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on November 15, 1984—Literature Available Babcock & Wilcox, a McDermott company and a leading supplier to the power industry, and FlightSafety International, a leader in simulator training for both aircraft pilots and ships' officers and engineers, recently announced the formation of a joint venture internation
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on November 15, 1984Scott Watterworth has been named vice president-operations for General Steamship Corporation, Ltd. of San Francisco. His new responsibilities will encompass overall management direction of full cargo vessel operations handled by the company's offices in California, Oregon, and Washington. M
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on November 15, 1984Henry Killian has been named vice president of H.O. Penn's Power Division by the company's president, Robert W. Cleveland Jr. In addition to retaining his present duties as vice president and general manager of the Lift Truck Division, Mr. Killian will assume all responsibility for the day-t
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on November 15, 1984—Literature Available Braden Winch Company of Broken Arrow, Okla., a Division of PACCAR, is now manufacturing and marketing a 12,000-pound planetary hoist with three-motor and four-drum options, called the PD12B. The hoist uses the patented Braden HV80 brake valve, which is essentially a s
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on November 15, 1984—Literature Available The managing director of C. Plath of Hamburg, West Germany, a division of Litton Industries Inc., announced recently that an agreement for close cooperation with Racal Marine Controls Limited has been signed. The combined know-how and expertise of these two highly resp
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on November 15, 1984The headquarters of Western Gear Corporation, a Bucyrus-Erie Company subsidiary that has been situated in Lynwood, Calif., since the early 1940s, has been relocated to South Milwaukee, Wise., in a consolidation move that is expected to ease and speed communications between parent company and
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on November 1984Holmatro Incorporated, USA, a subsidiary of b.v. Holmatro Industrial Equipment of the Netherlands, has available a free color brochure picturing its complete line of hydraulic and mechanical jacks, air tools, hydraulic rescue equipment, hoists, and air bags. The Holmatro U.S. office in Sever
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on November 1984—Literature Available The Coupling Division of SKF Steel, with headquarters in Avon, Conn., has developed the OKF coupling to fulfill the need for a simplified method of connecting a shaft to a flanged prime mover or gearbox output. This coupling connects a cylindrical shaft without taper or
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on November 1984American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has published the first edition of its "Guide for Certification of Thrusters." The Guide provides for the certification of various thruster systems such as main propulsion thrusters, propulsion assist thrusters, athwartship thrusters, and dynamic positioning
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on November 1984—Literature Available Premium Blue, a new premium grade 15W-40 diesel engine lube oil from Cummins Engine Company of Columbus, Ind., is now available in the Southeastern states, company officials reported as they announced a test marketing plan that will result in national distribution of th
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on November 1984The first meeting of the 1984-85 season for The Society of Marine Port Engineers (SMPE) New York, N.Y., Inc. was held at the Union Club in Hoboken, N.J. A good turnout of members and guests heard a presentation titled "Computer Applications for the Marine Port Engineer" by David A. O'Neil, p
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on November 1984James R. Farmer has been promoted to manager of worldwide operations for Sonat Offshore Drilling Inc., according to a recent announcement by company president W.C. O'Malley. Mr. Farmer joined Sonat Offshore in 1966 and was named ad- ministrative manager of operations in 1970. In 1978 he was
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on November 1984Selection of appropriate lubricants for marine equipment is one of the most important steps toward ensuring maximum protection of marine engines and efficient operation of the vessels. To aid in the selection process, Gulf Oil Corporation has published a guide to its complete line of marine
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on November 1984John Crane-Houdaille, Inc. of Morton Grove, 111., offers a new full-color brochure that describes the company's Mechanical Maintenance Training Center (MMTC) and explains its specialized training program. "A maintenance man can save millions of dollars on repairs, replacements, and downtime
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on November 1984Deutsch Metal Components, Los Angeles, Calif., has announced the release of their new detailed Pyplok catalog which contains technical and dimensional information on the mechanically applied pipe connecting system. The catalog illustrates how Pyplok is designed for the shipbuilding and ship
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on November 1984Paul A. King has been promoted to division manager of Sonat Offshore Limited, major operating subsidiary of Sonat Offshore Drilling in the North Sea. He joined Sonat Offshore Drilling in 1976 as a trainee in the North Sea, and was then assigned to the Discoverer Seven Seas deep-water drillsh
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on November 1984Revised Bulletin 104-23, just published by American Standard Inc.'s Heat Transfer Division, Buffalo, N.Y., gives details of small pre-engineered, fixed-tubesheet heat exchangers used for heaters or oil coolers in a wide variety of industrial applications. The bulletin includes details of 57
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on November 1984Samsung Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (SSC) of Koje, South Korea, has published a 24-page full-color brochure describing the company and its shipbuilding facilities and capabilities. Elaborately presented, photographs, drawings, and text describe the up-to-date facilities and equipment of the yard,
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on November 1984Harbormaster of Quincy, Mass., Division of Mathewson Corporation, has available a free eight-page brochure on the Harbormaster® propulsion units produced by the company. Harbormaster deck-mounted and thru-hull mounted propulsion units are illustrated in the publication, with pertinent data
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on November 1984The Power Transmission Division of Western Gear Corporation, Lynwood, Calif., has entered into a license agreement with Rademakers Aandrijvingen, B.V. of Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The agreement gives Western Gear's Power Transmission Division the right to manufacture and sell Rademakers e