Show FORD BUILDS OWN WIND SHEILD GLASS CLASH departs from customary ale aud and applies ford principles the ford motor company detroit hits has begun to manufacture its own owa plate glass and already has hag in oper lion the first modern glass house bouse over ever equipped especially to make glass tor for automobiles As Is cust customary when taking over the manufacture of a new product ford has applied hla his own principle of production and as a consequence the methods and machinery used la in making ford glass are a de from rom established practice the ford continuous conveyor system fea features aures the operations so that tat from rom the time the glass leaves the furnace until it becomes a polished windshield it Is always moving glass making makine when viewed in the ford plant looks to be very simple the raw ma materials fe rials are introduced into the te furnace arnace where they become a molten mass drawn from the furnace in a semi liquid state the glass passes under a roller which gives it width and thickness and on im co a tying moving conveyor this carries it for feet thru a gradually cooling fur nace at the end it to Is out cut and placed on oil another conveyor which carries it thru the grinding and polishing after which it la is ready for use this adds a now new link to the tact fact growing grow 11 chains of ford industries which are being established and expanded from time X k time in line with the ford policy to achieve complete independence of outside material sources in manufacturing ford products and at the same time aro are the means by which ford la Is enabled to use in the production of motor cars trucks and material of unusually high hh quality and sell lehem at the famous ford priches cees |