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(Continued from page 37) to deliver long, reliable service in a vari- ety of demanding marine applications.

The company's products are centri- figually cast and filament wound, and have proven themselves to be resistant to corrosive saltwater environments.

They also offer a full line of fittings and accessories for each grade of pipe, including hand lay-up fittings.

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Alu-Coated Piston Rings

Withstand Marine Rigors

In order to reduce the running-in time when testing components on its 4T50MX research engine, MAN B&W developed an aluminum-bronze coating for the sliding surface of piston rings.

Aluminum-bronze has shown excellent results as a piston ring coating too, and has consequently been introduced o the company's new engines in order to reduce the running=in time and the cylinder oil consumption. Alu-Coat rings are also offered as an alternative standard for MAN B&W MC type engines already in service. The company reports that the difference in price versus un-coated rings is about 20 percent, a cost that is more than covered in savings from reduced cylinder oil consumption.

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Seasafe Offers Fiberglass

Strut Systems

Seasafe offers a complete selection of non-metallic accessories, fasteners, hangers, pipe clamps and channels in its

Fiberglass Strut and Accessories. Most

Seasafe Strut Products are available in a choice of resins: either vinylester or polyester, and the company offers its staff to help customers with their choice.

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Cost-Saving Coating Approved

A new machinery coating has recently qualified for use aboard Navy ships.

The new coating is comprised of nanos- tructured particles, will allow the Navy to save money by extending the service life of machinery and other assets. The first use of the coating will be as a replacement for hard chrome on a series of submarine components.

The coating was developed under the

Office of Naval Research (ONR) Sci- ence and Technology (S&T) Affordabil- ity Initiative and the DoD Dual Use S&T

Program. The new coating is a nanos- tructured version of a widely used con- ventional alumina-titania ceramic com- posite. It is applied by an environmen- tally safe thermal spray process using existing commercial off-the-shelf equip- ment. Nanostructured materials contain particles or grains that are smaller than 100 billionths of a meter (4 millionths of an inch) in diameter, or 100 nanometers.

Materials with this ultra-fine microstruc- ture exhibit unprecedented mechanical properties. "The mechanical properties of materials begin to change drastically as we reduce grain size into the nanoscale regime," said Dr. Lawrence

Kabacoff, ONR Materials Division pro- gram officer. ftse•

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The RH Model ERIKA divider/rounder enables you to make the finest Rolls and Breads from 1 to 21 ounces by using 4 removeable head assemblies of 36-, 20-, 15- or 7 parts. But if you are just interested in making rolls, a 36-part head with a weight range of 1-4 ounces is all you need.

ERIKA also offers Hand Dividers and fully

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Machines are in use on ships all over the world and meet ETL and ETL/Sanitation standards

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