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New Early-Warning Device

Protects Electric Motors-

Literature Available

Insulation failure is by far the most frequent cause of costly burnouts in marine electrical ma- chinery. While a motor or gen- erator is idle, its coil is under continuous attack by shipboard atmosphere and contaminants. In- sulation resistance eventually drops below safe levels. If the condition is undetected, a burnout results seconds after start-up. Ex- pensive rewinding is required and, when the affected motor is essen- tial and non-redundant, the re- sulting delays can be far more costly.

Marine Safe Electronics of Can- ada, Ltd., is now offering the ma- rine industry an economical al- ternative. The Fail-Safe (patent pending) motor generator protec- tor is an early-warning device that promises to prevent virtu- ally all such burnouts.

Easily mounted in the starter enclosure of motors or on the main switchboard of generators, the device continuously monitors insulation resistance in idle ac equipment. When resistance falls below a preselected level, the Fail-

TELLS ALL. mi-mm saraim mmt:m

One of the main reasons that our

ESZ-4000 is the world's fastest- selling satellite navigator is , because it tells everything you j want to know — without even being asked.

Every detail of where you are and where you're headed is constantly dis- played. Including position, time, speed, heading, and course and distance to any one of nine prestored waypoints.

And with the push of a single button, you can read tne next ten satellite passes and the last six fixes.

THE INSIDE STORY.

Automatic inputs from speed lo; and gyro are standard, not option;

And between satellite fixes, the

ESZ-4000's computer updates your satellite naviga- tor's unmatched reliability, three-year warranty, worldwide shipboard service, ship's position every 10 seconds, using computed set and drift to make sure deaa-reckoned position is as accurate as possible.

The more accurate the navigator, the more miles you'll save. The more time. And fuel. In fact, a large vessel may save the cost of the ESZ-4000 in the course of a single voyage.

No wonder Navidyne has sold more

ESZ-4000s than any other single model on the market.

WAIT THERE'S MORE.

We haven't begun to talk about our

Directorate, graphisches Institut (DHI), and meets all U.S. Coast Guard requirements.

So contact Navidyne Corporation, 11824 Fishing Point Drive, Newport

News, VA 23606 USA. Telephone: (804) 874-4488. Telex: 82-3653 (NAVIDYNE NPNS).

And get the whole story on the way

Navidyne is building the most advanc- fn marine* fifj | D Yftl P

Safe unit, in addition to early- warning alarm, can provide start prevention or start prevention with emergency override.

The device is U.L.-listed and has been approved or accepted worldwide by the U.S. Coast

Guard, American Bureau of Ship- ping, Lloyd's Register of Ship- ping, Det norske Veritas, and

Germanischer Lloyd. It has com- pleted an extensive testing pro- gram on several major vessels, with results meeting or exceed- ing the manufacturer's expecta- tions.

For further information and free literature on the Fail-Safe motor protectors, write to Josh

Lapsker, Dept. M.R., Marine Safe

Electronics of Canada, Ltd., 101

Jardin Drive, Concord (Toronto),

Ontario, Canada L4K 1B6.

Zapata Completes

Acquisition Of Offshore

Marine Limited Of U.K.

Zapata Corporation has said that the previously announced ac- quisition of Offshore Marine Lim- ited from The Cunard Steam-Ship

Company Limited, a Trafalgar

House Limited subsidiary, has been completed.

The acquisition, by Zapata Off- shore Services Limited, Zapata's

U.K. subsidiary, involved 24 off- shore oilfield supply vessels. Za- pata's marine service fleet now totals 75 vessels, which work un- der contract to offshore operators worldwide.

Zapata Corporation is a diversi- fied natural resources company, primarily involved in the devel- opment of energy and proteins.

In addition to marine services, its businesses include offshore drill- ing, oil and gas operations, ship- ping, coal mining; commercial fishing and related processing; and construction and dredging.

Hydraulic Services

Brochure Available

From Fluid-Technology

Fluid-Technology, Inc. of Jack- sonville, Fla. has just published a brochure describing its com- plete air and hydraulic services, and its fluid power designs and products.

The service and repair firm spe- cializes in heavy machinery and marine hydraulics, both commer- cial and naval. It repairs and services steering systems, cap- stans and winch hydraulics, and bow thrusters; and rebuilds con- trol air systems, air compressors, pumps, and motors.

These are just some of the many areas in which Fluid-Tech- nology provides service and re- pair, trouble-shooting, and sys- tems engineering.

For additional information and a copy of the brochure, write to

Rick Johnson, Dept. M.R., Fluid-

Technology, Inc., 10626 Phillips

Highway, Jacksonville, Fla. 32224.

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