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Welded Beam Adds

Custom Tee Shapes

To Product Line

The ability to custom design and manufacture welded steel T-beams, in addition to conventional I- and

H-beams, has recently been an- nounced by Welded Beam Com- pany, Perry, Ohio.

Among other applications, these new welded steel tee shapes are being offered in shipbuilding as stiffeners for reinforcing bulkhead panels, decks, and hulls; railcar frame components; tank trailer circumferential rib stiffeners; and as flange members in open-web bar joists and trusses.

Initial production runs were made for consideration by Ingalls

Shipbuilding Co., Pascagoula,

Miss., and were witnessed by both

Ingalls and U.S. Navy personnel.

The 4x4x1/4 inch tees were fab- ricated from A710 nickel-bearing

HSLA steel and will be utilized as stiffeners in shipbuilding applica- tions. Normal procedure had been to fabricate the tees from sheared and arc-welded plates. The HF welded beams eliminate this costly step.

The new welded T-beams, like the current line of I- and H-beams, are produced continuously from two coiled steel strips on a 500- foot-long welding mill at produc- tion speeds up to 200 FPM. The

WITH TOMORROW and pipelaying, ocean-bottom surveying and undersea seismic research.

The step from collision avoidance to full ship control was a logical and easy one for

Sperry technology. Today, Sperry ship control systems, like Sperry collision avoidance systems, are the most advanced in the world.

Microprocessor-based and widely adaptable, Sperry bridge systems are designed to in- tegrate today with to- morrow. That is, they anticipate your need to have ever-increasing numbers of shipboard func- tions integrated and displayed at one central source. Functions ranging from navi- gation and com- munications to ship control and manage- ment. In all these applications, the value of Sperry marine tech- nology on the bridge shows up clearly on the bottom line-in im- proved fuel economy and safety, and lower operating costs.

NAVIGATING THE FUTURE:

NEW TECHNOLOGIES

AND NEW SYSTEMS.

Besides Sperry's expertise in adapting and advancing ma- rine technologies from one sys- tem application to another, new

Sperry technologies and sys- tems are continually evolving.

Take our devel- opment of baseband radar, for example.

Simply stated, it's a breakthrough in sensing technology.

A technology of the future.

The capability of baseband radar to provide sensing accuracy of ± one foot within a mile dramatically escalates Sperry's ability to provide a new generation of super-sensi- tive systems for precise offshore mooring and navigation in con- fined waterways.

Vessel traffic control is yet an- other area where

Sperry technology is ad- vancing the state-of-the-art, state-of-the-science and state- of-the-system.

Sperry's Vessel Traffic Sys- tems (VTS) for harbor control incorporate advanced technol- ogy in computerization, communication, sensing, sys- tems integration, command, control, display-and you name it. Once again, when you add it all up, vessel traffic surveillance is another area where Sperry systems promise big returns on the maritime industry's bottom line-in terms of port efficiency, safety and development.

WHAT ELSE IS

NEW AT SPERRY?

ASK THE NAVY.

Before any Sperry marine technology ever reaches the commercial maritime industry, you can be pretty certain it's proven itself with the world's navies.

For example, the same collision avoidance technology that goes into our commercial systems is helping U.S. Navy hy- drofoils "fly" safely over the waves. And aboard the U.S. Coast Guard's new Medium Endurance

Cutters, our integrated ship con- trol systems put all information needed for effective command and decision-making at the watch officer's fingertips.

TECHNOLOGY BACKED

BY TALENT, SYSTEMS

SUPPORTED BY SERVICE.

The point is, when we apply a new technology or offer you a new system-no matter how ad- vanced-it's been proven. And this can have a rewarding impact on your bottom line, too. That's because your ship doesn't risk being an expensive "test" bed for a "trial" case.

Sperry supports the ship- ping industry with more than 250 service facilities worldwide.

And when you arrive at a

Sperry port, you'll find skilled per- sonnel ready to provide you with total service support.

Listening, a simple idea that's taken us a long, long way.

It can do the same for you and yourships.

Write to Sperry Corporation,

Electronic Systems, Great Neck,

NY 11020. Attention: Marketing

Department.

WE UNDERSTAND

HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO LISTEN. mill employs high frequency (400

KHz) welding to produce forge- type welds with strengths equal to or greater than the parent mate- rial.

T-beams can be produced from a variety of materials, including A36,

A710, and 80,000-psi yield HSLA steels. Sizes of tees can range from 3-inch to 12-inch stem heights, 3-inch to 6-inch flange widths, .090-inch to 1/4-inch thicknesses, and 7-foot to 40-foot lengths. Fin- ished beams are cut to exact cus- tomer lengths on the fly to within ± 1/8-inch tolerance, eliminating waste and recut labor on site. And since the T-beams are fabricated from coiled strips, cross sections are flat and square, allowing eas- ier fit-up in assembly.

The manufacturing process also allows the design engineer to spec- ify the exact cross section to suit his particular loading require- ments. For example, tees with off- set or "noncentered" stems, thin stems to thick flanges, and even composites with flange and stem of two different steels are possible.

For further information and free literature on products and capabil- ities from the Welded Beam

Company,

Circle 72 on Reader Service Card

Ed Toale Named

Vice President-Sales

Of Bailey Distributors

Bailey Distributors, Inc., a lead- ing name in the refrigeration and air-conditioning fields has ap- pointed Ed Toale to the position of vice president of sales.

Ed Toale

Mr. Toale joined Bailey as sales engineer in 1977. His previous ex- perience included 21 years in sales and purchasing in the marine field.

Sigurd Nilsen, president of

Bailey Distributors, Inc., stated that he "will be responsible for co- ordinating sales and sales person- nel at Bailey Distributors, Brook- lyn, N. Y„ and Avenel, N.J.,"

Bailey supplies, inventories and services a full range of major man- ufacturers' refrigerator and air- conditioning systems, water cool- ers, ice cubers, beverage units and related products for vessels of all sizes.

For more information and free literature on Bailey's products and services,

Circle 73 on Reader Service Card

Top to bottom: Ship Control Helm Unit, Collision Avoidance Display, Control Room aboard Coast Guard Cutter.

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