--- title: Fuel Economy in the Foundry - Hints to Foremen for Saving Fuel - Save Fuel for Battle! url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/fuel-economy-in-the-foundry-save-fuel-for-battle-1942/ description: A text-heavy instruction sheet gives foremen five working rules and a maintenance schedule for foundry furnaces under the headline 'Fuel Economy section: Collection --- 1. [Home](https://propagandaarchive.org/) 2. [Collection](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/) 3. Fuel Economy in the Foundry - Hints to Foremen for Saving Fuel - Save [![Fuel Economy in the Foundry - Hints to Foremen for Saving Fuel - Save Fuel for Battle!, 1942 UK poster: A text-heavy](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/fuel-economy-in-the-foundry-save-fuel-for-battle-1942.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/fuel-economy-in-the-foundry-save-fuel-for-battle-1942.jpg) # Fuel Economy in the Foundry - Hints to Foremen for Saving Fuel - Save Fuel for Battle! A text-heavy instruction sheet gives foremen five working rules and a maintenance schedule for foundry furnaces under the headline 'Fuel Economy in the Foundry'. Only the closing line, 'Save Fuel for Battle!', ties the routine to the fighting, which is the transfer tell; the rest is technical guidance. ## Propaganda techniques used in this poster [Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/) ## Text on the object Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked ``` FUEL ECONOMY IN THE FOUNDRY Hints to Foremen for saving Fuel A WORKING Plan to work the furnaces at high efficiency. Thus- 1 Run the smallest number of furnaces which will keep pace with moulding. 2 Have enough moulds made at a time to use a full pot of metal at each pouring. 3 Avoid short runs of different metals. 4 If possible work men in shifts to avoid cooling and reheating furnaces. 5 Help the men to keep their rules. B MAINTENANCE Make a definite routine of maintenance. Don't wait for something to go wrong before taking any action. The schedule gives periods for normal conditions. Under special conditions more frequent attention will be necessary. MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE ITEM | EACH DAY | EACH WEEK | EVERY FOUR MONTHS Flues | | Rake out dust. | Examine for air leaks and repair. Linings | | Examine and check with template for wear. Patch where necessary. | Remake the entire lining. Grate | | See that furnace bottom ironwork is in good condition. See that proper number of bars are in place. | Examine thoroughly. Check clearance and straightness of bars. Covers | | Keep these an airtight fit. | Renew where necessary. Ash Pit Open type | | Clean pit. Removable trays are a help. | Examine trays. Check space below grate. Ash Pit Individual or divided type | Clean each section in use. | | SAVE FUEL FOR BATTLE! Printed for H.M. Stationery Office by Wm. Brown & Co., Ltd., London, E.C.3.-51-4509 ``` [← Enemy Ears Are Listening (OWI Poster No. 5)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/enemy-ears-are-listening-owi-5-1942/) ['He's coming south. It's fight, work or perish' (Australian Department of Information) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/hes-coming-south-australia-1942/) ## More propaganda examples that use the same techniques - [Fragments of the Abydos king list from Ramesses II's temple, in the British Museum: rows of royal cartouches](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/abydos-king-list-ramesses-ii-temple-british-museum/) (New Kingdom Egypt · 0000 · Card stacking, Transfer) - [Clay cylinder with the Ehulhul inscription of Nabonidus, king of Babylon, describing work on three temples](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/cylinder-nabonidus-ehulhul-inscription-555bce/) (Neo Babylonian Empire · 0000 · Transfer) - [Seated limestone statue of Hatshepsut as king, with feminine royal titles on the throne, reassembled from fragments broken up at Deir el-Bahri](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/hatshepsut-seated-statue-limestone-met-1458bce/) (New Kingdom Egypt · 0000 · Transfer, Testimonial) - [Glazed-brick panel with a striding lion, from Babylon (reign of Nebuchadnezzar II)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/ishtar-gate-panel-striding-lion-nebuchadnezzar-ii-604bce/) (Neo Babylonian Empire · 0000 · Transfer) - [Limestone relief block of Ramesses II wearing the White Crown, a jubilee relief from his temple at Herakleopolis](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/jubilee-relief-ramesses-ii-herakleopolis-met-05-4-256/) (New Kingdom Egypt · 0000 · Transfer) - [Line drawing of the Great Kadesh battle relief on the walls of the Ramesseum, from Breasted's History of Egypt](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/kadesh-relief-ramesseum-breasted-drawing-1275bce/) (New Kingdom Egypt · 0000 · Card stacking, Transfer). 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