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GE And Breda To Build

Steam Turbines In Italy

The General Electric Company and Breda

Termomeccanica E Locomotive S.p.A. (Bre- da), Milan, have entered into a manufacturing associate agreement for the production in Italy of geared marine steam turbines. David S.

Bennett, general manager of GE's marine tur- bine and gear department, with headquarters in Lynn, Mass., and Luigi Mariani, managing director of Breda, announced the signing of the agreement under which Breda will build marine steam turbines and gears to General

Electric designs in Italy.

Mr. Bennett said the agreement was made to meet the increasing demand for marine steam propulsion equipment throughout the world. He pointed out that most of the super- tankers and large containerships now being built, or on order, will be propelled by geared marine steam turbines. Mr. Bennett also in- dicated that the agreement should prove equal- ly beneficial to both Breda and General Elec- tric, particularly in view of the rapid growth rate for liquefied natural gas carriers.

This is the seventh manufacturing agree- ment General Electric's marine turbine and gear department has established with overseas firms. Under these agreements, GE manufac- tures the rotating parts of the marine steam turbine, including the high pressure rotor as- sembly and low pressure rotating assembly, and gear rotating parts, while the manufactur- ing associate produces the stationary parts and assembles and tests the completed unit.

Breda is a major Italian manufacturer of mechanical machinery.

SNAME New York Hears Paper

On Throttle Controlled

Steam Propulsion Turbines

Shown above at the Overseas Press Club, left to right, are: Charles W. Wilson, secretary-treasurer of the New

York Metropolitan Section; Warren I. Signed, Section chairman; Dr. Otto J. Geisler, author, and Robert P.

Fulton, member of the Section executive committee.

The New York Metropolitan Section of The

Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engi- neers met on March 25 at the Overseas Press

Club, 54 West 40th Street, New York, N.Y.

At the technical session, which was preced- ed by a social hour, Dr. Otto J. Geisler, Lead- er, Department of Estimating and Develop- ment, Steam Division, Blohm & Voss, A.G.,

Hamburg, Germany, presented a technical pa- per entitled "Throttle Controlled Steam Pro- pulsion Turbines."

The author, in this paper on throttle con- trolled steam turbines, reviews the status of this development and presents for the first time test bed data which is used as an evalua- tion of the concept. The paper presents the advantages as applied to safety, reliability and economy. The tapered spiraled blading design criteria are also discussed.

Copies of the paper may be obtained for $2.50 each by contacting Charles W. Wilson, secretary-treasurer of the New York Section, c/o Babcock & Wilcox Co., 161 East 42nd

Street, New York, N.Y. 10017.

Norton, Lilly Appoints

Thompson And Shipley

Norton, Lilly & Company, Inc., New York,

N.Y. has announced the appointment of H.C.

Thompson Jr. of their New Orleans office as

Gulf general manager, and as president of

Dixie Stevedores, Inc., a subsidiary company.

Mr. Thompson succeeds G. Abaunza Jr., who recently retired.

William F. Shipley has been appointed man- ager of Norton Lilly's Baltimore office. He succeeds Lawrence M. Blume, who has re- tired after 42 years of service with the com- pany.

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