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THE CHUNA MAIL, THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1949,

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ENGINEERING PAGE STANDARDISATION FOR BENEFIT OF INDUSTRY

By SIR WILLIAM /

LARKE, KBE

Developed first in Bri- tain, standardisation for the benefit of industry came as the result of a

difficulty which Mr. H. J.

Skelton, an iron and steel

erchant in London, ex-

erienced in 1901 in maintaining stacks of iron and steal soctions of which there was an al- most infinite variety, since each manufacturer was producing his own sections for particular purposes.

The

consequence was

thai

there were furge numbers of sections with quite insignie ficant differences in dimen- sions.

In 1901 Mr. Skelton consulted Sir John Wolfe Barry, nt that time President of Britain's Institu- tion of Civil Engineers, who im medinely agreed on the desir- ability of a limited number sections being standardised be- tween all makers, so that such sections would be interchangeable from whatever works they were

ordered.

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Cutting Tools

Typical Standardised

passing of such tests is an es sential condition if the article og material is to be described as com- plying with the particular British Standard applicable to it.

At the request of the industrie, ordered list of 113 standard iron concerned standardisation is now

bring progressively applied

to Tho

Cutting Toole

produced which has received the approval of all concerned.

Before the specification is issued for general circulation in Britain and in overseas countries, it re-

Television At Radio Olympia

Television, as technically perfect as it can be, will be demonstrated in all stages from studio to receiver at this year's Radio Olympia.

It is expected that far-reaching. Improvements will be noticed In the quality of the television' pic- ture over the last Radio Olympia In 1947. New cameras, improved studio and control technique will;

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Radio Olympla will be held from Beptember 28 to October 8.

Overseas visitors will be wel- comed by the Director of the Radio rooms set Industry Council in apart for them and will be given facilities for watching special studio performances, camern and transmitter control and reception In private demonstration rooms.

ELECTRICAL ACCESSORY

A new electrient accessory, the Clix Fontpress Switch Socket-a foot operated accessory properly operation is designed for foot now being produced.

will be As

seen from the Illustration, the usual dolly has given place to a press-button set to an angle at which downward pressure throws the switch alter- nately in the "on" and "off" posi- tions.

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HINTS TO HONG KONG MOTOR OWNERS:

6. It is advisable not to swerve to avoid stray dogs or fay- walkers.

it is better to Slow down and Stop. If you swerve you may hit something coming the other way. Don't be in a hurry to have a smash.

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Clear indication of the state of the circuit is given by a simple, & Marina Agente:→ infallible device which exposes a .is red signal when the switch "on" and

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while

The socket has resilient tubes capable of receiving any. B.5. celves final approval from the in-plug, and shutters to prevent in- ing access to live metal; the plug dustry Committee concerned and gulsitive children or others gain- also the Council of the Institution is of the Clix Flexipin construc-

tion

which guarantees spring-pressure

easy, smooth entry permitting

and withdrawal.

The 15 amp. Q.M. & B. switch mechanism and the socket are as- permanently on the sembled front-plate, which is fixed to the box by four corner scrEWS,

The result of the deliberations of this Committee was the creation of the British Engineering Stand- ards Association." Ultimately, an

and steel sections for construction- al purposes was agreed upon and other sections of industry. accepted by the Engineering In- British Standards Institution, Thus no specification is issued stitutions, the producers and re- which has developed out of the which has not taken

Into con presentatives of the users,

original British Engineering sideration the interests of all acc- Standards Association, is now in tions of the Industry affected by corporated by Royal Charter, It. It is thus assured of imme- which empowers it to net for say diate general acceptance in Bri- industry in Britain.

tain and throughout the British Commonwealth, to the standards organisations of which It Wha circulated as soon na the draft was available.

This achievement resulted in an examination of numerotis en- gineering products; for example, tramway rails, which existed in almost as many typen as there were makers, and users were re- duced to fiva standard types to meet national needs. Similarly, some 3.000 types of colliery tub wheels were reduced to 17, and so

on.

Wide Application

The present Institution has 50 different Industry Committees dealing with standardisation the particular industries Fepre- At the present time sented on it.

tres

in

It is gratifying to record that here and 1,800 technical commit- standards bodies, almilar to the dealing with the products of one in Britain, have been not up Those in every Commonwealth country. these major industries. Committees are continuously en- gaged in the production and re-

Other countries have also fol- vision of the relevant standard The application of standardiza- specifications in the light of nd-lowed suit, modelling their or- ganisations on the British Stan- Lion to a wide range of engineer vancing knowledge,

dards Institution, the main differ- Ing products followed through the

of the ураг,

In addition to dimensions,

ence being that in some In the last few years expansion Commonwealth countries, and la Atandarisation is now applied to the definitions of quality, per- has been so great that the work some overseas countries in stan- of the Institution has doubled dards organisation is a govern- formance and suitability for func-

department At the present time mental

under the tlon.

since 1930, there are no less than 650 differ- general control of a Minister, British Standards ent standurilisation projects under whereas the review, with the ultimate objec- Institution is an entirely indepen- tive of the issue of a British dent institution. Standard specification in

Standard tests have been agreed upon and prescribed for determin- The ing these various factors.

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The method of procedure is as follows: the Brillsh Standards In- stitution does not self promote or initiate the production of any

initiative standard. The

arises from either the industry concern- ed, the user, In some cases the Bils- tributor, and in others the profes slonal interests concerned.

It is supported by voluntary contributions from all sections of industry and commerce, and also by the Government of the United Kingdom in proportion to the in- terest taken by the various gov- ernmental departments in Its work.

It should be noted that all the governmental departments Inter- ested in any particular standard-

On receipt of an Intimationisation proposal are represented from any representative interest on the appropriate committees of ed that a new or revised stand- the British Standards Institution.

and is required, the British Stan-

dords Institution convenes & meeting of all those

representing producers,

The organisation, therefore, may

Cribu be said to be an ideal example of

ters, users and professional bodies,

democracy in practice. Not only and if the consensus of opinion of are all those interested represent- is that a ed proportionate to their inter- those representatives standard is required, a Technical cats on all the committees of the Commitice is set up, representing BSI right up to the Council, but the same interests, to prepare a no specification la asued unless all the interests concerned approve draft standard specification.

at it

Draft Specification

The preparation of a specifica- tion takes a little longer owing to the unanimity rule, but a standard

This draft is then eirculated to specification which does 'not re-

all concerned, for comment, until | ceive general acceptance, would, Anally a completed specification is obviously be of littio service

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