March 12, 2018 at 5:25 p.m.
Retrospect: Forge school was in session
Retrospect
Retrospect: Forge school was in session
School was in session 35 years ago this week at Teledyne Portland Forge.
The Portland College of Forging Knowledge was holding its fourth two-day session after being formed the previous spring. It was the only one of its kind in the United States according to Robert H. Read, who was president of Portland Forge at the time.
The college was created because information, which was important to designers, buyers and users of metal products, was previously not widely available, Read said. It was modeled after a customer education program that was held several years before at The Jay Garment Company in Portland.
Students learned the process of making a forging, including studying a drawing of a part that was requested by a customer, designing dies for the part based upon the type of steel being used and the number and shape of the part and forging the part.
Instructors at the college were Portland Forge employees, including Fred DeHoff, product engineering manager; Robert K. Snyder, vice-president of manufacturing and engineering; Robert H. McCreery, vice-president of metallurgy and raw materials; Mike McKee, customer service supervisor and sales estimator; Francis Jenney, chief design estimator; Larry Bubp, manager of manufacturing; Andrew J. Reitz, production manager; James Weaver, quality control consultant; and George Drabing, forging, engineering and management consultant for Portland Forge and the Forging Industry Association.
J. Gordon Meeker was the college dean.
Students in the March 1983 class included representatives from Mack Trucks in Hagerstown, Pennsylvania, Rockwell International in Allegan, Michigan, Warner Gear in Muncie; a graphic artist from Minster, Ohio, and longtime Forge employee Lola Joy, who was also assistant dean of the college.
An exam was given at the end of the session and one of the requirements was knowing the Portland College of Forging Knowledge motto, which was: “Pro Qualitate et Vitalitate, Fabrica, id!,” which means “For quality and vitality, forge it!”
The Portland College of Forging Knowledge was holding its fourth two-day session after being formed the previous spring. It was the only one of its kind in the United States according to Robert H. Read, who was president of Portland Forge at the time.
The college was created because information, which was important to designers, buyers and users of metal products, was previously not widely available, Read said. It was modeled after a customer education program that was held several years before at The Jay Garment Company in Portland.
Students learned the process of making a forging, including studying a drawing of a part that was requested by a customer, designing dies for the part based upon the type of steel being used and the number and shape of the part and forging the part.
Instructors at the college were Portland Forge employees, including Fred DeHoff, product engineering manager; Robert K. Snyder, vice-president of manufacturing and engineering; Robert H. McCreery, vice-president of metallurgy and raw materials; Mike McKee, customer service supervisor and sales estimator; Francis Jenney, chief design estimator; Larry Bubp, manager of manufacturing; Andrew J. Reitz, production manager; James Weaver, quality control consultant; and George Drabing, forging, engineering and management consultant for Portland Forge and the Forging Industry Association.
J. Gordon Meeker was the college dean.
Students in the March 1983 class included representatives from Mack Trucks in Hagerstown, Pennsylvania, Rockwell International in Allegan, Michigan, Warner Gear in Muncie; a graphic artist from Minster, Ohio, and longtime Forge employee Lola Joy, who was also assistant dean of the college.
An exam was given at the end of the session and one of the requirements was knowing the Portland College of Forging Knowledge motto, which was: “Pro Qualitate et Vitalitate, Fabrica, id!,” which means “For quality and vitality, forge it!”
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