Stories by Vin Zeluff

Electronics, Which Has So Greatly Aided in Speeding Production in Many Industries, is Only Now Beginning To Rid Itself of Its Own Wasteful and Antiquated Assembly Methods. Mechanized Wiring Techniques Promise to Bring True Assembly-Line Methods to the Manufacture of Electronic Equipment of All Types

Microwaves, Having Long Been Publicized as One of Our Greatest Military Tools, Are Now Finding Their Place in Civilian Industry. Here They Are Adding New Techniques to Established Electrostatic Heating Methods, Lending New Speed and Efficiency, Opening New Uses

Overcoming Many of the Limitations of Purely Mechanical Counting Methods, Electronic Devices Can Sort Count, Batch, and Totalize at Speeds as High as 15,000 Units per Minute with Incontestable Accuracy

Eliminating the Human Element, Vacuum Tubes Give Instant and Accurate Evaluation of Dust-Removal Equipment

"Overspray Waste" and "Blisters or Tears" have Long Remained Bugaboos in Industrial Finishing. Electronic Equipment that Sets Up Charges To Draw Paint to Article Now Minimizes Overspray; Similar Devices, Working in Reverse, Remove Excess Paint and Prevent Unsightly Tears

Although an Ancient Art, Textile Making is finding in Electronics a Wealth of New and Better Methods to Produce Flawless Fabrics and Keep Complex Mill Machinery Running Smoothly Without Breakdown

An Electronic Sleuth Probes From Within Metal Tubing to Ferret Out Hidden Corrosion and Other Defects that Might Cause Serious Accidents and Production Losses. Good Tubing is Not Wasted Salvageable Tubing is Clearly Recorded by this Speedy, Non-Destructive Testing

Presaging Fulfillment of the Age-Old Desire to See Through Fog, Smoke and Dark, Come Reports of Infra-Red Beams that Penetrate 600 Feet of Blackness. Quite Simple and Inexpensive, Headlights Without Light, and Eyes that See Heat may Guide Trucks, Buses, and Airliners

Often Hailed as a Cure-All for Commercial Aviation Difficulties, Radar Alone is Insufficient. It Must be Combined With Other Navigational Aids Before its Full Possibilities can be Realized. Several Systems, Surveyed Here, Offer Possibilities for Further Development

Visible Quality Curves Traced on Cathode-Ray Tube Screens Provide Inspection and Testing Equipment that Eliminates the Human Factor. Increased Reliability in Precision Mechanical and Electrical Units May be Obtained by Applying Proved Methods of Electronic Checking

Image Orthicon Tube Has Tremendously Increased Sensitivity, Especially in the Infra-Red. It Points to Perfected Television and to Military Applications in Television-Controlled Pilotless Planes

Temperature Recorder Aids in Accurate Separation of Compounds Whose Boiling Points Are Very Close Together. Another Electronic In- strument Measures the Thickness of Walls of Pipes and Tanks, and Gages Liquids Heights in Vessels Without Access to Their Interiors

Less them the Span of a Single Century Covers the Lifetime of Applied Electricity. From Early Developments in an Obscure Art has Come the Science of Electronics, Taking Over Many Jobs in Industry and Doing Them Better than Ever Before. A Glimpse of the Future

Safety and Consistency of Operations are Two of the Factors of Aviation Which Can be Promoted Rapidly Through the Use of Proved Electronic Devices. Plans of the CAA for Post-War Flying Embrace Radio Equipment that Will Give Aid to Both Commercial and Private Pilots

In Mines and Mills, Electronics Speeds Production, Increases Safety, Improves Quality. Some of the Applications Described Point the Way Toward Even Greater Diversification of the Uses of Electronics

Infinitely Variable Motor Drives, Accurate Timers, Safety and Limit Switches, and Other Electronic Devices Can Improve Production Quality and Lower Costs. Application Can Often be Made to Installed Equipment, Lengthening Service Life and Increasing Output and Efficiency

Second-by-Second Measurements of Gas Content of Air: Constant Supervision of Rate of Flow of Liquid in a Pipeline; and Control of a Specialized Dislillalion System are Only Three Examples of the Possibililies of Electronic Conlrol in Everyday Induslrial Operations

Military Developments Hold Definite Promise for Peace-Time Applications in Both Commercial and Private Flight. Radar Principles can Give Birth 10 Systems that Will Warn of Possible . Collisions Provide Block-Signal Control and in Olher Ways Promote Safety in the Air

Electronic Control Methods have Increased Reliabilily and Speed in Welding. Bringing Precision Operations to the Assembly Line. Factors Governing Quality of Welds Can be Held Automatically Within Predetermined Limits. Magnesium Now Welded Electrically