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Keel Laid At Rauma Yard

For Soviet Multipurpose

Antarctic Research Ship

Rauma-Repola's Rauma shipyard in Finland recently laid the keel of a 7,600-dwt hydrometeorological re- search vessel scheduled for delivery to V/0 Sudoimport of Moscow in the fall of 1987. This vessel will serve as an icebreaker, research, supply, and passenger ship in the

Antarctic region.

During the past few years several countries have shown increasing in- terest in the Antarctic, and there should be more activity there in the near future. The Soviet Union, for example, operates seven research bases on the Antarctic Continent, and they are the first to order an expedition ship in support of their scientists there.

The new vessel will have an over- all length of 459.3 feet, beam of 75.5 feet, and draft of 27.9 feet. She is designed with an icebreaker hull for operation in — 40C temperatures.

She will accommodate 250 passen- gers, 90 of them scientists, ship's crew, and helicopter crew; the re- maining 160 will be personnel trav- eling to and from the bases.

The vessel is also a multipurpose freighter carrying containers, vehi- cles, aircraft, and various liquids and explosives. In addition to being a supply vessel, she will be a floating research center with 10 laboratories

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THE ROTARY ACTUATOR YOU

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Parker's rack & pinion actuators are built to out- perform and out-last all other actuators in the most demanding applications.

They have a proven record of success worldwide in the industrial, military, marine, and aerospace in- dustries. The U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Navy, and NASA specify Parker actuators for their demanding applica- tions. In the marine industry, our actuators are being used to swing booms, open sea water valves, operate hatches, raise antennas, and perform many other functions.

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Pneumatic Controls And Systems For Fixed Pitch & Controllable Pitch Equipped Vessels.

Schrader Bellows top quality propulsion controls and systems allow the use of ship air to convert commands into precise, pneumatic signals that operate our clutch control panel.

This responsive, reliable pneumatic system uses one or more operator-control stations in circuit with a pneumatic clutch-control panel and various aux- iliary devices. Both direction and speed can be con- trolled with one simple lever movement.

If more than one operator-control station is used, auxiliary equipment allows command of the pro- pulsion-control system to be quickly transferred from one station to another.

For more information on Schrader

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Controls brochure.

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Parker Takes the High Cost

Out of Mil-Spec Filters.

Parker Offers Many Designs Meeting the Demanding Requirements of

Military Applications. • Custom designs meeting Mil-S-17849 (duplex) • Commercial designs accepting elements conforming to:

Mil-F-24402 Mil-F-83860

Mil-F-81836 AN6235-4A

Mil-F-27656 AN6236

Mil-F-5504

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Dixon Named Assistant

Manager-Export Pricing

And Logistics At Zim

The Fluidpower Company

Greg Dixon

Joseph Merante, senior vice president of marketing and sales for

Zim-American Israeli Shipping

Company, Inc., has announced the promotion of Greg Dixon to as- sistant manager of export pricing and logistics for North America. He will be responsible for Zim Contain- er Service's export services to the

Far East, which includes overseeing coordination of vessel allocations and equipment loadings.

Mr. Dixon has more than 20 years of experience in the transpor- tation industry. He joined Zim's sales department in 1976, and most recently served as an account repre- sentative.

Zim operates more than 70 vessels calling at some 250 ports world- wide.

Free Color Brochure

On Broadcast Systems

Offered By SPT Ltd.

A free full-color, eight-page bro- chure on their line of general broad- cast and entertainment systems is now available from SPT Ltd.

The new publication details

SPT's radio receiver, control, cas- sette player and power amplifiers for marine (merchant and military), offshore- and land-based operation.

The units are designed and manu- factured by SPT, ensuring that SPT customers have a single source for broadcast, alarm and entertainment systems. Components for the units are selected for their known life and low-failure rate, and are purchased only against internationally ac- cepted technical specifications.

The brochure has color photo- graphs of all the units as a single system and individually, illustrating the flexibility and features offered by SPT equipment.

For a free copy of this SPT bro- chure,

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