60 years ago, April 28, 1960
Tonkawa Foundry Installs Two New Electric Induction Type Furnaces
A Tonkawa industry took another step forward this month with the addition of new equipment.
Installed at Tonkawa Foundry and placed in operation last week were two Magnothermic Multiductor furnaces. One of the electric induction-type furnaces will be used for melting iron and iron alloys and the other for melting brass.
According to F. S. Zarzecki, engineer for the Ajax Manufacturing company of Trenton, N. J., maker of the furnaces, the new equipment operates in a unique way in melting the metal. Heat is acutally not applied to the furnace in any manner, but is generated in the iron or brass that is to be melted.
Zarzecki explained that three-phase, 60-cycle electricity is transformed to single phase, 180-cycle for use in the furnace. The current passes around the melting pot in coil of copper tubing which creates an intense magnetic field, in the manner of an electromagnet.
The metal inside the furnace acts as a resistor to the magnetic waves thus it begins to heat in the same manner as an overloaded electrical wire or a fuse. So rapid is the process that 700 pounds of iron will be brought to 2,800 degrees in a period of 48 minutes.
Filings Continue For Commissioner Of Third District
The County Commissioner’s office in the third district is developing into the most-wanted political office in Kay county as filings for office continued today.
To date, four persons have filed for the office now occupied by Dale Fuller, Tonkawa Democrat. Filing on the Republican ballot are Ronald D. Blubaugh, Tonkawa, and E. M. Brazelton, Kildare. John W. Schatz, Tonkawa, and O. M. (Dick) Miller, Blackwell, have filed on the Democratic ticket.
Fuller had not filed for re-election by noon today. The filing period, however, extends to 5 p.m. Friday.
Incumbents who have filed for re-election include E. Earl Eaton, Republican, county clerk; Roy A. Neal, Democrat, assessor; Marjorie I. Carver, Democrat, court clerk; Forrest Walker, Republican, sheriff; Ralph Haynes, Democrat, county attorney; W. A. Franklin, Democrat, county superintendent; Ellis E. Davis, Republican, county treasurer; Stanley Simanek, Democrat, county commissioner, Dist. 1; Max Brandon, commissioner, Dist. 2.
Others filing for office include; Lowell Doggett, Democrat, seeking the office now held by his father, Walter M. Doggett;
Raymond Craig, Republican, and John Howe, Democrat, for Representative offices 1 and 2.
Jack Querry Is Secretary Of OU Law Fraternity
Jack Querry, Tonkawa junior, was recently initiated into ...
