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ucts, paper products, motor vehicle parts, and other loads within their lifting capacity.

Features of the new E30-40AR trucks include: hydraulically pow- ered steering for easy maneuvering in limited space; front wheel drive for excellent traction and maneu- vering in tight spaces; an electronic control system that provides re- sponsive acceleration, smooth for- ward/reverse directional change and electronic backing by using a single control handle; a choice of a two- stage freelift, or three-stage upright with lift heights up to 225 inches— all three upright configurations are designed to provide optimum opera- tor visibility; operator compartment positioned off-center for improved visibility; a park brake that auto- matically engages when the opera- tor's foot is raised from the pedal or when the operator leaves the vehi- cle; and easy service access through rear and top panels.

Hyster Company's network of in- dustrial truck dealers, with more than 200 locations across the U.S. and Canada, offers these trucks with a variety of flexible financing packages.

INTERCON

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Intercontinental Engineering-

Manufacturing Corporation of Kan- sas City, Mo., (INTERCON) is a diverse engineering and manufac- turing organization with established product lines in marine winches, hoists, custom drives and controls, marine cranes, and dredging ma- chinery.

INTERCON winches are sold and serviced worldwide for towing, mooring, and anchor-handling ap- plications. Ocean tugboat winches range in capacity from 50,000 to 500,000 pounds; single- or multiple- drum configurations are sized for wire ranging from 1-inch to 3-inch diameter. Tug/supply boat winch packages include controlled-drop chain handlers, single-lever anchor drum control, towing pins, and stern rollers.

The company's exclusive water- cooled brakes with solid-state con- trol are proved in handling anchors in ocean depths of more than 2,500 feet. Workboat deck machinery also includes a full line of windlasses and capstans ranging from 10 to 50 hp.

During the past 25 years, INTER-

CON has outfitted many of the world's pipelay and derrick barges with mooring systems, A&R con- stant-tension winches, and powered hose reels. Single line-pull capacity exceeds 900,000 pounds on the heavier winches for semisubmersi- ble mooring service. Electric DC drives of up to 3,000 hp, including power supplies, are a specialty.

Marine cranes for shipboard and dock service are produced in various configurations, with hook capacities ranging up to 200 tons. Current con- tracts include six 36-ton twin cranes for cargo handling on U.S. Navy

Auxiliary Crane Ships (T-ACS).

Manufacturing facilities in Kan- sas City encompass 125,000 square feet dedicated to fabrication, heavy machining, and assembly. Modern

CNC machine tools include new horizontal boring mills with 60-foot travel capacity, 20-foot vertical lathes, and 40-foot planer mills.

Shop and dock cranes with 200-ton capacity allow rail or barge ship- ment of completely assembled prod- ucts. New CAD/CAM systems complement INTERCON's design and manufacturing services for the offshore industry.

ALMON A. JOHNSON

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A family-owned business incorpo- rated in 1942, Almon A. Johnson,

Inc. of Elizabeth, N.J., is well known in the marine industry. The compa- ny specializes in the design and manufacture of automatic towing machines and mooring winches. Its towing machine is said to be the only one on the market with fully automatic features. The company's constant-tension mooring winch is recognized by the industry for its unsurpassed dependability.

Design drawings for these units, as well as for the full line of deck auxiliaries manufactured by the company over the years, are main- tained for the benefit of Johnson customers. A service organization is readily available. The company re- cently serviced a steering gear man- ufactured in 1938 that is still in operation.

The U.S. Navy specified the

Johnson Series 322 automatic tow- ing machine and the Series 400 trac- tion winch for the four ARS-50

Class vessels being built by Peterson

Builders in Sturgeon Bay, Wise.

These Rescue and Salvage Ships will be deployed for a variety of mis- sions, including towing, diving, heavy lift, rescue, and other assis- tance work.

LIEBHERR

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To insure compliance with mod- ern handling and lifting equipment requirements, Liebherr-Werk

Nenzing GesmbH in Austria has been working with cargo-handling companies, shipping lines, and ship- builders in recent years to develop a series of cranes matched to the spe- cific operating requirements of such companies.

During the design stages, particu- lar attention was paid to the full range of applications, ease of main- tenance, and economy and high reli- ability for operation aboard ship.

For river and seagoing ships with a limited, fixed-point height, the crane type BW-S was developed.

Until now, the restricted installa- tion height on such vessels had pro- hibited operation of on-board cranes. The Liebherr BW-S folding crane has an installed height of only 650 mm when folded (stowed).

These cranes are available with lift- ing capacities of 3-15 metric tons, and a radius of up to 49 feet. They have their own drive assembly and can be installed on hatch covers, on side-mounted columns, and inside hatches.

For seagoing ships with a beam of up to about 60 feet, the crane type is designated BW-SM. These loading cranes are of slim, low-height de- sign, and feature a boom that pivots above the cab so that the operator has an unobstructed view of the work area. They have load capaci- ties of 5-35 tons and radii of up to 72 feet. Among the special features of these cranes are their small external dimensions, achieved despite instal- lation of the access ladder inside the tower. Containers spotted around the bottom section of the crane can still be loaded and unloaded in any order.

Crane type B-SM is designed for seagoing ships of all sizes. These cranes feature a tried and tested hydraulic ram luffing system. One of the advantages of this system is positive boom guidance, even at minimum radii. Both standard width and SM versions are avail- able; maximum installed width of the SM version is just under 8 feet.

The lifting capacity of these cranes, installed as single or twin deck cranes, is between 15 and 40 metric tons. Single cranes of SM design are available at up to 80-tons rating, and in the standard width, up to 120 tons. With reduced lifting capacity, these cranes can be oper- ated at a radius of up to 111.5 feet.

An alternative to the B-SM cranes is Liebherr's B-HP versions.

This crane is designed for operation on ships with restricted headroom; overall installed height has been re- duced by altering the boom pivot design. A further advantage of this design is the crane's lower overall center of gravity at any height. Lift- ing capacities and outreach of the cranes in this series are the same as for the B-SM versions.

MacGREGOR-NAVIRE

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Formed following the acquisition of MacGregor International by

Kone Oy, of Finland, which already owned Navire Cargo Gear Interna- tional, this new company is a major force in the area of cargo access equipment and systems.

Both partners have developed nu- merous designs of specialized equip- ment including, in the area of deck machinery, all manner of hatch cov- ers. The range of covers designed vary from units for the largest bulk,

OBO, and ore/oil carriers down to the smallest inland waterway ves- sel.

Recent innovations for folding covers on medium-sized vessels have included the self-engaging auto cleat and the gravity cover.

The self-engaging auto cleat system uses angular interlocks, or wedges, on the cover side/coaming and at the cross joints to form the cleats. It has been incorporated in the "Di- rect Pull," "Foldtite," and "Fold- link" cover designs.

The entry into service of Atlantic

Container Line's container-roll-on/ roll-off (CONRO) vessel Atlantic

Companion also marked the intro- duction of the first full outfit of Mac-

Gregor-Navire's StackCell weather- deck cell guide system. The new ship was built by Kockums for the account of Transatlantic AB, one of the three Swedish partners in the

ACL consortium.

MacGregor-Navire lists the ad- vantages of the new StackCell sys- tem as follows: • Increased number of fully loaded containers that can be loaded in one stack. • Wide flexibility in container stow- ing distribution. • No loose lashing, twist locks, or joining cones required. (continued)

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