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Free Full-Color Bulletin

On AQP Spiral Wire Hose

Offered By Aeroquip

Aeroquip's three AQP® spiral wire hose styles are featured in the company's new U.S. Industrial

Group Bulletin 2064 entitled, "Tough Hose for the Toughest

Jobs."

Particularly suited for use on

Recognized for decades as expert in synchro and servo engi- neering, Hensohel now leads in the development of solid-state instru- mentation for shipboard use. heavy equipment in construction, mining, logging, transportation and in-plant conditions, Aeroquip AQP spiral hose styles include: FC323 hose featuring standard crimped fit- tings for sizes —12 through —24 and internal skive/wire trap crimped fittings for all sizes. Maxi- mum operating pressure of 3,000 psi in all sizes; FC324 hose with reus- able fittings for —08 size and stan- dard crimped fittings for —12 and

A UNIT QF GENERAL SIGNAL — 16 sizes. Maximum operating pressure of 4,000 psi in all sizes; and

FC325 hose available with internal

Skive/wire trap crimped fittings for all sizes. Maximum operating pres- sure of 5,000 psi in all sizes.

Featuring a four-spiral wire rein- forcement, Aeroquip patented AQP elastomer tube and an abrasion re- sistant blue cover, Aeroquip AQP spiral wire hose has a — 40° F to 300°F temperature range. The firm's AQP spiral hose is compatible with phosphate ester base and pe- troleum base hydraulic fluids, plus hundreds of other fluids, including acids and solvents.

During laboratory testing, Aero- quip AQP spiral wire hose lasted six times longer than SAE 100R12 spi- ral hose in side-by-side abrasion testing, according to the company.

And when tested under demanding impulse conditions, it lasted twice as long as the SAE 100R12 test spec- ification.

The Aeroquip bulletin contains complete information on the com- pany's spiral wire hose styles, as well as configuration charts and assem- bly equipment. For your free copy of the bulletin,

Circle 98 on Reader Service Card $3.5-Million Navy Contract

To Sargent Industries

From Ships Parts Center

Sargent Industries Incorporated,

Huntington Park Division, Hun- tington Park, Calif., is being issued a $3,500,000 delivery order for 76 line items in support of the overhaul of second flight SSN-688 class sub- marines. Work will be performed in

Huntington Park, and is expected to be completed March 28, 1988. The

Navy Ships Parts Control Center,

Mechanicsburg, Pa., is the contract- ing activity (N00104-85-G-A033).

PRMMI Names Four To

Key Sales Positions

Gerald P. Toomey, president of

Puerto Rico Marine Management

Inc. (PRMMI) of Edison, N.J., e privately owned management com pany that serves as agent for Nav- ieras de Puerto Rico, has announced four key sales appointments.

J.D. Plemmons has been named manager for the Carolinas, which includes responsibility for the

Charleston and Charlotte offices.

Prior to joining PRMMI he was with Pilot Freight Carriers in traffic and sales, Johnson Motor Lines in traffic, Sea-Land as sales manager and terminal manager, and United

States Lines as sales manager and operations manager.

Wayne E. Harrington has been appointed New England regional sales manager. He was previously

Northeast regional sales manager for Barber Steamship Lines, assist- ant vice president of Siemers

Steamship Agency, Inc., and sales manager for Peabody & Lane, all of

Boston, and sales representative for

Sea-Land Service in Baltimore.

John B. Chester has been named sales representative in the

Charlotte office. He previously served as vice president of Carib- bean Freight Service in Charlotte, and as manager of Johnson Ship- ping Agency in Miami.

G. Gregory Pagan is now sales representative in the New Orleans office. He served as operations su- pervisor with PRMMI prior to this appointment. Before that he was production manager and art direc- tor for the Baton Rouge Business

Report.

Ship Control & Interior Communication

Equipment and Systems

Hensohel Corporation, a unit of General Signal, is a leader in the design, development and manu- facture of ship control and interior communication equipment and systems for both commercial and naval ships. For over sixty years

Hensohel has supplied reliable equipment meeting the unique demands of the marine environment.

Our latest products use the special capabilities of microprocessors to full advantage.

Contact us for detailed product information and data. We welcome inquiries concerning new applications.

Hensohel has a unique capability to design and develop marine pro- ducts. Send us your system require- ments needing a creative engineer- ing solution.

Some typical Hensohel equip- ment for commercial ships is illus- trated below.

Engine Order Telegraphs

Whistle Timers

Navigation

Light Panels

Audible Signals V,

Sound Powered

Telephone

Systems

Shaft Speed —

Indicator

Systems

Digital Master Clock Systems

Engineer's Alarm Panels

Fire Alarm

Systems

Rudder Angle Systems

J N I T OF GENERAL SIGNAL

HENSCHEL 9 Hoyt Drive

P.O. Box 30

Newburyport, MA 01950 (617) 462-2400 Telex: (RCA) 294074

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