Dedicates Engineering Center
A new worldwide
Engineering Center
dedicated by Sperry New
Holland on Saturday, Sep
tember 7, uses computers to
aid in designing modern
farm and industrial
equipment.
With the computers in the
center, the company’s
engineers are able to test
new ideas before they leave
the drawing board. They
pinpoint areas of stress on a
proposed machine and solve
complex mechanical
problems prior to the first
prototype or model being
constructed.
While the computer will
never replace men’s ideas in
designing new and better
machines, Sperry New
Holland engineers say they
do offer a better chance of
choosing alternatives in
design that will do the job
best.
Another feature of the
center is the stress coat
room where prototype
machines are painted with a
special lacquer. It dries to a
hard, brittle finish and
during field tests, stress
patterns in the lacquer coat
appear as patterns of cracks
and reveal just where the
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most stress is located while
the machine is working.
In the mechanical
laboratory, engineers work
with a “semi-anechioc cell"
or what may be better known
as the "noise room". The
walls and ceiling of this room
absorb almost all noise
emitted by a running
machine. The lab
technicians can then easily
pinpoint where un
satisfactory noises are
coming from and take
corrective measures.
At the official dedication of
the center on Saturday, H. G.
McCarty, vice president and
general manager, North
America, told visitors how
the company searched long
and hard for a building
design that would keep
engineers close to their tools,
files, legal aids, and ex
perimental workshop - all at
the same time. Inis was
accomplished, he said, using
a “King Arthur roundtable"
concept in the floor plan of
the building.'
Melvin Happe, vice
president for Engineering,
welcomed visitors to the new
Engineering Center and said
he hoped after seeing the
building people could better
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understand the years of
planning and testing that are
required before a new piece
of equipment can be
produced for selling.
Happe noted that testing
facilities within the
Engineering Center enable
technicians to simulate
weather and crop conditions
as well as different terrains
from around the world, right
in a laboratory setup.
The president of Sperry
New Holland, Kenneth F.
Thompson, cited some of the
engineering firsts developed
by the company from the
first successful, mass
produced hay baler to an
industrial tility loader that
actually reaches forward as
it raises its load.
“I am excited about this
new Engineering Center,”
Thompson said, “because I
believe the madiines of the
future that will be designed
in this building will far ex
ceed our wildest
imaginations and will help
farmers around the world to
do their job faster and more
efficiently.”
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Sperry New Holland recently
dedicated their new worldwide
engineering center which uses
Controlling
by David A. Hart
Asst. Co. Agent, York
This warm, wet summer
has been favorable for
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computers to design modern farm
and industrial equipment.
Cockroaches
cockroaches, and we have
been getting several
inquiries about them. The
German cockroach is the
most common one in Penn
sylvania. It is a brown roach
about Vt” - %” in body size in
the adult stage. It can be
readily brought into the
house by way of infested
cartons.
Another type of cockroach
found in and around the
home is the brown-banded
cockroach. It can be easily
recognized by the light
colored bands across its
body. The brown-banded
cockroach is difficult to
control because unlike the
German cockroach, they will
be found all through the
house including bedrooms.
Both of the above roaches
can be controlled with the
ant and roach insecticides
found on the market. These
insecticides should contain
one of the following
ingredients: DDVP and
Grand Opening
Farmersville Auction
There will be a grand
opening of the Farmersville
Auction on September 17th
beginning at 5:00 p.m. in
Farmersville RD2, Ephrata.
John Rutt, Auctioneer
reported that the grand
opening will include a sale of
antique furniture and dishes
with a grand prize to be
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Dieldrin, pyrethrins and
chlordane or Baygon.
Repeated applications may
be necessary where in
festations may persist.
Another important roach
pest is the oriental
cockroach. This black
cockroach reaches the size of
about one inch. It is often
seen around the foundation
of the house and in
basements this time of year.
Because this cockroach
keeps on invading the house
from the outside repeated
sprayings may be necessary
to keep them under control.
Another helpful tip would be
to use chlordane on the
ground about 10 feet out
around the house as well as
ysing the ant and roach
sprays mentioned above
inside the house.
If you have any questions
please feel free to contact the
Agriculture Extension Of
fice, Court House, York, Pa.
(848-2101).
awarded at the end of the
sale. Also there will be prizes
offered every hour.
Before the new auction
was constructed, auctions
were held in a near by
building for two years.
Free coffee and donuts will
be available throughout the
sale.
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