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Bailey Fluidics

Automation Center

Appoints C.E. Lane

C.E. Lane

C.E. Lane has been appointed system manager at Bailey Meter

Company's Fluidics Automation

Center, Chardon, Ohio. He will plan and coordinate technical schedules and financial perform- ance on complex contracts in- volving fluidic logic systems and associated instrumentation and control.

Since joining Bailey in 1957, Mr.

Lane has acquired an extensive background in marine and burner control applications. He has held many positions from field sales and service engineer to his most previous position, senior applica- tions engineer for the Bailey Flu- idic Automation Center.

Mr. Lane holds a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from

Clarkson College and is a mem- ber of Pi Tau Sigma, Pi Delta

Epsilon, Phalanx, Sigma Delta and

A.S.M.E.

The Bailey Fluidics Automation

Center manufactures digital fluidic systems and components.

Dearborn-Storm Gets

Approval In Principle

For Title XI Insurance

The application of Dearborn-

Storm Corporation for Title XI mortgage insurance in connection with the conversion of the 10,350- gt drilling platform Coastal Spar- tan into a drilling ship has been approved in principle by the Mari- time Administration. The company plans to use the converted vessel for worldwide exploration of hy- drocarbons.

Union Barge Line

Orders Heavy Duty

Barges From Dravo

Two heavy-duty deck barges capable of carrying concentrated loads of up to 10 tons per square foot have been ordered by Union

Barge Line Corporation, Pitts- burgh, Pa., a subsidiary of Dravo

Corporation.

The vessels, under construction at Dravo's Neville Island boat yard near Pittsburgh, will be used by

Union for movement of extra- heavy, oversized loads such as nu- clear reactor components, frac- tionating towers, and other types of large equipment.

The 200-foot long, 50-foot wide, 13-foot deep semi-integrated barges will be designed for both ocean and river use. In addition to its

June 1, 1971 operation on the Ohio-Mississippi

River System, Union offers com- mon carrier service across the Gulf of Mexico to and from Tampa, Fla.

Heavy deck plate and special in- ternal bracing with bulkheads and trusses will give the barges their unusual load bearing capability.

Decks will be fabricated of %-inch steel plate, twice as thick as nor- mal deck plate. Internally, the barges will be divided into a num- ber of compartments for additional load bearing strength. Decks of both barges will be virtually flat to facilitate loading and unloading of outsized cargoes. Special in- ternal compartment design will permit flexibility in ballasting for all types of loading and off-loading situations.

Both barges are scheduled for delivery to Union late this sum- mer.

Gannet Freighting

Moves N.Y. Office

Gannet Freighting Inc. has moved to 39 Broadway, New York, N.Y.

General agents for Tokyo Ship- ping Co., Ltd., Nakamura Steam- ship Co., Ltd., "Epiphaniades"

Maritime, Ltd. and Korea United

Lines, Inc., the company will con- tinue to be reached at BOwling

Green 9-3488.

How Super Bearing uplifted the digestion of Jon O'Ramsky

MORAL: BJ Super Bearing is like a dream come true and lets p.a.'s worry about more important things.

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Slowly coming out of his dream world, O'Ramsky telephoned his order for the correct sizes and models for every boat in the line.

Today, he still doesn't eat much lunch, but he sure has lots more fun worrying about his new lecherous love life.

BJ Marine Products, P.O.

Box 2709 Terminal Annex,

Los Angeles, California 90054, Telephone (213) 583-1811/P. O. Box 888,

Keokuk, Iowa 52632,

Telephone (319) 524-8430.

Once upon a time, there was this eraser-chewing persnickety purchasing agent who worked for an aggressive boat builder.

Jon O'Ramsky worried so much he couldn't even eat lunch.

His biggest hang-up, believe it or not, was water-lubricated shaft bearings. He had it figured this way. Why build a beauty of a boat and then goof it by taking the chance on an inferior bearing?

One particularly nervous noon hour, young

O'Ramsky oozed into a very satisfying stupor, caused by swallowing too many pencil erasers. bearing. And the special open-grooved design helped the lubricating water whisk away those nasty little gnawing particles.

It came in over 225 standard and flanged models, with sleeves of naval brass, stainless steel, aluminum or reinforced phenolic resin.

Plus bearing staves.

And to top it all off, delivery and availability were just short of stupendous.

This was Super Bearing, the purchasing-agent-pleasing creation of BJ Marine Products (and the Great Engineers of

Borg-Warner).

Slouched over the morning's confirmation memos, he had a beautiful dream about a p.a.'s dream of a bearing.

Its great claim to fame came from a rare combination of specially compounded rugged rubber tenaciously bonded to a sturdy sleeve.

The rubber liner gave in to grit and gunk that got between shaft and