Cycle Manufacturers Tube Co
Cycle Manufacturers' Tube Co of 12 Hatton Garden, London, manufacturer of weldless steel tubes for cycles. Factory in Coventry.
1896 Prospectus issued [1]. The company was one of those promoted by E. T. Hooley[2].
1896 Description of a visit to the Coventry works. 'The blanks from which the tubes are made consist of solid cylindrical ingots of steel 20 in. long and 6 in. in diameter. The steel, we are informed, contains 0.25 of carbon. The first process is to bore a 1 1/8-in. hole. This is done in a special horizontal drilling machine of substantial make, and having two heads. The ingot is fixed horizontally in the middle of the machine, and a drill enters from each end, both drills being fed up until they nearly meet half-way, when run back and the other makes the hole right through. .....' The tubes were hot rolled on a mandrel, and then cold drawn (14 draws, with annealing an pickling between each draw). The plant was supplied by Midwinters' Engineering and Cycle Stamping Co[3]
Associated in some way with Coventry Tube and Metal Co Ltd
1900 Annual report in Coventry Archives[4]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Times, Monday, May 04, 1896
- ↑ The affairs of Mr E T Hooley - The Times, 25 July 1898
- ↑ Engineering 1896/12/04
- ↑ National Archives