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This Girl
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HE purpose of factory effi-
ciency is to get a given job
done faster, done cheaper,
done better. Economies in
time and money are not enough.
There must be a gain in quality.
Throughout the Simplex plant
you see examples of this three-fold
factory efficiency. You see it par-
ticularly in the Simplex automatic
trimming machine.
This machine performs 8 opera-
tions, including the trimming of both
sides of the pneumatic, squaring of
both ends, beveling of two corners,
boring of two holes. Then it gives
the pneumatic a parting shake to
throw the dust out.
One girl can handle
in two hours the work
8 men used to do in one
day. Done by hand,
this work costs about
$19. Done by this ma-
This special automatic machine, de-
signed by Simplex engineers, per-
forms, in a few seconds, eight
operations zvhich used to represent
eight separate hand7ings. Sec text.
IMPLEX
Simplex unit pneumat-
ics finished and ready
for use in the action.