Radio age research, manufacturing, communications, broadcasting, television (1941)

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INSTALLING THE GRID STRl'tTLRE OVER THE FILAMENT (LEFT) IS A PART OF THE TUBE REBUILDING PROCESS; THEN COMES THE PREPARATION OF THE COPPER ANODE TO WHICH THE GLASS BULB IS TO BE SEALED (CENTER), AND THE ACTUAL SEALING (RIGHT) OF BULB AND ANODE. spare failed, the station would have been silenced. In that event, since these were all relatively large sta- tions, hundreds of thousands of American homes would have been deprived of their daily radio pro- grams. Rebuilding is still available and will no doubt continue to be of serv- ice in keeping the airlanes open for the duration. Every time a large tube is rebuilt it puts that much more critical material into the stockpile for use in the manufac- ture of new tubes, both transmit- ting and receiving, for military needs. LOWER RIGHT HELD IN A LATHE, THE MOUNT IS SEALED IN THE BULB-ANODE ASSEMBLY AS ONE OF THE FINAL OPBHtATIONS IN REBUILDING A TUBE. BOTTOM — THE JOB OF REBUILDING THEM COMPLETED. A GROUP OF TUBES ARE MADE READY FOR PACKING AND SHIPPING TO BROADCASTING STATIONS.