Taking a sample of dope-the material from which the film base is made- from large stainless steel mixing tank. Dope is the product resulting from mixing the cellulose acetate and suitable solvents, This sample will be sent to the laboratory to...
Manufacturing Processes of Finishes- Automotive, 'Duco', Enamels, Lacquers, Paints
Base mixing machine in which the pyroxylin is broken up and reduced to fluid form by the addition of solvents in the process of manufacturing finishes at one of the plants of DuPont.
Manufacturing Processes of Finishes- Automotive, 'Duco', Enamels, Lacquers, Paints
Here an operator mixes a sample of shade ordered by car manufacturers. The mixing of large batches is based on this sample. To achieve the exact tint requires a sharp eye and long experience.
Manufacturing Process of Dynamite including historic methods
This is an Atlas mixing machine, used in the manufacture of dynamite at Repauno about 1895. The box in the foreground contains inert ingredients which are placed in the trough. Nitroglycerin is added from the containers shown on the cart at the...
Scene on the mixing floor where the solvent is mixed with cellulose acetate, a process to reduce the material to a solution for spinning into acetate at the Waynesboro, Virginia plant of E.I du Pont Nemours & Company.
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Storage hoppers containing nylon flake about to be transformed into yarn at the DuPont spinning pants in Seaford, Delaware. Insures adequate mixing and a uniform product.
Storage hoppers containing nylon flake about to be transformed into yarn at the DuPont spinning pants in Seaford, Delaware. Insures adequate mixing and a uniform product.
Resurfacing material is made by mixing neoprene latex with a special kind of water setting cement and an aggregate of finely crushed stone. Man with brush is applying a prime coat of neoprene latex to secure a tight bond to the old concrete....
Manufacturing Processes of Finishes- Automotive, 'Duco', Enamels, Lacquers, Paints
Following the base mixing, the dissolved cotton is filtered through a base filter press to remove any remaining impurities, an important part of the process of manufacture of finishes by DuPont.
Manufacturing Processes of Finishes- Automotive, 'Duco', Enamels, Lacquers, Paints
A loading and shading operation in the manufacture of paint, consisting of the mixing, shading and thinning of the finished product at the Philadelphia Plant of the DuPont Company.
