The Steel Finishing Process |
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Plasma Cutting. This 1950s view shows the flame cutting machine that allowed for custom design specs. These machines had torches that achieved temperatures high enough to melt steel and therefore "cut" it into shape. |
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Another view of a flame or plasma cutting machine. Precise shapes could be ordered and delivered using these machines. |
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Spun Heads. This view is of the 276-inch Spun Heads machine which produced the largest heads at the time. A circular blank of steel is placed hot on the machine and spun at a high speed while being slowly pressed and rolled into a dome shape. |
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Spun Heads. This view shows a hot head on the machine where, on the left, the roll is forming the sides. |
