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Deck Machinery & Cargo Handling Equipment Review company on the West Coast. SMATCO was also recently awarded a contract to supply a Korean company with a complete pipe-laying system.

SMATCO offers 24-hour service and spare parts, seven days a week for domestic and overseas customers. SMATCO has a crew of service technicians and parts specialists ready to main- tain and service marine-related equipment.

Smith Berger Marine

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Smith Berger Marine, Inc. can custom design products for special applications. Recent projects include a 48-inch (121.9 cm) diameter roller delivered to the Navy used to deploy hydrophonic arrays.

The roller featured rubber coating on the 58 barrel and UHMW coating on the tapered flanges.

Another project involved the supply of flag blocks and guide sheaves for installation on two USCG buoy tenders.

With overall weight being critical, Smith

Berger furnished the hardware with Nylatron sheaves which provided a lightweight solution.

Eight model MC-2616-SR double sheave fairleads will soon be furnished for the U.S. Army Corps of

Engineers' Red River Crane Barge. The fairleads feature 16-inch (406mm) sheaves grooved for 1.125-inch (28.6mm)wire, and special vertical side rollers.

Superior-Lidgerwood-Mundy

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Superior-Lidgerwood-Mundy has more than 120 years of experience manufacturing all types of hoists, winches and capstans. During the last year it implemented a 3-D, parametric driven, solid modeling CAD system which gives the com- pany state-of-the-art design capabilities. As a result, S-L-M claims it is prepared to meet the deck machinery and cargo handling challenges of the 90s while maintaining a commitment to pro- viding the highest quality products at the lowest achievable cost. S-L-M attributes its strong sales in the first quarter of '94 to its current focus on developing and expanding its engineering exper- tise to meet the quality, delivery and pricing needs of its commercial customers.

Techcrane International

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Techcrane International is the exclusive rep- resentative for EBI (Elevating Boats Inc.) marine cranes in the U.S and abroad. Techcrane Inter- national is also the exclusive importing agent for

Hella marine articulating (knuckle boom) cranes in the U.S. EBI and Hella marine cranes together provide a source for a wide range of marine cranes from 7,000 ft.-lb. to 10,000,000 ft.-lb. ca- pacity for fixed length boom cranes, telescoping boom cranes, and knuckle boom (articulating) cranes.

Techcrane says the trouble free rack and pin- ion telescopic mechanism, with more than ten years of service in the marine environment, has proven to be the best innovation in telescopic crane manufacturing in recent years.

A rack and pinion telescoping mechanism is available on all EBI model TC cranes.

EBI Cranes has recently been awarded con- tracts to manufacture EBI TC10-24-40 cranes by

Marine Builders (Utica, Ind.) and Rodriguez Boat

Builders (Bayou La Batre, La.), on behalf of the

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The cranes are to be delivered to their respective shipyards within seven weeks. EBI Cranes has recently designed and fabricated the first Quick Transport Crane for use aboard ships and docks and barges. This crane is comprised of an EBI TC10 or TC20 crane, with skid, outriggers, hydraulic power unit and counterweights. The complete unit can be loaded, and through corner castings can lock on the truck bed within minutes. Once on location, the crane, without a need to tie down, can reportedly be operational in minutes.

Washington Chain & Supply

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Washington Chain & Supply of Seattle has experienced increased demand for its line of release hooks in the export market. Recent shipments of multiple-unit orders have gone to

Ecuador, Taiwan, and Trinidad. The hooks come in conventional and rotary models rated from 25 to 200 tons, and are available with integral cap- stans, remote releases, and load monitor/record- ers. A variety of single- and multiple-hook mod- els are used for vessel mooring and towing by port authorities, shipping lines, petroleum compa- nies, and others.

Western Machine Works

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Western Machine Works has served the ma- rine industry for nearly 100 years and has been manufacturing hydraulic tow pins with optional stern rollers and hold-downs for over 30 years. In addition to standard eight- and 12-inch (203 and 304.8mm) diameter pins, Western Machine Works has designed a compact two-pin unit with op- tional hold-down to meet the demands of smaller tugs.

These units are built to Western's usual high standards and with the same materials that are in its larger units. Western Machine Works also provides assistance to customers in developing or adapting special designs to suit individual re- quirements.

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