General Electric History: Schenectady Works Welcomes You! Page 22

[Schenectady Works Welcomes You! is a tourist booklet published by General Electric in 1949. Full size images of each page are reproduced here, and the photographs are available individually at original and enlarged sizes.]

[Full page view of page 22 - 1x]

The Punching, Tool & Die Division is a service shop for all Divisions in the Schenectady Works and some Allied Plants. Developmental work, special machinery and all the tools and dies needed for production are designed and built in the Tool & Die Section. The Punch Press Section uses 27,000 tons of steel annually to produce millions of punchings varying in weight from 1/1000 of a pound to 1000 pounds each.

[General View of Main Floor of Punch Press Section Building #17 - 1x | 4x]

[Removing closing case shell from double action press - 1x | 4x]

[Operating an Automatic Blanking Punch Press - 1x | 4x]

[Operating an Indexing Punch Press - 1x | 4x]

[Operating a Keller Die Making Machine - 1x | 4x]

Updated 8/14/01

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