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Show w!V& - "li-TV; ME CONGRATULATIONS Geneva Works' general superintendent Hen: ry A. Huish, far right, congratulates Ray Hiatt, roller, and Larry C. Rawlings, structural mill superintendent on far left on accomplishments New Tonnage Records, Geneva During the first ten months of 1978 new tonnage records for the production of nine different sizes of wide flange beams were established by the structural mill at U. S. Steel's Geneva Works, it was announced today by Henry A. Huish, general superintendent. In the same period, new records for rolling 3M inch by 3V inch billets during an eight hour shift and a ten hour shift were also set. Production of beams and billets involves a number of processes including in-cluding heating the steel, rolling to proper contour and dimensions, cutting while hot to lengths that can be handled, cooling to atmospheric temperature, straightening, cutting to ordered lengths, inspecting and shipping. Wide flange beams are used in numerous applications including building construction, railroad cars and roof supports. Billets produced at Geneva Works are shipped to the corporations Pittsburg Works in California where they are further rolled to make products such as bolt stock, wire and nails. "These production records clearly show the determination of Geneva employees to improve productivity and upgrade the quality of our products," Mr. Huish said. "This performance would be outstanding in anybody's book and is the result of exceptional teamwork by almost 100 employees. It is this kind of dedicated effort which will, in the long run, make the biggest contribution toward solving the serious problems which beset the domestic steel industry," he concluded. |