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Solar Names Uriarte

Regional Manager

For Latin America

Luis A. Uriarte

Luis A. Uriarte, formerly Solar's district sales manager for gas tur- bines at San Francisco, has been transferred to the International

Harvester Export Company and named regional manager for Solar turbomachinery products in Latin

America.

Mr. Uriarte will be responsible for sales of Solar gas turbines in

Mexico and throughout Central

America and South America, which comprises one of the fastest grow- ing markets for equipment manu- factured by the San Diego based division of International Harvester

Company.

A native of Havana, Cuba, Mr.

Uriarte was awarded a bachelor of mechanical engineering degree by

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1962. He earned a master's degree in business administration from the

University of San Francisco in 1968, one year after joining Solar as a senior sales engineer. He was promoted to district manager in 1970.

Prior to joining Solar, Mr. Uri- arte was associated with Bechtel

Corporation at San Francisco and with the Foster Wheeler Corpora- tion, Livingston, N.J.

Solar has built approximately 9,000 gas turbine power packages for customers on all continents save Antarctica. These units, avail- able in outputs from 80 to 3,300 horsepower, have accumulated more than 23-million operating hours in widely varying environ- ments.

Report Available

On Satellite Services

For Maritime Industry

Robert Berry, chairman of Auto- mated Marine International, Santa

Ana, Calif., has announced the com- pletion of a two-year project de- voted to the study of maritime satellite services. The project as- sesses the maritime industry's probable long-term satellite com- munication needs and offers indus- try management, technical and eco- nomic planning data related to satellite systems and services, in- cluding shore station and shipboard equipment requirements. This data will aid industry in making a deci- sion of whether to implement such services and, if so. when and how.

Automated Marine International has performed numerous studies

November 15, 1971 for Government agencies and other organizations uniquely qualifying them in this field. A condensation of the detailed report in the form of an Executive Synopsis was in- cluded in the general report. This report was sponsored -by Standard

Oil of New Jersey, Esso Interna- tional, Humble Oil and Refining

Company, Sea Land Services

S.S. Company, Chevron Shipping,

Standard Oil Company of Cali- fornia, British Petroleum Tanker

Company and Shell International

Marine Ltd. for IMSCO.

The report entitled "Maritime

Satellites—Technical and Econom- ic Planning Report, Executive

Synopsis" will now be made avail- able to all maritime engineers, ar- chitects, executives and other inter- ested parties throughout the world.

The price will be $30 in the U.S. and $35 for foreign countries. Barry

Mendoza, project manager, said: "This program is the first major systems engineering study effort sponsored by and participated in by the ultimate users themselves.

As a result, it answers the ques- tions that they need to know. This fact has already made the Execu- tive Synopsis a 'must' document for every maritime planner and de- signer."

Bound copies may be purchased from Automated Marine Interna- tional, 1652 Kaiser, Santa Ana,

Calif. 92627.

Proper inspection...a key to good wire rope service. "Knowing where to look for signs of wear is vital in getting the best possible service from your wire rope," says Del Buck, USS TIGER BRAND Wire

Rope Specialist. "This is especially true when equipment design, weather, terrain, or other factors, result in rope oper- ating conditions which vary from those which would give optimum service life," Del continues.

Even though such conditions may result in faster wire rope wear, satisfactory and safe service can be obtained through a program of regular and thorough inspection, concentrating on those points where wear is most likely to occur. For instance, if operating con- ditions require over-winding multiple layers on the drum, examine the crossover points at each succeed- ing layer. Inspection at regular intervals indicates the rate of wear, and enables you to relocate the wear points by shifting the rope, or replacing it if necessary.

Wherever you are, let your TIGER BRAND Spe- cialists advise you in establishing your program of regular inspection and maintenance...and service all your wire rope requirements. Contact your TIGER

BRAND Wire Rope Distributor for a copy of "Longer

Life From Your Wire Rope" or write United States

Steel, Box 86, (USS 7336), Pittsburgh, Pa. 15230.

USS and TIGER BRAND are registered trademarks. (USS) Tiger Brand Wire Rope 41