![]() ![]() Wachs enjoyed phenomenal growth in the fifties. It offered field machinists unparalleled ease of setup, rugged reliability and the adaptability to handle most pipe and vessel diameters. The most versatile machine of its kind, the Wachs Trav-L-Cutter is used in every corner of the globe. Utilizing a rotating milling cutter, it produced perfect weld preps in minutes. It stunned the pipe cutting industry with its breakthrough design, driving itself around the pipe while simultaneously cutting and beveling. Realizing the need to safely cut natural gas transmission lines without the torching (heat) process then common, Wachs perfected a unique, cold cutting pipe machine that minimized the danger of explosion. In 1949 came the invention that would revolutionize industrial piping procedures. The postwar years saw a dramatic upswing in gas equipment manufacturing, with vastly increased sales to Chicago area gas suppliers Peoples Gas and Northern Illinois Gas. Wachs purchased the valve division of National Machine Works and with it their manufacturing and gas plant equipment line. The contacts made during this period would propel the company in later years into natural gas and water utility products. The conflict of the 1940s found the company engaged as a primary subcontractor to the Crane Company, involved in defense work for the Navy Valve Program. In the 1930's, as the Great Depression deepened, Wachs survived on jobbing work and machine repairs. The roaring 20s saw Wachs prosper, and by 1929 the company had grown to be one of the prime suppliers of machined components for sound movie projectors to the Western Electric Company. Branching out from steam engines and coal mining equipment, in 1917 Wachs designed and built a line of hand screw machines that firmly established the company in the machine tool industry. Lasting for over 65 years, this established a pattern of building long term relationships that Wachs prides itself upon.īusiness growth dictated another move in 1916 to a larger Chicago facility on Dayton Street, built to handle the needs of heavy machinery manufacturing. Sunday does look to be the drier of the two weekend days right now.As the new century dawned, Wachs diversified by manufacturing a line of coal mining machinery used in the sizing of coal for the Chicago firm of Roberts & Schaffer. It’s something to at least pay attention to. Hail and stronger winds are the main threats to watch for. Perhaps better chances towards the north and northeast of Kansas City. The Storm Prediction Center is watching this potential locally, although I’m not sold at this point for the metro at least. If we manage to really heat up (90 degrees or so) and get the juicy dew points in place, we could be set up for stronger or severe storms. Too many debris clouds, less instability, weird outflows could partly play a role in what happens and where. How that complex potentially alters the atmosphere around us that day will affect our later day chances of storms, and the potential strength of said storms. Some scattered activity is possible as an expected complex of storms moves through the Plains towards the I-80 corridor. The next chance will come early Saturday and is tentative. ![]() It’s also the end stages of the second-wettest month of the year as well after May. While areas northwest of Interstate 35 in the metro aren’t that bad, during this time of the year with the intense sunshine and the long daylight hours, we go through soil moisture quickly. It’s just not possible in some venues to get people out of the venue to the relative safety of cars in less than 10 minutes.Įxpect lots of lawsuits from this one storm there. ![]() A Severe Thunderstorm Warning was issued about 10 minutes before hand, but this storm was producing copious lightning as it approached, regardless of the hail production. The speed of those falling hailstones isn’t totally known, but estimates range from 50-75 mph a piece and there were thousands of them falling.Ī bad situation that will have repercussions for outdoor concert venues not only there, but perhaps in other parts of the country as well. Some who were struck were bleeding, many have welts and lumps from the falling hailstones. At least several dozen injuries treated on scene, with 7… /wPZhrmLNIQ- IEMBot BOU June 22, 2023 *** 90 INJ *** Numerous reports of ping pong to 2 inch diameter hail in Red Rocks park. At 9:26 PM MDT, Red Rocks Park Public reports Hail of egg size (E2.00 inch). ![]()
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