Short 1984 Articles
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on April 1984Worthington's redesigned line of general-purpose end-suction pumps, with capacities to 1,500 gpm, is covered in a new brochure. The cast-iron pumps, designated as the D-800 line, are available in 19 sizes, frame-mounted or closecoupled. The pumps are designed for minimum operating and mainte
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on April 1984Raymond International Inc. of Houston has expanded its services to the offshore oil and gas industry by establishing an offshore projects group at the Oakland, Calif., headquarters of Raymond's wholly owned subsidiary, Raymond Kaiser Engineers Inc. The new group will provide engineering and
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on April 1984Roger A. Ficchi, chairman of Maritime Capital, Inc. of San Francisco, has announced that D. Whitney Thornton II has been named president of the company. Maritime Capital is the parent of two ship repair and conversion subsidiaries—SFW Corporation located in San Francisco, and San Diego Iron
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on April 1984W.F. (Bill) Ammentorp has joined Sonat Exploration Company as executive vice president. Mr. Ammentorp will have responsibilities for exploration, land, financial, engineering and corporate planning functions, said Sonat Exploration president Don Leigh. Mr. Ammentorp most recently served as
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on April 1984Amot Controls of Richmond, Calif., has announced the availability of a new family of pressure and temperature sensing switches, the 8250 Series, designed specifically for application on vibrating equipment. These rugged switches have adjustable set points and are constructed with a union tha
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on April 1984The International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation, headquartered in the United Kingdom, has been asked to undertake a study for the U.S. Navy to identify resources for combating oil spills in certain high-risk areas in Europe, it was announced recently by John Archer, managing director o
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on April 1984Two companies based in Bergen, Norway—Norwinch and MTT (Marine Transport Technology) A/S—have developed an electrohydraulic cargo crane, the prototype of which has been demonstrated to a number of ship owners. According to Reidar Rasmussen, sales manager for Norwinch, the new crane has crea
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on April 1984Literature Available Alden Electronics, Inc. of Westboro, Mass., has introduced the Alden/ Metz Marinefax HF antenna for use with its popular line of Marinefax weather chart recorders. The Alden/Metz antenna is a compact passive unit designed spe- cifically for the reception of radiofacsimil
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on April 1984Marine Travelift, Inc. of Sturgeon Bay, Wise., has announced another new model in a continuing program of development of its "Beam Forward" design concept for mobile boat hoists. Latest in the series is the 60BFM model with a lifting capacity of 60 tons. Besides numerous maintenance and eff
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on April 1984The U.S. Navy has awarded a $1,775,000 fixed-price contract to Nationwide Boiler Inc. of Fremont, Calif., for the refurbishment of seven mobile steam plants. The period of performance extends from February 1984 to June 1985. The contract calls for redesign and complete reconditioning of the
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on April 1984Scientists at BP's Research Centre at Sunbury-on-Thames, England, have succeeded in developing a family of new anti-corrosion pigments. These pigments, which have been widely patented, are based on the ion-exchange principle—a radical departure from existing technology. Almost all metal fab
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on April 1984McDermott Shipyard's New Iberia Division recently delivered two 194-foot supply vessels to Tidewater Marine Service, Inc., a subsidiary of Tidewater Inc. The Jan Tide and the Abshire Tide are the seventh and eighth in a series of 10 supply boats being built by Mc- Dermott for Tidewater. The pr
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on April 1984A brochure describing the full range of Kahlenberg airhorns and accessories is available from the Two Rivers, Wise., company. Kahlenberg airhorns are distinctive, powerful signals backed by many years of successful performance. Horn projectors have been scientifically developed for volume,
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on April 1984FMC Corporation's Construction Equipment Group recently introduced two new Link-Belt" lattice boom crawler cranes, the LS-818 and LS-1018, and also unveiled an innovative design in heavy lift attachments. Termed the LS*-918HL, the heavy lift attachment for the existing LS-918 crawler crane i
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on April 1984Rig-A-Lite Company's new product catalog, "Specialists," describes representative products in the firm's broad line of lighting systems, fixtures, controls, and switchgear. The illustrated catalog presents a range of fluorescent, mercury vapor, high-pressure sodium, and incandescent fixtures
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on April 1984Stronger, more reliable wire rope assemblies are provided by a twopart liquid system for socketing wire rope. This pourable, resin socketing system provides elasticity at termination transition points to insure maximum resistance to shock loads. Actual results of dynamic test loads are incl
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on April 1984U.K.-based Elinca Ltd. of Sheffield recently won a major order to install its systems, which control marine fouling and corrosion in ships' seawater systems, on five VLCCs owned by Chevron Shipping Company. The tankers to be protected are the Howard W. Bell, C.W. Kitto, Chevron London, Burna
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on April 1984A general-purpose line of efficient end-suction pumps with capacities to 1,200 gpm is being offered by Worthington through its national network of independent distributors and direct-sales personnel. The cast iron pumps, designated as the D-800 line, are available in 19 sizes, frame-mounted
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on April 1984Louis J. Conti, chairman of the board of Marine Transport Lines, has announced a number of promotions in the operations and financial staffs of the company. Joseph G. Drescher has been appointed vice president-operations. He has been with the company for 14 years, and was previously fleet d
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on April 1984Capt. Arvid Lingaas has been appointed senior vice president for cruise operations for Holland America Line. The announcement was made by Kirk Lanterman, president and chief operating officer of the Seattle-based cruise and travel company. Captain Lingaas will be responsible for all technic