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Roy L. Sea Joins

Tracor Marine As

Assistant To President

Roy L. Sea

Roy L. Sea has joined Tracor

Marine, Inc., Fort Lauderdale,

Fla., as assistant to Joseph D.

Deal Jr., president. Mr. Sea will be responsible for marketing, business development, corporate planning and special projects.

Richard Gil Named

VP Of Comfort-Mate

Richard Gil has been named vice president of Comfort-Mate.

He will be responsible for the op- eration of the Interior Depart- ment. Mr. Gil has been with Com- fort-Mate for 10 years.

Comfort-Mate is also celebrat- ing its 10th Anniversary. The company started in 1970 manu- facturing deck chairs and has since become one of the largest diversified suppliers of maritime furniture. Comfort-Mate now of- fers a complete line of deck and interior furniture. is temperature-compensated and fully automatic but feedback sig- nals may be overridden in a man- ual operation mode. IMO three- screw pumps give the unit high reliability. An optional alarm is triggered if the unit operates im- properly for more than 2-3 min- utes.

The Delaval fuel oil blending unit can handle Bunker C or oth- er heavy oil at 100-250°F and diesel oil at 50-120°F. Blends can range from 700 to 2500 SSU at blending temperature. The new

IMO Division unit requires 460- volt, 60-Hz, 3-phase current. Pow- er consumption is only 2 kw. The entire blending unit stands 70 inches tall, occupies 40 by 30 inches of deck space and weighs 750 pounds.

Bud Hawks, Transamerica De- laval spokesman, said that while the fuel oil blending unit was de- signed primarily for the marine market, he foresees adoption by shoreside industries wherever small and medium size stationary diesel engines are used.

For more information and free literature on the new IMO oil blending unit,

Write 31 on Reader Service Card

New Shipboard Fuel

Blending Unit From

IMO Pump Division

IMO® Pump Division, Monroe,

N.C., Transamerica Delaval Inc., has developed a unit to blend heavy fuel oil with diesel oil in order to lower power costs of run- ning ship service diesel generator sets and other auxiliary engines.

Normally, the use of blended fuel presents logistics problems and commands a premium bunk- ering fee. With the new Delaval unit, however, any vessel may blend its own fuels onboard and suit the blend to continuously varying combustion conditions.

The new fuel oil blending unit mixes streams of heavy fuel oil and marine diesel oil to produce a blend of desired viscosity. Sig- nals from a full flow viscometer are fed back through solid state circuitry to control the flow of diesel oil, giving a blend which varies between minimum and maximum viscosity limits set by engine room personnel. Within op- erating limits, it is not neces- sary to know the viscosity of the fuels being blended. The system

Avondale's drydock at the Main yard can accommodate any ves- sel that can navigate the Missis- sippi River. Our yard flexibility and efficiency allow for service of all ocean going vessels in- cluding drill rigs up to 215' wide, and of course... all types of inland vessels.

When your needs are yard needs; come to Avondale. The experience counts and you'll get quick turnaround. Quick, efficient and dependable. We feel good about being best.

Avondale Shipyards, Inc.

Marine Repair Division

P.O. Box 50280

New Orleans, Louisiana 70150 (504) 436-5274

A subsidiary of Ogden Corporation.

For the Broad of Beam

December 15, 1980 Write 423 on Reader Service Card 41