future prospects of the production engineer
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Mr. K. Barry, Graduate, has taken a position asProduction Planning Engineer in the Turbine BladeSection of Hepworth & Grandage (Yeadon) Ltd.,Leeds.
Mr. W. J. Botting, Graduate, has taken up anappointment as a Planning Engineer at the LiverpoolWorks of D. Napier & Son Ltd. Mr. Botting was,until recently, a member of the Reading SectionCommittee.
Mr. W. F. Brade, Graduate, is now a SeniorPlanning Engineer with the Rootes Organisation(Commer Gars, Luton).
Mr. J. I. Dennison, Graduate, is now ProductionEngineer with Dowty Equipment Ltd., Cheltenham.
Mr. N. J. Elander, Graduate, has now taken up anappointment in the Production Facilities Departmentof General Motors South African Ltd., Port Elizabeth.
Mr. E. J. Grossmith, Graduate, has taken up anappointment as Process Planner with A. V. Roe(Canada) Ltd., Toronto.
Mr. F. W. Nicholls, Graduate, has resigned hisappointment with Messrs. D. M. Mann & Co., Eye,and has rejoined Ransomes & Rapier Ltd., Ipswich,as Assistant Production Engineer.
Mr. G. W. Voaden, Graduate, is now employedas a Designer/Draughtsman at F. Bode & Son Ltd.,Leek, Staffs.
CORRESPONDENCE
From: H. Andrews, Managing Director.Harold Andrews Grinding Co. Ltd.,Birmingham, 29.
"FUTURE PROSPECTSOF THE PRODUCTION ENGINEER"
I have read with interest Mr. Walter C. Puckey'spaper in the May issue of your Journal, and I wasinterested to note his remarks regarding the con-tinuous casting of metal.
I would like to point out that far from being onthe fringe of utilisation, my company is operatingthe continuous casting process on a production basiswith particular reference to cast iron.
This process is long past the experimental stagewith us, and is in very great demand, both on accountof the excellent quality of the material produced,and the fact that it can be supplied in bars up to8 feet long in the centreless ground condition, andthat it can be used in high production machines, suchas Multi-Spindle Automatics, which has been im-possible up to the present owing to the non-avail-ability of bars of cast iron in this length.
Incidentally the material in question is actuallyadvertised in the same issue on page xox.
Correspondence is invited on Papers published inthe Journal, and should be addressed to the Editor,36 Portman Square, London, W.I.
I.C.W.A. SUMMER SCHOOL
The Fourth Residential Summer School of theInstitute of Cost and Works Accountants will be heldat St. Catharine's College, Cambridge, by courtesyof the Master and Fellows, from 21st to 26thSeptember, 1953.
Speakers will include Dr. J. M. S. Risk, ChiefAccountant, Southern Gas Board, who will deal withthe financial^control of large-scale organisations, withspecial reference to public authorities; Mr. A. D.Coventry, of the Industrial and Commercial FinanceCorporation, who will discuss " Finance and the CostAccountant"; Mr. R. Y. Kennedy, Cost Accountantof Winsor and Newton, Ltd., speaking on " Com-parable Costs "; and Mr. Harold Wincott, Editor of" The Investor's Chronicle ".
Delivery of the Papers will be followed by groupdiscussion, and two works visits will be made duringthe proceedings, which terminate on Friday eveningwith the Annual Summer School Dinner.
Further particulars of the School may be obtainedfrom the Institute's Head Office at 63, PortlandPlace, London, W.I.
Visual Aids in Industry and Commerce
It is announced by the Wandsworth TechnicalCollege that practical courses will be held during the1953/54 Session, as follows:
1. The Operation and Care of Optical Projectors.2. Preparation of Graphic Materials and Technical
Illustrations.3. Photographic Techniques in the Drawing Office.4. Motion Study, Photographic Techniques.Full details of these courses may be obtained from
the Secretary (Visual Aids), at the College.
FORTHCOMING EVENTS 1953.
Summer School, Ashorne Hill, August 26th to 30th.Graduates Convention, Birmingham, September, 5th.Institution Annual Dinner, October, 9th—Guildhall.Worcester Sub Section Inauguration, October 10th.Sheffield Section Dinner, October, 12th.Western Section Dinner, October, 15th.Coventry Section Dinner, October, 30th.Lincoln Section 10th Anniversary Dinner, Nov. 5th.George Bray Memorial Lecture, Leeds, Nov. 9th.Nottingham Section Dinner, November, 18th.Viscount Nuffield Paper, London, December, 16th.
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