Jewel Engineering (Leicester)
JeWeL Engineering (Leicester) Ltd.
1962 Patent to John William Lawrence of Rothley, "Method of and press for the manufacture of drawn sheet goods", assigned to the company.
1963 JeWeL-form hydraulic pressing system; JeWeLite low melting point alloy tool material.
1965 "... Lawrence's process to produce its own mating pair of press tools in an alloy named Jewelite, and is ready within two hours or so to begin pressing Jewelite - a mixture of bismuth, lead, tin and cadmium, has the unusual property of melting at ..."[1]
1965 "Basically it is a 60-ton press which uses Mr. Lawrence's process to produce its own mating pair of press tools in an alloy named Jewelite, and is ready within two hours or so to begin pressing."[2]
1965 Acquired by S. Russell and Sons.[3]
Later part of Group Rhodes
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ Coventry Evening Telegraph 03 March 1965
- ↑ Coventry Evening Telegraph 04 March 1965
- ↑ Automobile Engineer: 1965/07