Petin et Gaudet
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Petin, Gaudet et Cie. of Rive de Gier.
Previously Jackson, Petin, Gaudet et Cie.
1868 Description of rolling mill for cruciform sections. Designed by Hippolyte U. Petin and Jean Marie Gaudet.[2]
'Visitors to the Paris Exhibition of 1867, will remember a rolled beam of extraordinary dimensions, exhibited by Messrs. Petin, Gaudet, & Co. It measured 1 metre (39⅜ in.) in depth, 10 metres (33 ft.) in length, and weighed 2,500 kilos (2½ tons). This beam, instead of being made in the usual way, was subjected to the pressure of 4 rollers, by which process the quality of the iron in the flanges was preserved, as well as that in the web.'[3]
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- ↑ Engineering 1868/02/07
- ↑ Engineering 1868/02/07 p.118
- ↑ [1] 'Works in Iron: Bridge and Roof Structures' by Ewing Matheson of Andrew Handyside and Son, 1873, p.171