[SEL] Early Galloway trucks re-visited..possibly some new light

[Rick Rowlands]

The finishing stand of the mill had the name ground into the roll in reverse 
so that when that part of the roll made the final squeeze on the steel shape 
the name would also get put on.  The name was repeated every so many feet, 
depending upon the size of the mill.  Mills are rated by roll diameter, so 
take the diameter and find the circumference and you'll find the spacing of 
the names.

Embossing company Identification on steel shapes is extremely common around 
here, but then again I live in the industrial ground zero of America. 
Railroad rail has quite a bit of data rolled into the side of it aside from 
the manufacturer's identification.  By looking at the markings I can tell 
you what size rail it is, its weight per foot, month and year it was rolled, 
plant it was rolled at, if it had any special heat treatment and then by 
looking on the otherside of the rail I could give you the heat number.

Rick

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Luke Tonneberger" <flywheelin at hotmail.com>
To: <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 7:51 AM
Subject: Re: [SEL] Early Galloway trucks re-visited..possibly some new light


> Hi Rick,
>
> When the names were rolled into the steel was this done while it was still 
> 'hot'? Do you know if the name was applied at an even distance, say every 
> 6 feet, or was it applied on every piece that was cut? I find it 
> interesting that manufactures did this. I've never seen it before, Rick's 
> picture was a first.
>
> Luke Tonneberger
> Rockford, Michigan
> USA
>
> ====================
>
>>From: "Rick Rowlands" <jrrowlands at neo.rr.com>
>>
>>  So probably the last steel with the S in the name was rolled in 02 or 03 
>> when the worn out rolls were changed out.
>>
>
>>
>>Rick Rowlands
>>Tod Engine Foundation
>>2261 Hubbard Road
>>Youngstown, OH  44505
>>330-728-2799
>>www.todengine.org
>>
>>William Tod Co. 34" x 68" x 60" Cross Compound Rolling Mill Engine
>>Historic Mechanical and Materials Engineering Landmark
>>
>
>
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