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Miller Electric Introduces

New Wire Feed Systems

For Aluminum Welding

Miller Electric Manufacturing

Company, Appleton, Wi., has re- cently introduced its XR'm and

Spoolmatic air and water cooled semiautomatic wire feed systems which offer optimum performance in gas metal arc (MIG) welding with difficult to feed soft alloy wires.

The unique design of the XR and

Spoolmatic guns allows them to be easily converted from a one pound spool gun to an XR push-pull gun, or vice versa. The guns are designed with emphasis on light weight, bal- ance, and operator comfort and con- venience.

The Spoolmatic wire feed system utilizes a 1-pound (0.45 kg) spool gun for use with 4-inch (102 mm) diameter spools of wire. Equipped with 30-foot (9.1m) cable assembly, it is ideal for portability and hard- to-reach weldingjob sites, according to Miller.

The company reports that the XR push feeder/control combined with the XR pull gun offers ideal alumi- num wire feeding action, arc start- ing regardless of type of DC power source, adjustable wire run-in con- trol, and adjustable drive motor ac- celeration control.

A solid-state speed control circuit and a high power 24 VDC perma- nent magnet drive motor provide a wide wire feed speed range of 70 to 875 IPM and convenient wire feed speed control for easy operator ac- cess in virtually any welding posi- tion.

For a free 10-page brochure de- scribing Miller's XR and Spoolmatic wire feed systems,

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Schottel Symposium

On Propulsion Units

Set For June 30

A symposium titled "State-of-the-

Art Propulsion Systems" will be con- ducted by Schottel-Werft at Spay/

Rhine, Germany, for naval archi- tects on June 30, 1992.

The main subject of the event is the application of Schottel propul- sion units. Schottel plans to discuss its newly developed propulsion pro- grams for Rudderpropellers and

Pump-Jets.

About 80 international profes- sionals have already registered for the symposium.

The company has completed the systematic upgrading of standard

Rudderpropellers in the power range of 15 to 6,000 kw and the Pump-Jet series up to 1,000 kw, and Schottel believes that these products now represent an excellent choice for every field of application.

To register for the symposium, contact Schottel-Werft, Mainzer Str. 99, D-5401 Spay/Rhien, Germany; telephone: (+49) 2628 61235; or fax: (+49) 2628 61300.

June, 1992

Ship Navigator

From Sperry Marine

Completes NATO Trials

Phase I of official NATO sea tri- als of Sperry Marine's MK-49 Ring

Laser Ships Inertial Navigation

System (SINS) has recently been successfully completed onboard a

Royal Netherlands Navy Frigate in the North Sea.

The MK-49 was selected in 1989 by the NATOS SINS Project Group as the standard ships navigator for submarines and frigates in the Neth- erlands, Spain and the United King- dom. Subsequently, Australia and

New Zealand selected the MK-49 for their new Frigate Program.

According to Sperry Marine, dur- ing NATO sea trial, the performance of the MK-49 won high praise from engineers and officials of the NATO

SINS Project Office. Support for the trials was provided by Sperry Ma- rine and GEC Ferranti, the NATO

SINS prime contractor.

The MK-49 NATO SINS is manu- factured by Sperry Marine under contract from prime contractor GEC

Ferranti of Edinburg, Scotland.

For free literature detailing the

MK-49 Ring Laser SINS from Sperry

Marine

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Smith Berger offers more Seaworthy choices.

OCEANOGRAPHIC

HARDWARE

Smith Berger innovative design with interchangeable sheave rims for wire rope or scientific cable improves wire and cable life.

OCEANOGRAPHIC

HARDWARE

Skid mounted overboarding fairleads grooved for wire rope or scientific cables for special applications. Tapered roller bearings used throughout.

MARINER CLASS

FAIRLEADS

Available with balanced head single sheave or double sheave swivel head designs.

Designed for wire rope sizes up to 3" (76mm). Tail sheave or load monitoring pins optional.

MARINER CLASS

GUIDE SHEAVES

Smith Berger offers a full line of vertical or horizontal guide sheaves for wire ropes up to 5" (127mm). Load monitor- ing pins optional.

ROLLER AND PEDESTAL

FAIRLEADS

Two, three, or four roller fairleads designed for all wire or synthetic rope sizes.

Mounting bases can be custom-designed for special applications.

TOWING HARDWARE

Stern rollers, towing pins, separate pop-up pins, or specialized towing hardware can be custom-designed for new construction or retrofits.

Call us to put Smith Berger innovation to work for you. Smith Berger Marine, Inc. 516 So. Chicago St., Seattle,WA98108 TELEX: 32-8912 FAX: 206-764-4653 PHONE: (206) 764-4650

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