UNIROYAL CHEM-TEXTS
Vol. 3 PUBLISHED FOR THE PEOPLE OF UNIROYAL CHEMICAL No. 9
Improvements Protect Jobs. Make Plant Cleaner, Safer.
[IMAGE: Black and white photo of industrial building with bulldozer in foreground]
Bulldozer digs out aniline sludge that caused the Main entrance roadway to sink under heavy trailer trucks.
Today, somewhere in the plant, another step is being made to protect jobs, improve safety, housekeeping, production, and working conditions. Or a new reactor is being installed to improve productivity.
Major Improvements
Major improvements this year included a new main entrance; resurfacing of the road to the main entrance, once an aniline sludge dump. The old DDM building was completely remodeled to manufacture Curalon® a new chemical curing agent.
A high cost investment was made in the recent installation of refrigeration facilities for Omite® a new agricultural chemical.
Expansion of the high pressure laboratory which researches high pressure chemical reactions is nearing completion. This new R & D facility provides the technology to improve manufacturing operations by faster reactions.
A giant step was made in air pollution control with the conversion of the plant’s power house from coal to oil.
Repairs and Maintenance
Ordinary repair and maintenance costs during the year will extend into six figures simply for general building and yard maintenance. Priority repairs made this year included refacing of the Chemical firehouse and Lotol Bldg. 76 with aluminum siding; and renovation of the Reclaim pilot plant, parcel post, small (continued on page 2)
[IMAGE: Black and white photo of paved roadway with buildings]
Solid bed of new paved and marked roadway improves safety and reduces maintenance costs. Major improvements in photo show new front entrance; refaced aluminum siding on Bldg. 76, and pollution free smokestacks.
Reclaim Dust Collectors Reduce Escape Of Lint
[IMAGE: Black and white photo of industrial dust collection system on roof]
Dust collection system nears completion on roof of Reclaim plant. The system will reduce the fiber escape from the cyclones.
by Rod Gaetz
The escape of lint from the Cracking Department of the Reclaim plant has always caused a problem in the plant and surrounding area. With the new manufacturing process used in the modernized plant which requires tires to be ground to a much finer particle size, the problem has become more acute.
In designing the new plant, the systems enclosed the mechanical conveyors, and completely enclosed processing machinery was utilized to prevent lint escape. Where it was necessary to utilize pneumatic conveying systems, cyclone separators were first installed to separate the conveying air from the product streams and leave the secondary air treatment systems until later. The reason for this was to determine from practical operating experience the (continued on page 2)
Woman Supervisor Named
[IMAGE: Black and white photo of two women at desk reviewing documents]
Anna Radowich, left, newly named Special Analysis Supervisor in the Analytical Research Lab, reviews a project with Helen Mullen.