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Robotic Visions Receives $5.5-Million Modification

For Machining System

Robotic Vision Systems Incorpo- rated, Hauppauge, N.Y., is being issued a $5,500,000 modification to a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to fur- nish one propeller machining sys- tem, supporting software and asso- ciated technical data to complement the Integrated Comprehensive Au- tomated Manufacturer of Propellers (ICAMP) facility at the Philadel- phia Naval Shipyard. Work will be performed in Hauppauge, and is ex- pected to be completed in June 1987. The Naval Regional Contract- ing Center, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity (N00140-83-C- 2001).

Sulzer Diesels Will Power

Townsend Cross-Channel

Passenger/Vehicle Ferries —Literature Available

Townsend Car Ferries Ltd. of the

U.K. has selected Sulzer ZA40S me- dium-speed diesel engines, which will be built by CCM Sulzer of

Mantes, France, for its large cross-

Channel, passenger/vehicle ferries.

Ordered from Schichau Unterweser

AG in West Germany, the two new vessels will each have three 14- cylinder engines having a combined output of 31,500 bhp at 510 rpm.

Each engine will drive a controll- able-pitch propeller ordered from

Sulzer-Escher Wyss GmbH of Rav- enburg, West Germany. The center propeller will be capable of being fully feathered; service speed will be 22 knots.

The Sulzer ZA40 medium-speed design and its latest longer-stroke

ZA40S version have become popular for new ferries. Including the two new Townsend vessels, there have been 26 units of these engines or- dered for six large ferries, the others being for Anders Jahre, North Sea

Ferries, and SNCF.

The two 20,000-gt Townsend fer- ries will be the largest ever built for cross-Channel service. With accom- modations for 2,400 passengers and 700 cars, they will operate on the

Dover-Calais route. Townsend's three Spirit of Free Enterprise Class ferries on this route since 1980 are reported to have had highly satis- factory service from their triple

Sulzer 12Z40 main engines.

The two new ferries will in fact have complete Sulzer engine instal- lations. Auxiliary power will be pro- vided in each ferry by four 8-cylin- der Sulzer AT25 diesels, each of 2,160 bhp at 1,000 rpm. These will burn the same grade of heavy fuel oil as bunkered for the main en- gines.

For further information and free literature on Sulzer engines, „

Circle 143 on Reader Service Card

Free Literature Offered On

Lang Convection Ovens

For Marine Use

Lang Manufacturing Co., a galley equipment manufacturer located in

Redmond, Wash., working in con- junction with Commander Jack

Gedney and Navy food service per- sonnel, has developed two new gal- ley items. "The Model RF-30 double convec- tion oven range is a modular con- struction unit designed to pass through a 25-inch submarine hatch and for assembly inside a galley.

The Model ECO-M, a full-size convection oven, is 25 inches in height, allowing passage through a 26-inch by 66-inch watertight door.

Both items can be installed with- out the additional expense of hull or bulkhead cuts.

For further information and free literature on Lang Galley Equip- ment,

Circle 99 on Reader Service Card the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers

NATIONAL SHIPBUILDING RESEARCH PROGRAM 1986

SHIP PRODUCTION SYMPOSIUM

AUGUST 27-29, 1986

WILLIAMSBURG LODGE

Williamsburg, Virginia

HOSTED BY HAMPTON ROADS SECTION

For Additional Information:

Contact: W. C. Ward. Jr.

Dept. F.46, Bldg. 600

Newport News Shipbuilding 4101 Washington Avenue

Newport News. VA 23607

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