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Kaltenbacher Joins ZF Of

North America As Director

Of Corporate Purchasing

Spare Parts Amendment

Passes House

The House of Representatives re- cently passed the Marine Machin- ery Association's amendment to the

FY89 Department of Defense Au- thorization bill requiring that criti- cal spare parts for ships meet the same qualification standards and quality control levels as the origi- nals. As originally drafted, the Au- thorization bill required only that aircraft spare parts meet these stan- dards. MMA members received a special report dated April 15, 1988, which detailed how Congressman

Frank McCloskey gave his sup- port for broadening the bill to in- clude ship spare parts.

Under the procedures governing

House consideration of the Authori- zation bill, the amendment was grouped with other noncontrover- sial amendments, which were then offered as a package by Congress- man Les Aspin, Chairman of the

Armed Services Committee. The vote on passage of these amend- ments, including MMA's amend- ment, was 367-4.

For more information on the Ma- rine Machinery Association,

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Helmut A. Kaltenbacher

Helmut A. Kaltenbacher re- cently joined ZF-NA as director of corporate purchasing responsible for all purchasing functions of ZF

North America, interaction with ZF

AG, West Germany, and all North

American subsidiaries.

Mr. Kaltenbacher will be fo- cusing his efforts on securing com- petitive sources of materials and services from North America and

Mexico to support ZF's expanding worldwide business concept. His of- fice will be in ZF-NA's OE sale/ application engineering offices in

Farmington Hills, Mich.

For more information and free lit- erature on ZF-NA,

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The Information Power of

Daylight Viewing Color Radar

Indicator Switch From

Nupro Connects To Air

Actuated Bellows Valves

A new indicator switch for use with normally closed, miniature air- actuated bellows valves is now avail- able from Nupro Company, Wil- loughby, Ohio.

The switch threads into the top of the actuator. It activates when the valve is open, sending an electrical signal to another component such as a programmable controller or panel readout. The switch assembly in- cludes 24-inch leads with an in-line clip for easy installation.

A retrofit kit is available for the appropriate Nupro air-actuated valves.

The valves incorporating the switch have service ratings from vacuum to 3,500 psi (24,100 kPa), and -40° to 200° F (-40° to 93°

C). Models are available in 316 stainless steel, brass, and Alloy 400.

End connections can be Swagelok

Tube Fittings, metal gasket or O- ring face seal fittings, socket weld or butt weld. Sizes are Vi -inch, % -inch and ¥2-inch.

Applications include systems in- volving semiconductor processing, toxic or corrosive fluid control, high vacuum, high purity and ultra-clean requirements.

For additional information and free literature from Nupro Compa- ny,

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Now in ARPA for the First Time

The Racal-Decca 2690BT series brings the power of color raster radar to deep sea vessels, on a full daylight viewing 26" diagonal screen (16" diameter picture). • Color usage maximizes the impact and clarity of navigation information, so interpretation is quick and accurate • Best all-weather picture performance, using multiple technologies • Powerful but easy to operate • Meets or exceeds IMO standards for all deep sea vessels • Supported by over 500 service locations worldwide

Only from Racal-Decca,

Racal Marine Inc. 70 Jackson Drive Cranford New Jersey 07016 201-272-4222 800-538-5555

A member of the Racal Marine Group

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