Wheelabrator Ram Tunnel
Wheelabrator Ram Tunnel
A special ram tunnel auto engine block cleaning machine: test run in Wheelabrator's Mishawaka, IN plant per Carter Dreves. "FI on Wheelaberator logo. Dissolve to LS Chevrolet engine mockup of casting line in Wheelaberator test plant as motor blocks are prepared for blast cleaning. Camera moves in on engine blocks in cages on assembly line. CU blocks start to rotate (this is where the blast cabinet will clean the castings as they rotate when his project is installed in the Cevrolet plant); engine blocks spill onto cage line, and become part of line. Cut to CU mechanism which pushes each new block onto the line. Overhead shot as engine blocks joing line. Pan line to show engine blocks spilling out of the mechanism after cleaning is completed. 4 minutes to here. CHEVROLET SPRING PEENING SHOTS FOLLOW: FI on pairs of relaxed Chevrolet auto springs in special trolleys, moving into the assembly line. Side view as springs are flexed for peening by Wheelaberator shot blast. After peening is complete springs are relaxed and move out to make way for next set incoming. (This is a test mockup; springs are not actually peened here) Dissolve to W/A logo. " Frink has original film, overs and ancilliary materials.