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The Iron Age, vol 110, No. 19, 9 Nov 1922, pages 1024, 1025
Reincarnation of a Firearms Business Resumption on a Production Basis, Within a Few Months, of the Marlin Establishment—Good-Will of Former Employees a Factor
BY L. S. LOVE
THE Marlin arms business was founded at New Haven, Conn., in 1870 by John M. Marlin, who had been trained in the manufacture of firearms in the Colt plant at Hartford. At the time the Marlin company was organized the entire capital was $400. This company at first manufactured pistols, revolvers and later the famous Ballard target rifles. In 1880 the first model Marlin repeating rifle was placed on the market and all other models were then dropped from production, which was centered on the manufacture of repeating arms. Later the side ejecting firearm was developed by this company.
In 1915 the business was sold to other interests, later known as the Marlin Rockwell Corporation. With the plant in New Haven as its foundation, this corporation undertook the manufacture of machine guns during the war. At the time the United States entered the war there were about 1300 machine guns of four varieties owned by the War Department. At that time the Marlin organization, making machine guns for the Allies, had a capacity of about 200 per day. This capacity was increased to about 1000 machine guns per day at the time of the armistice.
When the war was ended the Marlin firearms business was not immediately resumed, principally on account of high production costs. Accordingly the plant was closed and all tools, jigs, fixtures, etc., were packed away in storage.
Owing to labor conditions it was deemed inadvisable to resume operations until August, 1921, when a new company known as the Marlin Firearms Corporation was formed. In the meantime, the Marlin organization had dispersed, many of the men entering other lines of business.
The new company was started by two men only, one of them the former sales manager of the old Marlin business. The corporation acquired the plant, patents, good-will, tools, fixtures, gages, machinery, etc., of both the Marlin firearms business and the Hopkins & Allen arms business, of Norwich, Conn.
The first step was to arrange for Marlin organization foremen to return to the Marlin plant. Practically all of these men had worked in the plant for years, ranging in service from 15 to 38 years, and they were glad of the opportunity to return to their old positions. The services of some of these men were highly valuable, as a number of them had supervised the packing away of the tools and gages. They were all at once put to work assorting and cataloging the tools for convenient handling. At the same time the engineering department was at work improving the design of some models.
As soon as possible after the commencement of operations, the tool, die and gage department was set up and a force of tool makers put to work, making tools for redesigned models, repairing old tools which needed it and replacing those which had been lost or mislaid.
The next step was to set up the manufacturing department. As the original Marlin plant grew, the various departments were laid out, as is usually the case, wherever space was available. In the resumption of operations the reorganization of all departments permitted the grouping together of those parts of the work of manufacture which were closely associated and the routing of the work through the plant so that the parts in process at no time double back upon their trail, thus permitting the most economical manufacturing layout. Loyalty of former salesmen was also exhibited in that the new corporation was able to recall many former representatives to its service.
The remarkable strides made in getting production into working order is no doubt largely attributable to the systematized method of routing materials through the shop and checking each piece and each operation.
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Each job is originated in the production or planning office, a different colored card being used to indicate different models. The card is perforated in the middle, the upper half showing production order number, the piece number, machine operation number, etc. The lower half is a move ticket for the piece to the next operation, this part of the ticket showing the number of pieces delivered to machine, number lost, number spoiled and number passed by inspector. These cards when issued by the production department go to the shop which is to perform the operation, where the foreman inserts the number of the machine on which it is to be handled and places the card in a rack provided for the purpose. This rack consists of two parts bearing the numbers of machines in the department; the inactive part of the rack shows jobs waiting for machines and the active part of the rack shows jobs in process. When there is no work for any particular machine, a green card is inserted in the rack opposite the number of that machine. A blue ticket in the rack opposite any machine number indicates that the machine is to be set up and tooled for a special rush job and held, regardless of any other job waiting for the machine. Operators' production tickets, which are used in conjunction with the operation ticket, are carried in the racks bearing the operators' clock numbers.
When the job is completed the lower half of the card goes to the next department to notify that foreman that the work is coming through to his department. The work is handled in counting trays to facilitate checking of finished pieces. After the move ticket has been checked by the next department, it is returned to be clipped to the operation half of the ticket and forwarded to the production office and accounting department.
