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on June 1988A new indicator switch for use with normally closed, miniature airactuated bellows valves is now available from Nupro Company, Willoughby, Ohio. The switch threads into the top of the actuator. It activates when the valve is open, sending an electrical signal to another component such as a
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on June 1988McElroy Machine and Manufacturing Company of Biloxi, Miss., is now offering a free 47-page brochure package on its line of deck machinery. The package includes dimensional drawings and technical data on some of the products within McElroy's manufacturing range such as fishing winches, capst
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on June 1988Electrocatalytic, Inc., has announced the purchase of the Seltech Group businesses including DEM (Dished Electrode Membrane) Cell Process Technology from Steetley Engineering Limited, West Midlands, England. DEM Cell products will be manufactured in Electrocatalytic's plants in Portskewett,
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on June 1988The Waugh Co., Jacksonville, Fla., is offering free color brochures on its Acra-MoldTM Acrylic Head Modules and Rockwool (TNF) Joiner Systems. The Acra-Mold Acrylic Head Module is manufactured by Waugh as a one piece, seamless unit, which is prefabricated to include all plumbing and electri
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on June 1988Diesel Engine & Fabricating Co., Inc. (DEFCO) of Houston, Texas, one of the world's largest precision remanufacturers of GM EMD, Detroit Diesel and Caterpillar engines, has published a free full-color brochure on the products and services offered by the company. DEFCO remanufactured engines
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on June 1988The often time-consuming and costly task of fluid power system troubleshooting can be greatly simplified by using the four "tools" provided by nature: sight, smell, hearing and touch. Aeroquip Bulletin 2027A, a practical, easy-to-read manual for equipment operators or maintenance personnel,
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on June 1988—Literature Available Leslie Controls, Inc., is launching its new Class DLO-1 Series 80 line of diaphragm control valves that provide higher overall flow capacity, size for size and at lower initial cost, than competitive models now on the market. The new Series 80 model is a single- seated
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on June 1988Intertek Services Corporation, with world headquarters in Fairfax, Va., is offering a free, eight-page, full-color brochure on the tasks performed by their registry of 5,000- plus independent contractors. The registry includes expert quality engineers, consultants, inspectors, expediters and
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on June 1988John Biancamano recently joined SPD Technologies as manager- international marketing. In his new position he will be responsible for all international marketing and program development on behalf of SPD's line of military circuit breakers, switchgear and battery monitoring systems. The compa
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on June 1988Soundcoat Company, Inc., of Deer Park, N.Y., has introduced Soundfoam HT, a newly developed sound-absorption material made of a flexible very low density, fireresistant polyimide foam. It provides not only excellent sound absorption but good thermal insulation, as well as being resilient an
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on June 1988Houma Fabricators, a division of L.O.R., Inc., has been awarded a contract for the construction of a 149-foot vehicle-passenger ferry for the State of North Carolina Department of Transportation. The vessel is 42 feet wide with a design draft of 3 feet 6 inches. Scheduled for delivery in Apr
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on May 1988The Port of Portland recently dedicated its $46-million Terminal 2 rehabilitation project as Oregon's State Treasurer Tony Meeker declared the project was "good news for every Oregonian." The rehabilitation project has transformed Terminal 2 into a modern general and breakbulk cargo terminal
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on May 1988Kobelt, manufacturer of high quality marine controls for 25 years, has recently introduced an innovative new two-station, single engine control system for clutch and engine throttle functions. Known as the 2090 Series, it was designed to provide the ultimate in simplicity, durability and per
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on May 1988Ulstein Trading Ltd. A/S of Norway is offering a free color brochure on its high lift rudder, a result of intensive research and several years' experience in ship construction and manufacture of ships' equipment, which provides improved maneuverability and fuel economy. According to the broc
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on May 1988Alfa-Laval, Inc., of Fort Lee, N.J., a world supplier of centrifuges, plate heat exchangers, and watermakers to the chemical, food, mining, marine, power, biotech and numerous other industries, now has available a new eight-page full-color brochure. Titled "Alfa-Laval Service," the publicati
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on May 1988SSPA Maritime Consulting AB of Goteborg, Sweden, has published a four-page color brochure on Roll-Nix, a microcomputer-based system for roll reduction by rudder control. The complete system is controlled by a computer unit with a built-in solid-state rate sensor for independent measurement of
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on May 1988Bird-Johnson Company of Walpole, Mass., has been appointed the exclusive, authorized U.S. service representative for the complete line of marine mechanical engineering products manufactured by Blohm + Voss AG of Hamburg, Federal Republic of Germany. Under the new agreement, Bird-Johnson's serv
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on May 1988The Vineyard Spray, a new 82-foot, 300-passenger, high-speed ferry built by Gladding- Hearn Shipbuilding, the Duclos Corp. of Somerset, Mass., is scheduled to be commissioned this summer by Bay State Cruises and put into service running daily round trips from Boston to Vineyard Haven in Martha
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on May 1988Tim Parker Sr., chairman of the board, and Tim Parker Jr., president of Parker Towing Company, have announced the promotion of Charles A. Haun to senior vice president, operations, and the addition of Edward W. Peterson as vice president, sales. Mr. Haun has been with Parker Towing since Ja
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on May 1988One of the two partners in Silja Line, Effoa-Suomen Hoyrylaiva Oy, has placed an order for a large passenger ship intended for service on the Helsinki-Stockholm route. The vessel is expected to be delivered in the spring of 1990. At the same time the other partner, Johnson Line Ab, ordered a