'""""--"'"- -- 1 co)P ) 1 1 4 1 c7--- "" ' 1 It I 1 ' s I ' I ft-'27'''''- - 1 I i i 'i : I ' : r 't ' 1 V 1 1 ‘ 1:::::1 1 I 1 t f 1 it ' I 1 ‘ ' ' lika tl : il 1 I i c:--- - I - zt j - SAVES MAN POWER MATERIALS AND ) 1 11 F r jes' IThi Us 'cry ITL17) was unprepared for war and could said that America THEYarm in time But of "know-how- " They forgot that in America free enterprise had' for years been encouraging—stimulating—urging men to learn how to make things better and better—in greater volume—at dollars! And as a "stockholder" in Fighting America you want to know how Well your business is operating whether the experience and con- These are some of the things being done to avoid the tragedy of "too little and too late"—to make sure that your boy at the front has every advantage of superior equipment skills developed under peaceful American free enterprise are proving valuable now whether we have acquired an ability— is equal to the demands of total war a stantly lower costs Now that the needs of peace have given way to the demands "know-how"—whi- vi-Ho- w9 manpower materials and hundreds of millions of —is saving it is ours And today Victory is your business—just as US So one organization gives you herein a few of the many is getting the job done examples of how American "know-how- " is our business"—our training in this mass production is making itself felt they overlooked our "secret weapon" —Industrial that "Victory war--no- w o' I "Kizto02 - 'it JOB DONE! of ink7 -- iect I GETS THE MONEY---ANi- D 1 I I - A 'or ly e oz-r-fr:iinzit-- ' J---- 19 Itt 1 t 1 J---‘- A1 it ‘ 1 I 11 - 1 1 - - ' 1 (‘ - lic I" '':'s- AK A FRONT and protection ch N 0 c An EXAMPLE- t -- i ' ' - I ''- - -' seoogrr ''‘ - :'--1 t ' ' I- (( j''''''fl- Nd-- 1 - 1 '' te' per 1 Time Reduced-- 80 Production Up-- 393 In lb Saving-- 75 propeller of assembly weight complete V1 - N - 4-- Machines released for other work if NEW MACHINES 4 - $7--' tco — k 1- ' ' '''1' - -f --- - ---- - l'" ' - Nc"' ' CASTINGS FOR FORGINGS DO NEW 1013S Cadillac craftsmen de- signed completely new machines for producing this complex part 7 ' 1 ': al stts 411: k 1 I I ' Shoulder rests orb' now completely adjustable for gunner This improvement reduced cost per ' gun 14500 ei 4 1 many ( Nr ing important e- I ' cane effectsavings in time and material Time per piece reduced from 125 man-houto 10 Material saved 495000 lb per year - t-- rs - - At Buick tank manufacture at Fisher Body attIn aching a of common of rs man-hou- TWELVE TIMES AS FAST BIG SAVINGS FROM SMALL ITEMS - t "ArmaSteel" castings steel forgings supplant save large quantities of vital materials and (------- Sani -- -- a supercharger rotator ' - 0 " 1 tLiptr ' Illt Th -: 0:1 t 4 At4--:7- prime contractor builds three bask parts Production of the remaining 129 parts is spread among 53 subcontractors working under GM direction who already hod the necessary manufacturing equipment operations — -- -10 for solid aluminum redesigned by Pontiac shoulder rests for Oerlikon guns have been mad simpler and less expensive Oldsmobile as I Th REDUCES C As ewe-- - 111 liquid-coole- —11" i -- :Z An form 14 lapping operations simultaneously superseding oiLvirwzik single radial drill oper- d ation in these aircraft engines For this blades Saving—WO to 200 lb of aluminum 41 I i ' - hollion — ' 4 -" a)) e multiple-spindl- building stronger lighter propellers by substitutiing steel con- - ""A - - - 6 - - 6- - - - ' i --- -4 - :' rt ' 1443 - -- 11-- J f 1'' is 0 - ' '' lel ' 1 t :7)' f: - :' Is now Of 132 parts in an aircraft cannon - Division new drills per- Allison At AeroproductsDivision REDESIGNING SUBCONTRACTING SPEEDING ENGINE PRODUCTION STEEL REPLACES ALUMINUM - 'L -- " jp41 t '"4'-- - '' ' t i ( "' i - - " - i t -- yet77-71--- -- —HOW GM APPLIES MASS- PRODUCTION TECHNIQUE TOSMACHINE SGUNS piece stel for - -- electrical connection at the end of each welding rod is saving an important amount