Universal Grinding Wheel Co. Ltd, Stafford
View of the machine shop where wheels are finally cut to size, showing turning lathes. Inside Factory No.1 at the Universal Grinding Wheel factory on Doxey Road, Stafford, built in 1912.
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Universal Grinding Wheel Co. Ltd, Stafford
Showing part of the battery of testing machines where wheels undergo the severest stresses before passing to the inspection department. Inside Factory No.1 at the Universal Grinding Wheel factory on ...
Universal Grinding Wheel Co. Ltd, Stafford
View of the plant showing the dust extracting apparatus which ran throughout the factory. Inside Factory No.1 at the Universal Grinding Wheel factory on Doxey Road, Stafford, built in 1912. Most of the ...
Universal Grinding Wheel Co. Ltd, Stafford
A view of the experimental department showing a grinder expert testing a wheel on a motor crank shaft. Inside Factory No.1 at the Universal Grinding Wheel factory on Doxey Road, Stafford, built in 1912. ...
Universal Grinding Wheel Co. Ltd, Stafford
A corner of the engineering shop where tools and machines are manufactured and kept in best condition to ensure a high quality of production of grinding wheels. Inside Factory No.1 at the Universal Grinding ...
Universal Grinding Wheel Co. Ltd, Stafford
Showing four of the battery of kilns. This department is where the raw product was vitrified to form the grinding wheel. The kiln shown in the foreground is in course of firing and had a capacity of 14 ...
Universal Grinding Wheel Co. Ltd, Stafford
Part of the drying room with floor grids removed to show the method of heat distribution. Inside Factory No.1 at the Universal Grinding Wheel factory on Doxey Road, Stafford, built in 1912.
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Universal Grinding Wheel Co. Ltd, Stafford
A corner of the mixing shop inside Factory No.1 at the Universal Grinding Wheel factory on Doxey Road, Stafford, built in 1912. In the middle foreground are multi-planular rockers, used to exclude the ...
Universal Grinding Wheel Co. Ltd, Stafford
Grinding methods past and present. Universal Grinding Wheel, Doxey Road, Stafford.
Universal Grinding Wheel Co. Ltd, Stafford
A line of electric arc abrasive fusing furnaces. The raw material is melted to form a crystalline structure at temperatures approaching 4,000 degrees centigrade. Inside Factory No.1 at the Universal ...
Universal Grinding Wheel Co. Ltd, Stafford
A "pig" of white Bauxilite abrasive weighing many tons being moved from the electric furnace prior to the crushing and sieving operation. Inside Factory No.1 at the Universal Grinding Wheel factory ...
Universal Grinding Wheel Co. Ltd, Stafford
Factory No.3 at the Universal Grinding Wheel Co. factory on Doxey Road, Stafford. This is where machining and finishing processes took place.
The origins of Universal go back to Rooper & Harris Ltd’s ...
Universal Grinding Wheel Co. Ltd, Stafford
The inspection for accuracy of grade and dimensions of grinding wheels. Inside Factory No.3 at the Universal Grinding Wheel factory on Doxey Road, Stafford.
The origins of Universal go back to Rooper ...
Universal Grinding Wheel Co. Ltd, Stafford
View of the stock room and storage of large and small grinding wheels. Inside Factory No.3 at the Universal Grinding Wheel factory on Doxey Road, Stafford.
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Universal Grinding Wheel Co. Ltd, Stafford
Plant used for the preparation of the powdered bonding materials used in grinding wheels. Inside Factory No.1 at the Universal Grinding Wheel factory on Doxey Road, Stafford.
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Universal Grinding Wheel Co. Ltd, Stafford
Accurately weighed bonding materials being conveyed to the mixing department. Inside Factory No.1 at the Universal Grinding Wheel factory on Doxey Road, Stafford.
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Universal Grinding Wheel Co. Ltd, Stafford
One of the departments where abrasives and bonds are mixed and prepared for the pressing operations. Inside Factory No.1 at the Universal Grinding Wheel factory on Doxey Road, Stafford.
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Universal Grinding Wheel Co. Ltd, Stafford
A line for drying units which remove the moisture from wheels before they are vitrified in kilns at high temperature. Inside Factory No.1 at the Universal Grinding Wheel factory on Doxey Road, Stafford. ...