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William Hutton & Sons
| Firmenname | William Hutton & Sons |
| Ortssitz | Sheffield (England) |
| Straße | West Street |
| Art des Unternehmens | Besteckfabrik |
| Anmerkungen | Auch bezeichnet als "Silver and Electro-Plate Manufactory". Auf einer Fläche von 3/4 acre (= 3035 qm), mit einer 230 feet (= 70 m) langen Front zur West Street. |
| Quellenangaben | [Institution of Mechanical Engineers: Visits to Works (1890)] = Grace's Guide |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 1885 |
Erbaut |
| Produkt |
ab |
Bem. |
bis |
Bem. |
Kommentar |
| Bestecke |
1885 |
Fabrik erbaut |
1890 |
Besuch Inst. Mech. Ing. |
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| Metallgeschirr |
1885 |
Fabrik erbaut |
1890 |
Besuch Inst. Mech. Ing. |
z.B. Teeservices |
| Silbergeschirr |
1885 |
Fabrik erbaut |
1890 |
Besuch Inst. Mech. Ing. |
im sterling silver department |
| Bezeichnung |
Bauzeit |
Hersteller |
| Dampfmaschinen |
vor 1890 |
Tangyes Limited |
| ZEIT | 1890 |
| THEMA | Beschreibung |
| TEXT | The workshops, show-rooms, and warehouses are arranged round the outside, and the engine and boiler houses, furnaces, and rolling mills occupy a portion of the yard in the centre. Steam is supplied by two steel Lancashire boilers to two Tangye's 25 horse-power horizontal automatic engines placed side by side, each driving a separate portion of the machinery, while either engine with one of the boilers is sufficient to drive the whole of the machinery if necessary. In the furnaces the metals are mixed and melted in crucibles, and subsequently cast into flat ingots of sterling silver or nickel silver as required. In the rolling mill these ingots are rolled down by special rolls into sheets of suitable thickness.
The works are divided into five departments, each under separate management:? spoon and fork, hollow-ware, cutlery, silver, and electro-plating.
In the spoon and fork department, the sheet metal is first cut into narrow strips and short lengths, which are next thinned down at the ends by being passed through special rolls, then annealed, punched into rough form, and finally stamped into proper shape by steel dies, after which they are ready for finishing and plating. In the machine shop the manufacture of these articles is accelerated and improved by the substitution of reciprocating semi-circular steel dies exerting a great pressure, whereby a better finish is obtained with greatly increased rate of production. Two men with one of these machines are able to produce at the rate of eighty dozen spoons or forks per hour.
In the hollow-ware department are made dinner and tea services, and all kinds of dishes, trays, &c. The sheet metal is stamped into shape and embossed by means of steel dies worked by powerful steam-stamps. Raised borders, handles, spouts &c. are hammered from flat metal; and ornamental castings are made in moulds and afterwards chased. These are then soldered to various articles by means of gas blow-pipes. Spinning and turning are also employed for the production of various shapes.
In the cutlery department, one of the processes is close-plating, or the soldering of sheet silver upon the blades of steel fruit or dessert knives and forks. Pearl and ivory cutting and carving are also carried out in connection with the manufacture of fish, fruit, and dessert knives and forks.
In the sterling silver department, a large number of silversmiths are employed, raising, chasing, embossing, engraving, and otherwise ornamenting all kinds of silver plate and other silver articles. Here are also buffing and burnishing shops, and designing and modelling rooms.
In the electro-plating department, the electric current for the plating vats is supplied by two powerful dynamos; and the articles to be plated are kept in motion by machinery, in order to accelerate the deposit upon them of the silver held in solution. Each article is weighed before being put in and after being taken out of the vat, in order to determine the quantity of silver deposited. |
| QUELLE | [Institution of Mechanical Engineers: Visits to Works (1890)] = Grace's Guide |
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