machining time because there Is less excess metal to be removed Development of GM Research Laboratories and Saginaw C41 c 1 1 - material ( i I let I at 3 Sis of DiesI Angina r I of critical welding Malleable Iron Division i - tit makes It possible to speed up welding )) 3-- l designed electric wIding machin 10 I I a newly 1 crankshaft bal-I ancers from 3 to 36 per hour t g I i t 1L INCREASING OUTPUT 1 RAI:MG QUALITY (CONSERV4G 1 SUBSTITUTION and MATERIALS 4 dblhe man-hou- rs Manufac- turing capacity and manpowr were no-lea-sed for addifional vital war tasks Many thousands of pounds of vital m- Design changes for quantity production have likewise raised quality Many of the Product ion short-cut- s material savings and expanding output have reduced the more than 200 original cost by bolf with consequent im- changes have helped to make possible superior performance added durabirity in the notion's expendi- portant savings ture for war material critical materials The- silver-plat- d headlamp reflectors ar now drawn at al aterials were conserved through better processing and the substitution of less number of special Lab-- oratories and pro- - duced by e steels was cut from 44 to 15 Electro-Motiv- Division this newly designed "Pancake" Diesel engine weighs -- t - 7111 '4 C311 -- -r Y 15 as much of the space tt'''' and takes aptly 13 of any previous ocean duty Diesel of the same horsepower Helps provide Os 160 " Silver ngt- - ' ' 125000 70000 lb Latex 1 GM soo— has developed satisfactory sub-stitutes resulting in the following critical materials saved per 100- - I 000 military vehicles 5000000 lb Rubber 1200000 " Nickel 500000 " Copper 200000 " Chrome new Navy sub chasers with: Increased speed Longer cruising radius lb Aluminum 0 600 Ingenuity flooring vNI - --- t I VITAL MATERIALS Chvrolet - Motors Research Guide Lamp Division from less critical steel 32000 " Zinc 5 275 " Nickel CONSERVING AS MUCH Developed by General i enameled and coated with vaporized aluminum Metal per100000 vehicles: OLD TYPE ' NEW TYPE 65000 lb Copper 78000 lb Steel - 15 WEIGHS SAVES MATERIALS Previously drown from brass and then nickel- - - Many now processes new tools and design changes have made t possible in some the output OF DELIVERIES WAR MATERIALS 400 I MiLUOSIS tor - 1 r- DOLLARS' 300 200 100 '0 2 riv n!1 ) i LiI I i I 11 i 1 " I I I 1 I 111 1 I 1 t 1 1st 2nd 3rd 4th I 1st 1 2nd 1942 I ) 1 3rd I I ' General Motors Employoos Sot Now Rocord e armed forces Although 37892 General Motors employees are employment for November of this year in the United States was 202 Average above that of the same period in 1941 Payrolls were up 510 hours of work were up 173 From their earnings General Motors men and women are purchasing volume War Bonds in IT in-th- TAKESA LOT ZVERYBODY Buy Moro OF MONEY It's your boys—AND TO WIN A WAR-B- UY must win this war They with their daring and their fighting ability you backing them up with your money that must buy them their guns and ammunition planes and tanks equipment and supplies Don't fail the boys! Buy War Bonds and Stamps for all you're worth-- 4 ' the way they fight! ' WAR BONDS AND STAMPS 0 ng wArecE71 11 '7171 an7et 41 ar—72 1 I i ir--- -1 N - i YOU !—who 111'' 7 "tri r I - j ' 6: A 1 ' c e-A-ie- ' 14121- ' r- 1 - :: e: -4 t (Lea:" ir vi -- 7 THE 7 t Y AMERICAN e All W A Y 1 f HI -- rr?1 A WILL dop 1 - I N''''' WIN e 1 I I 0 Cs"1' 7)0 1 ti -- ' 1 47 7 1 ) afwE'Alio V r c710 i se 4 ---- N -1 iir7---'-- 1 1 - War Bonds and Stamps Ne Ile I 1 nritillAuti 1 i 1941 lb Tin il - 'ever-increasi- i - This L REDUCING COST 1 1 i story of quontity production methods in the manufacture of one type of machine gun illustrates a principle sernplified throughout General Motors' production for war Design improvements and have been mode possible by th close cooperation and assistance of production short-cut- s manufacturers machine tool producrs and the Army Ordnance Department original 1 f 1 |