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Lykes Officials See Manufacture Of GE

Propulsion Equipment For Sea Barge Clippers

From left, looking at high-pressure turbine, are: W.S. Henry, of the naval architectural firm of J.J. Henry Co., Inc., designers of the sea barge clippers; H.S. Ryder, General

Dynamics Quincy Shipbuilding Division; W.D. Thomas, naval architect; Fred Eisenbieg- ler. General Electric MT&GD marketing; R.S. Campbell, Lykes resident inspector at

Quincy; S.W. Thayer, Lykes vice president engineering; H.F. Oleaga, Lykes engineering, and F.W. Mitchell, of GE's M&DFSO New Orleans office.

Officials of Lykes Bros. Steam- ship Co., Inc., New Orleans, La., toured General Electric's marine turbine and gear department in

Lynn, Mass., recently, where they saw geared marine steam propul- sion equipment taking final shape for three Lykes barge-carrying cargo ships. Accompanying them were representatives of the Quin- cy Division of General Dynamics, which is building the sea barge clippers. Heading the group from

Lykes was vice president of engi- neering S.W. Thayer.

The marine turbine and gear de- partment is supplying the geared steam turbine power plant of 36,- 000 horsepower for each of the three ships. The ships will be cap- able of speeds of 20 knots or bet- ter, and are scheduled to start en- tering service in 1972.

Being built in General Dynamics'

Quincy, Mass., yards, the sea barge clippers are 875 feet long and 106 feet wide. They will carry either 38 fully-loaded barges, or more than 1,800 containers.

General Electric's MST-14 non- reheat type propulsion equipment will power the ships. Some 50 of these proven marine propulsion units are already being supplied by the company. " /-/£ yf?f,fee /y^/^/v

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Members and guests who participated in the program are shown, left to right: Henry A.

Schwartz, chief mechanical engineer of Gear Works, Seattle, who authored and pre- sented a paper entitled "Inspection of Gears for Wear"; Adam Heineman, assistant director, Port of Portland, guest speaker; Paul Diehl, of Diehl and Lundgaard, discussor;

George Salisbury, secretary-treasurer, Pacific Northwest Section, John Cauduro, chair- man Columbia River Area, and Lou D. Chirillo, vice chairman, Pacific Northwest Section.

One of man's oldest inventions loss of power. was the topic of a paper presented to members and guests of the Paci- fic Northwest Section of The So- ciety of Naval Architects and Ma- rine Engineers gathered for their regular meeting on March 26, 1971, in Portland, Ore.

Prior to presenting a paper en- titled "Inspection of Gears for

Wear," Henry A. Schwartz, chief mechanical engineer at Gear

Works, Seattle Division of Mantel

Gear, gave a brief history of gears dating back to 3,000 years B.C., and a showing of various slides depicting primitive gearing ar- rangements.

Mr. Schwartz's paper dealt most- ly with marine gears, noting that they are some of the largest gears made, and operate at tremendous horsepower, both smoothly and whisper-quiet. Defining the word "gear," Mr. Schwartz explained that in reality, a gear is a series of cams, which means it has both rolling and sliding on the surfaces that are in contact. The cam, or involute curve, is expected to give uniform motion with little or no

Concluding his paper, Mr.

Schwartz emphasized the impor- tance of using the proper grade and quantity of lubricant, and liai- son between engineering, manu- facturing, assembly and installa- tion to present a gear box capable of carrying necessary loads for satisfactory service.

Formal discussion by Paul H.

Diehl, of Diehl and Lundgaard, was generally in agreement with

Mr. Schwartz's paper and Mr.

Diehl believed greater attention should be given at time of gear in- spection, stating that once the tooth material has pitted or worn away, it cannot be put back on.

Following the presentation and discussion of the evening's paper,

John Kohler, secretary-treasurer,

Columbia River Area, introduced the evening's guest speaker, Adam

Heineman, assistant director, Port of Portland. Mr. Heineman spoke of a recent merger between the

Port of Portland and the Dock

Commission, to enable better com- petition for current and future business.

SNAME Pacific NW Section Hears Paper

On Inspection Of Gears For Wear marketing plans for the line of ma- rine products, including valves, strainers, ullage plates, and marine equipment related to liquid cargo handling for the marine industry.

Mechanical Marine Company,

Inc. was recently acquired by Hay- ward Manufacturing Company,

Inc. of Elizabeth, N.J., a promi- nent manufacturer of fluid control equipment. Mr. Coleman is also marketing manager for Hayward's industrial products.

Daniel Coleman

Mechanical Marine Company,

Inc. has announced the appoint- ment of Daniel Coleman to the new position of marketing man- ager. He is based at the company plant in Elizabeth, N.J.

Mr. Coleman, a graduate of the

Merchant Marine Academy at

Kings Point, N.Y., brings to this new position more than 20 years of varied industrial sales and mar- keting experience. He will direct

Matson Promotes

Christopher Kane

Matson Navigation Company has promoted Christopher A. Kane to manager of market development for the Hawaii intermodal freight container service, it was announced by Eugene R. Swanson, general sales manager.

Mr. Kane started with Matson in San Francisco in 1966, and later served in Matson's Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. offices. He has been market development rep- resentative at San Francisco head- quarters since September.

Mechanical Marine

Appoints Coleman

Marketing Manager