1985 Articles
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- Uniden® Offers Three New Electronic Aids page: 122
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on November 1985—Literature Available Uniden Company, Indianapolis, Ind., now has three new electronic aids available. The MC35 marine power hailer, the MC400 chart recorder and the MC300 digital depth indicator. The Uniden MC35 marine power hailer is a powerful, 40-watt hailer with a four-station intercom,
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on November 1985The first in a series of five fleet oilers under construction for the U.S. Navy by Avondale Shipyards, a division of Avondale Industries, Inc., was christened USNS Henry J. Kaiser (T-AO-187) in recent ceremonies at the yard near New Orleans. Named for the late Henry J. Kaiser, founder of Kai
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on November 1985Japan Radio Co., Ltd. (JRC) of Tokyo, Japan, has introduced two new products, the JLR-4000 GPS Navigator, and the GSC-80 ODARS (On- Board Data Automatic Recording System). The GPS/NAVSTAR (Global Positioning System/NAVigation System with Timing and Ranging) system is a completely new system t
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on November 1985The recent launching of the 37-foot tug Max Effort near Virginia Beach represented the culmination of 61/2 years of effort on the part of the boat's creator, Ray Emanuelson, who designed the vessel based on a variety of tugs he saw around the boatyards of Norfolk as a youngster, and constructe
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on November 1985—Literature Available The new Chesterton cartridge mounted single seal meets API 610 requirements and provides the hydrocarbon process industry with an off-the-shelf, high-performance seal with capabilities usually found only in custom seals. The floating throttle bushing has very close cle
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on November 1985Bethlehem Steel Corporation's Sparrows Point shipyard near Baltimore has announced that it will begin work soon on the construction of two oceanographic survey ships (T-AGS) for the U.S. Navy. The recently awarded contract has a value of approximately $130 million for both vessels. The proj
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on November 1985Selecting and installing the right hose or tube assembly requires accurate measurement and identification of ports, threads and connectors, which come in a wide variety of sizes and types. "How to Identify Fluid Connectors," Aeroquip Bulletin 5963, describes the tools and simple methods use
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on November 1985Under severe Arctic operating conditions, a relatively new bearing material has outlasted traditional laminated-phenolic propeller shaft bearings by a ratio of about nine to one. The longer-lasting bearing was made from Thordon XL, an alloy of polymer and synthetic rubber, manufactured by Th
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on November 1985A free, full-color, eight-page brochure on the SIMOS 32 integrated monitoring system is being offered by Siemens AG of West Germany. According to the publication, the SIMOS 32 is a new generation monitoring system and is conceived for operation with unattended machinery spaces. Depending on
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on November 1985Norcontrol Automation AS of Norway has been awarded two major contracts valued at NOK 5.5 million (about $687,000) for the supply of monitoring and control systems aboard twin shuttle tankers now being built at the Fredrikstad, Norway, and Dalian, China, Shipyards for Knutsen Shuttle Tank of
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on November 1985Raytheon Marine Company has introduced a new commercial chartrecording echo sounder with performance features meeting and exceeding IMO depth indicator requirements for ships traveling in international waters. The Raytheon RD-500 Echo Sounder records and prints depth in six ranges from zero
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on November 1985—Literature Available Sperry Corporation's Aerospace & Marine Group's new Satellite Communicator has been granted unrestricted type approval by INMARSAT, following extensive qualification testing as a Standard A, Class I Ship Earth Station. The Sperry Satellite Communicator meets the SATCOM
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on November 1985A full-color "Viewnav® Master Mariner Electronic Chart Navigation System" brochure is available from Navigation Sciences, Inc. of Bethesda, Md. The four-page brochure describes and illustrates the Viewnav system used by operators of pilotboats, ferries, tugboats, and others who need an extra
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on November 1985Vincent R. Almerico Jr. has joined Moss Point Marine, Inc., as vice president, according to John Dane III, president of the Escatawpa, Miss., shipbuilding company- Prior to joining Moss Point Marine, Mr. Almerico had been vice president of engineering and maintenance for Zapata Gulf Marine
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on November 1985Nineteen maritime executives from six countries were elected Members of the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) at the semiannual meeting of the ship classification society held at ABS headquarters in New York City on September 23, 1985. The new Members are: Klaus Ahlers, chairman, Howaldtswer
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on November 1985As the competition increases in the marine design field, more and more engineers, naval architects and design firms are turning to microcomputers to develop a marketing edge. Computer-aided calculations are convenient, consistently accurate and fast. The only problem is finding the right sof
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on November 1985Oerlikon Welding Industries, Houston, Texas, has announced the introduction of a new line of maintenance and repair electrodes designed to cater to the majority of the needs of fabricators. The range consists of two electrodes (Super-Tex and Cryo-Tex) for dissimilar metal welding, two elect
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on November 1985—Free Literature Available The Ingersoll-Rand Company, Charlotte, N.C., recently announced the introduction of the X-FLO steam turbo compressor. Peter Baldwin, vice president and division general manager, Single Stage Product Division, said the steam model is "identical in its revolutionary
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- KHD And MWM Form New Diesel Engine Group page: 102
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on November 1985Literature Available Two major European engine manufacturers, KHD, Klockner-Humboldt- Deutz AG of Cologne, and MWM, Motoren-Werke Mannheim AG of Mannheim, have merged to form Deutz/MWM. The new diesel engine group will offer one of the broadest power ranges of engines in the world. This
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- Hagglund Introduces New Hydraulic Motor page: 101
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on November 1985—Literature Available The Marathon from AB Hagglund & Soner is a new low-speed, high-torque hydraulic motor, originally intended for highly demanding industrial applications, which is considered particularly suitable for many heavy-duty situations in the marine and offshore fields, especiall