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Life, August 21, 1944 The first step in making the steel balls for bearings occurs here.  White-hot steel rod feeds out of furnace into a “heading” machine (right) where shears cut it into short cylinders.  These are then shaped into rough spheres by a pair of cup-like dies.  The rough balls tumble into pan set in the floor to catch them.  Worker at left culls out imperfectly formed balls with tongs. 

Life, August 21, 1944

The first step in making the steel balls for bearings occurs here.  White-hot steel rod feeds out of furnace into a “heading” machine (right) where shears cut it into short cylinders.  These are then shaped into rough spheres by a pair of cup-like dies.  The rough balls tumble into pan set in the floor to catch them.  Worker at left culls out imperfectly formed balls with tongs. 

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