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Show Making Motors for Air; Defense i ff'W:'"w3g TTVTTi; FJ IJ. r-TTT.. .. J- !ffUMMJjmmuuuJM -f p' t -, Appearances to the contrary, these pictures of Allison airplane air-plane engines in production are in reverse sequence. At right, a motor being readied for its first test run. Above, the same motor In the "tear down" department for Inspection after the run, as required by the Army Air Corps for all aviation engines. INDIANAPOLIS Production methods of the automobile industry are receiving their first test in turning turn-ing out non -automotive defense products at tie Allison plant here where General Motors is building liquid-cooled airplane engines at a current rate of 350 a month. Designed for use by the Army Air Corps and the British government, govern-ment, these engines, the first of their kind ever manufactured in this country, are built to hair-lino specifications. Each part is sub- 'i fx iy ' At, It At 1 h 1 . - , . ' jeciea 10 rigid tests and checks be-lore be-lore assembly, and the completed ngine is given an eight-hour test run during which It Is brought up to full power. Then It Is completely torn down, Inspected for wear and imperfections, reassembled, given a final acceptance run and packed In a moisture-proof transparent wrapper wrap-per for shipment. Currently employed in the 1,000 -000 square feet of buildings occi-pied occi-pied by the Allison plant are 7 200 men Another 1,750 men are mak-ing mak-ing Alhson engine parts at the Cadrtlac Division in Detroit. A year 00S0 6 AIli,SU P'ant Pied 9 000 square feet ot floor space and employed 900 men. By next F 1 1 er additions to.te pt I |
