A survey of the trade in rubber manufactured goods

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Identifikator:: 1848834152

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-240944

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: A survey of the trade in rubber manufactured goods

Place of publication:: London

Publisher:: His Majesty's Stationery Office

Year of publication:: 1930

Scope:: 119 Seiten

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Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: XXVII. Standardisation

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red Jer zes rs, tle in eT .88 aft on Ty ed - 1g, 16 [ | = ne er Tn d al le y le i 4, 8 sT |3 3 r . present time engaged in éstablishing a minimum standard of quality for moulded rubber hot-water bottles. These articles con- tain no fabric re-inforcement and depend entirely upon the strength of the rubber. 127. A Committee of rubber technicians is also conferring with the Technical Co-ordinating Committee on Government Supplies for the purpose of arriving at a specification in regard to types of rubber to be supplied to Government Supply Departments. This technical co-ordinating committee is composed of representatives of the Admiralty, the Air Ministry, the War Office and the General Post Office. It has under consideration the reduction of the varieties of grades of rubber manufactured products to five types. Negotiations are well advanced, and it is hoped that, in the very near future, all United Kingdom Government Supplies will be based on the specification that may be agreed. Steps are also being taken in the direction of standard specifications for rubber proofing in connection with Balloon Fabric, and for rubber flooring. Com- mittees have been formed in connection with ebonite and hard rubber goods, for the purpose of drawing up specifications for (1) rubber employed in panels for wireless, and (2) for hard rubber used for electrical insulating purposes. 128. These attempts at standardisation form a starting point for investigation into the many directions in which a greater uniformity of practice is both possible and desirable. 129. The general question of standardisation of rubber goods has probably received more attention in the United States than elsewhere. The United States Bureau of Standards has standard- ised 71 specifications covering amongst other articles rubber pack- ing, hot water bottles, rubber cement, rubber hose, matting and gloves. 130. The recognition throughout the Empire of common standards and specifications for the same goods would exercise a potent influence on the growth of Inter-Imperial trade, quite pro- bably more important in many cases than preferential tariffs. The subject therefore, difficult though it be, has results far beyond the simplification of factory practice. XXVIIL.—MINIMUM PRICES—STANDARD COSTIN G SYSTEM. 131. Standardisation of articles must almost inevitably lead to the adoption of standard methods of costing. In the absence of accepted standard specifications there is a definite temptation for manufacturers to adjust the proportions of their rubber mixtures to meet the price desired. The existence of a hall mark which would be affixed to articles conforming to agreed standards of quality ‘and price would protect customers against inferior quality. Standard- sation in the United States. Influence of standard- isation on [nter- Imperial trade. Agreed prices for minimum standard qualities

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