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Metric Constructors Win $3.3-Million Contract

Metric Constructors, Inc. of

Charlotte, N.C. has been awarded a $3,378,000 contract by the North

Carolina Department of Transpor- tation for the construction of a new marine maintenance facility at Manns Harbor. State-owned vessels, including ferries, tugs and dredges, which operate along the

Outer Banks, are serviced and maintained at this location. The new facility will completely re- place the existing structure and will increase its service capacity from one vessel to four.

Construction on the bulkheads and decks was scheduled to begin in August with a May 1985 com- pletion date. The project includes the installation of a shiplift, trans- fer table and work area.

Metric's Construction manager for the project is Ron Donald;

Bill Beatty will serve on-site as project superintendent.

Metric is the open shop arm of the Jones Group, a holding com- pany which includes Metric, J.A.

Jones Construction Co., Rea Con- struction Co., J.A. Jones Applied

Research Co., and J.A. Jones Con- struction Services Company.

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Western Gear To Build

And Sell Rademakers

Epicyclic Transmissions

The Power Transmission Divi- sion of Western Gear Corporation,

Lynwood, Calif., has entered into a license agreement with Rade- makers Aandrijvingen, B.V. of

Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The agreement gives Western Gear's

Power Transmission Division the right to manufacture and sell Ra- demakers epicyclic planetary transmissions in the United States,

Canada and Mexico.

This particular Rademakers product line is based on the

Stoeckicht design which provides for a compact co-axial shaft trans- mission with low noise levels, high efficiencies and high reliability.

Applications for the Rademakers epicyclic planetary transmissions include speed increasers and de- creasers for turbine generators, pumps and compressors and var- ious marine propulsion reduction gears.

The Power Transmission Divi- sion of Western Gear Corporation manufactures an extensive line of mechanical power transmission equipment including marine pro- pulsion gears for military and commercial vessels; industrial gear drives used in the production, transportation and processing of petroleum, natural gas and chem- icals; drives used in the genera- tion of electrical power; and gears used for refrigeration and air-con- ditioning applications.

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IMO AB Of Sweden Offers

New Products Literature

IMO AB of Stockholm, Sweden, one of the companies that will be exhibiting this month at the Inter- national Ship Machinery, Marine

Technology (SMM) Exhibition and

Congress in Hamburg, Germany, has announced some of the new products it will be showing.

Among these products will be the IMO-ACF-pump with "tuning"—a new concept in mini- mizing vibrations and noise caused by air in the oil. The ACF-pump has been provided with a device that will minimize vibrations and noise caused by air in the oil and it can quietly handle oils with high air content and high suction lifts. The system is adjustable to suit the prevailing conditions—ad- justments are made during the pumping operation by turning the adjustment valve with a key.

Also being exhibited are a new hydraulic pump called IMO/D6 for pressures up to 250 bar, and the

IMO MCM Blending Unit with a new electronic control system.

For more information on these and other IMO AB products,

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