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For a given load-bearing requirement, these rugged welded_HSLA steel sections ' wilf beat the tost oTex^ruded aluminum.* equally important is fliS'TSEnrifiV they ' weigh less, t(Jo. : J

So a welded section lactually provides hifiher payiofads as wefl as lower cost.

Here's how it's done j , - 1 ' •^BCtlulis ate-cuatow designed;to exactly>suityour. ec^uifemepts for load-cawytng capacity, dimensions, md yield Strength, "ftiey are prtoduced a high-speed production, high-frequency welding system froni high-strebgth, low-. • j alloy ste si. Cost, capacity anfd weight e re therefore completely —+- predict aftlia nn..]. mm,m i. .... . j And tlfere's far rfiore to th4 WBC bes m story, like cutting your

Ik I inventor / costs through flexible delivei ies. Like freedom oldesign

M so you c an have Tpes, Zees,;H beams, 1 beams atid more. For a free

K ^prriplptfe description of these profit-mbking reasons to buy WBC call nowTor write: Welded Beam Company, P.O. Box 2^6, l^rry;f"®|S

HP1; Ohio 44081. (216) 259-4500 m

Westinghouse Awarded $165-Million Navy Contracts

For N-Propulsion Components

Westinghouse Electric Corpora- tion, Plant Apparatus Division, Wil- kins Township, Pa., has been awarded two cost-plus-fixed-fee

Navy contracts totaling $164,685,000 for naval nuclear pro- pulsion components. Work will be performed in Wilkins Township and at other locations, and is expected to be completed by September 30, 1990. Contract funds would not have expired at the end of the cur- rent fiscal year. The Naval Sea Sys- tems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024- 85-C-4015 [$23,805,000]) and (N00024-85-C-4017 [$140,880,000]).

Navy Awards $4-Million

Increase To RMI For

Special Patrol Boat

RMI Incorporated of National

City, Calif., has been awarded a $4,247,062 face value increase to a previously awarded fixed-price-in- centive Navy contract for the lead craft construction of the special warfare multi-mission patrol boat.

Work will be performed in National

City and is expected to be com- pleted in November 1985. Contract funds would not have expired at the end of the current fiscal year. Four bids were solicited and four propos- als were received. The Naval Sea

Systems Command, Washington,

D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-83-C-2182).

AT&T Technologies Gets $3-Million Modification

To Navy Research Contract

AT&T Technologies Incorpo- rated, Whippany, N.J., has been awarded a $3,248,044 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus- fixed-fee Navy contract for oceano- graphic research. Work will be per- formed in Whippany, and is ex- pected to be completed by October 1, 1985. Contract funds would not have expired at the end of the cur- rent fiscal year. The Naval Elec- tronics Systems Command, Wash- ington, D.C., is the contracting ac- tivity (N00039-84-C-0198).

Newman's Revises Catalog

On NEWCO Cast Steel/

Pressure Seal Valves

Newman's Inc., Tulsa, Qkla., now has in its division offices a new 70- page catalog featuring NEWCO In- ternational Cast Steel and Pressure

Seal Valves. This updated and com- pletely revised catalog has been de- signed to be a valuable working tool for the engineering as well as the sales departments.

Special features are metric valve dimension and weight charts,

NACE material chart, pressure/ temperature rating charts and Flow

Coefficient tables applicable to

NEWCO pressure seal valves.

NEWCO Bolted Bonnet Cast

Steel Valves meet or exceed API and ANSI specifications. The stan- dard seat material is hard-faced to assure longer service and to meet high temperature requirements.

They are available in a size range of 2 inches through 36 inches in gates, globes and checks. ANSI Pressure

Classes 150 through 2500, inclusive, are defined as to their respective size range in both flanged and butt weld ends.

The NEWCO line of Pressure

Seal Valves is available in a size range of 2 inches through 24 inches in ANSI Pressure Classes 600# through 2500#, inclusive. A distinc- tive diaphragm seal enables this product line to meet military speci- fications for high pressure and tem- perature. They are qualified to

MIL-V-22052D and MIL-V- 18110E.

Stocked in depth at Newman's six warehouse locations, customer's special requirements, such as modi- fications or actuations, are compe- tently handled by Newman's engi- neering staff.

For further information,

Circle 14 on Reader Service Card • Based bn comparison ol 4'\x 3.20* 80_ksi HSLAsteel bea • 35* extruded aluminum heat'

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