Excerpt from Shrapnel Shell Manufacture: A Comprehensive Treatise on the Forging, Machining, and Heat-Treatment of Shells, And the Manufacture of Cartridge Cases and Fuses for Shrapnel Used in Field and Mountain Artillery, Giving Complete Direction for Tool Equipment and Methods of Setting Up Ma

The design of shrapnel and the machining of its component parts are matters which, at the present time, are of world-wide interest to manufacturers, engineers, toolmakers, and mechanics in general. Shrapnel is used in enormous quantities in the great European war, and American machine tool builders have been called upon to provide machines and tool equipment of the latest and most efficient design to meet the demands made upon the manufacturers of shrapnel. Many shops are running full force, day and night, and are months behind with their orders. The great importance of shrapnel manufacture, at the present time, is, therefore, unquestioned.

A small percentage of shrapnel shells are now made from bar stock, but most shrapnel bodies are made from forgings, formed hollow in hydraulic presses or in forging machines. The forging processes, which are of extraordinary interest, especially to those who know something of the difficulties attending them, are, however, not finishing processes. Whether made from the bar or forged hollow, all shrapnel shells must be very accurately finished by machining.

This book has been brought out to meet the demands for a treatise dealing comprehensively with the construction, forging and machining operations, and the tool equipment used for making the shell, fuse parts, and brass cases.

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