Ferracute Machine Company (Bridgeton, N.J.)
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The Ferracute Machine Company was formed by inventor Oberlin Smith in Bridgeton, New Jersey in 1863, incorporated in 1877, and ceased operations in 1968. The company specialized in metal forming and cutting presses, originally focused on the tin can industry but later covering the entire range of pressed and stamped metal products. The company was acquired by George E. Bass in 1937 and closed in 1968. The patents and designs were sold to the Fulton Iron Works Company of St. Louis and the firm was liquidated in 1969.
Started by Oberlin Smith; incorporated 1877 to manufacture presses, dies, and other tools.
The Ferracute Machine Company was formed by inventor Oberlin Smith in Bridgeton, New Jersey in 1863, incorporated in 1877, and ceased operations in 1968. This company specialized in metal forming presses.
Initially, Ferracute supplied the makers of tin cans, and by 1891 it offered a full line of machinery for setting up canneries. Ferracute also produced coin presses. A special order of three such presses was installed in the Imperial Chinese mints in 1898 under the direct supervision of Ferracute employee, Henry A. Janvier.
This metal-forming press technology proved vital for stamping out and forming the profusion of lighweight machine parts and consumer goods that came to characterize 20th century industry. Ferracute presses were used to stamp out one-piece pots and pans, as well as parts for bicycles, adding machines, phonographs and automobiles. Orders for presses and dies came from electric companies, Ohio bicycle makers, Eastman Kodak, and the U.S. Mint. Automobile companies such as Cadillac, Chrysler, Ford, Packard and Pierce became substantial customers starting in 1906. Ferracute produced 39 presses for Ford's Highland Park plant in 1910. Ferracute had no in-house sales force but operated through commission agents. Scientific management was implemented at Ferracute by Frederic Parkhurst, a disciple of Frederick W. Taylor, before World War I.
Ferracute was sold to George E. Bass in 1937, and he modernized the plant. During World War II Ferracute supplied the Frankford Arsenal in Philadelphia, which was engaged in the manufacture of shell casings and airplane components. Ferracute also sold large numbers of military presses to Britain and the Soviet Union. After the war the work force was unionized, and the company began producing non-metal forming machines. However, it continued to lose market share, and the plant was closed in 1968. The assets and rights were sold to the Fulton Iron Works of St. Louis.
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Automobile industry and trade
Bending machines
Brakes
Can-forming machinery
Clutches (Machinery)
Coining presses
Cutting machines
Dies (Metal-working)
Drawing (Metal-work)
Drilling and boring
Electric drills
Employee rules
Grinding machines
Hydraulic presses
Industrial engineering
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Lubrication systems
Machine shops
Machine-tool industry
Machine tools
Metal stamping
Metal-work
Metal-working machinery
Metal-working machinery industry
Milling-machines
Mint
Paper containers
Planing-machines
Power presses
Projectiles
Punching machinery
Scales (Weighing instruments)
Scientific management
Stamping (Metal-work)
Stretch forming presses
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Tin cans
Tool and die industry
World War, 1939-1945
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Cumberland County (N.J.)
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Bridgeton (N.J.)
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New Jersey
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Bridgeton (N.J.)
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