The Iron Age, vol 110, No. 19, 9 Nov 1922, pages 1024, 1025
Reincarnation of a Firearms Business Resumption on a Production Basis, Within a Few Months, of the Marlin Establishment—Good-Will of Former Employees a Factor
BY L. S. LOVE
THE Marlin arms business was founded at New Haven, Conn., in 1870 by John M. Marlin, who had been trained in the manufacture of firearms in the Colt plant at Hartford. At the time the Marlin company was organized the entire capital was $400. This company at first manufactured pistols, revolvers and later the famous Ballard target rifles. In 1880 the first model Marlin repeating rifle was placed on the market and all other models were then dropped from production, which was centered on the manufacture of repeating arms. Later the side ejecting firearm was developed by this company.
In 1915 the business was sold to other interests, later known as the Marlin Rockwell Corporation. With the plant in New Haven as its foundation, this corporation undertook the manufacture of machine guns during the war. At the time the United States entered the war there were about 1300 machine guns of four varieties owned by the War Department. At that time the Marlin organization, making machine guns for the Allies, had a capacity of about 200 per day. This capacity was increased to about 1000 machine guns per day at the time of the armistice.
When the war was ended the Marlin firearms business was not immediately resumed, principally on account of high production costs. Accordingly the plant was closed and all tools, jigs, fixtures, etc., were packed away in storage.
Owing to labor conditions it was deemed inadvisable to resume operations until August, 1921, when a new company known as the Marlin Firearms Corporation was formed. In the meantime, the Marlin organization had dispersed, many of the men entering other lines of business.
The new company was started by two men only, one of them the former sales manager of the old Marlin business. The corporation acquired the plant, patents, good-will, tools, fixtures, gages, machinery, etc., of both the Marlin firearms business and the Hopkins & Allen arms business, of Norwich, Conn.
The first step was to arrange for Marlin organization foremen to return to the Marlin plant. Practically all of these men had worked in the plant for years, ranging in service from 15 to 38 years, and they were glad of the opportunity to return to their old positions. The services of some of these men were highly valuable, as a number of them had supervised the packing away of the tools and gages. They were all at once put to work assorting and cataloging the tools for convenient handling. At the same time the engineering department was at work improving the design of some models.
As soon as possible after the commencement of operations, the tool, die and gage department was set up and a force of tool makers put to work, making tools for redesigned models, repairing old tools which needed it and replacing those which had been lost or mislaid.
The next step was to set up the manufacturing department. As the original Marlin plant grew, the various departments were laid out, as is usually the case, wherever space was available. In the resumption of operations the reorganization of all departments permitted the grouping together of those parts of the work of manufacture which were closely associated and the routing of the work through the plant so that the parts in process at no time double back upon their trail, thus permitting the most economical manufacturing layout. Loyalty of former salesmen was also exhibited in that the new corporation was able to recall many former representatives to its service.
The remarkable strides made in getting production into working order is no doubt largely attributable to the systematized method of routing materials through the shop and checking each piece and each operation.
146501
Each job is originated in the production or planning office, a different colored card being used to indicate different models. The card is perforated in the middle, the upper half showing production order number, the piece number, machine operation number, etc. The lower half is a move ticket for the piece to the next operation, this part of the ticket showing the number of pieces delivered to machine, number lost, number spoiled and number passed by inspector. These cards when issued by the production department go to the shop which is to perform the operation, where the foreman inserts the number of the machine on which it is to be handled and places the card in a rack provided for the purpose. This rack consists of two parts bearing the numbers of machines in the department; the inactive part of the rack shows jobs waiting for machines and the active part of the rack shows jobs in process. When there is no work for any particular machine, a green card is inserted in the rack opposite the number of that machine. A blue ticket in the rack opposite any machine number indicates that the machine is to be set up and tooled for a special rush job and held, regardless of any other job waiting for the machine. Operators' production tickets, which are used in conjunction with the operation ticket, are carried in the racks bearing the operators' clock numbers.
When the job is completed the lower half of the card goes to the next department to notify that foreman that the work is coming through to his department. The work is handled in counting trays to facilitate checking of finished pieces. After the move ticket has been checked by the next department, it is returned to be clipped to the operation half of the ticket and forwarded to the production office and accounting department.