Take It With You: Revolutionary Lathe

Series

Series Name: Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

235

Length of issue (in feet)

523

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 3

Summary

COI synopsis: Inflatable tents, miniaturised microwave ovens, tiny television sets: it’s possible to pack into a car everything the bon viveur could possibly need for a weekend. But portability not only has far reaching effects on our everyday lives - it’s also bringing about major changes in commerce, industry and medicine... The massive rollers used in paper mills inevitably wear at the ends where metal bearings can score the shaft. They must be re-ground, but that’s a major task: the whole roller must be transported to a stationary lathe. Now, you can move the lathe instead of the roller. A new portable lathe fits over the shaft and does the grinding there and then.

Keywords

Science and technology; Industry and manufacture; Engineering; Design

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 55 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/235

Credits:

Sponsor: Central Office of Information (COI)
Sponsor: Foreign & Commonwealth Office

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