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Excerpt from Increasing and Improving ProductionExecutives in the metal industry will recall many import ant articles by Mr. Kent which have appeared in the Iron Trade Review, Industrial Engineering and Iron Age and are familiar with Kent's Mechanical Engineers' Pocket Book, of which Mr. R. T. Kent is co-author.Through this very wide experience in industrial plant organization in the development of special machinery and processes, and in indus...
Excerpt from Power Transmission by Leather BeltingFor the proper arrangement of pulleys and the laying out of belt drives the notes in Chapter VIII will be of service.The theory on which the practice given in the foregoing chapters is based will be found in Chapters I and IV. This is of interest to the student and the teacher, but 15 not necessary for the practical man.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare ...
Excerpt from Increasing and Improving Production
Ever since he graduated from Stevens Institute in 1902, Mr. R. T. Kent has been doing industrial efficiency work of the kind described in "Increasing and Improving Production."
He has been identified with concerns like the Robins Conveying Belt Co., Link Belt Co., Cooke Locomotive Works and was directly associated with Frederick W. Taylor - a connection that continued up to Mr. Taylor's death....
Excerpt from Power Transmission by Leather Belting
The advent of high-speed steel and of intensive methods of production has rendered the problem of belt maintenance one of the most important of the many that the factory manager has to solve. In the machine shop belts must be proportioned to pull the heavier loads that are used in modern practice, and in any industry the belts must be so taken care of that the interruptions to manufacture due...
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