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Conversion. Copper and brass processing. A mechanical feeder is here shown running billets of brass into an electric furnace, where they will be heated at a high temperature. Then the heated billets will be pushed with tremendous force through the die of an extrusion machine to form rods, tubes, ang
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Credit lineConversion. Copper and brass processing. A mechanical feeder is here shown running billets of brass into an electric furnace, where they will be heated at a high temperature. Then the heated billets w. 1942-01-01. United States. Office For Emergency Management, Palmer, Alfred T.. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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