Filling the vulcanizer with the molds
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Title
Filling the vulcanizer with the molds
Subject
Tire industry – Massachusetts – Chicopee; Rubber industry and trade – Massachusetts – Chicopee; Fisk Tire Company; Chicopee (Mass.) – Industries; Tires
Description
A worker presses his hand on a stack of molds while he waits for the cover to be lowered onto the vulcanizer. When the cover is secure, heat and steam will be piped into the vulcanizer, causing the rubber to harden and expand against the molds. This expansion in the molds gave the tire its desired shape including the numbers and lettering on the tire.
Publisher
C/WMARS http://www.cwmars.org/
Date
ca. 1920
Relation
Is part of the Fisk Tire Company collection at the Edward Bellamy Memorial Association, Chicopee, Massachusetts.
Format
image/jpg
Language
en-US
Type
image
Files
Collection
Citation
“Filling the vulcanizer with the molds,” Digital Commonwealth , accessed May 19, 2013, http://digitalcommonwealth.org/items/show/230.
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