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Intl. WorkBoat Show Buyers Guide (Continued, from page 76) factures non-metallic marine bearings by im- pregnating special fabrics with thermosetting polymers. It is used in Naval, Coast Guard and commercial marine applications for rudder, sta- bilizer, water-lubricated stern shaft and deck machinery bearings. Its grade TLM Marine re- portedly posses exceptional wear resistance and dimensional stability in the water with virtually no swell. Orkot stocks an assortment of the more common sizes in the U.S., U.K. and Singapore.

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Seacoast Electric

Booth #228

Seacoast Electric, a distributor of marine electri- cal equipment based in Gulfport, Miss., will fea- ture the following products at the booth: Glamox marine lighting, flourescent, incandescent, etc.;

Shipboard and Marine Cable, UL listed marine; as well as marine transformers, cable hangers and hardware.

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Service Marine Industries

Booth #744

Service Marine Industries will focus on its expe- rience in the design and construction of dinner/ cruise vessels, dive support and offshore support vessels and its drydock, repair and conversion capabilities.

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Simrad Inc.

Booth #330

Simrad will features its radars, autopilots, sound- ers, gyrocompass, direction finders and sonars.

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Sperry Marine Inc.

Booth # 410

Sperry Marine manufactures marine navigation, communication and control systems for commer-

HAWBOLDT DECK

MACHINERY DELIVERS

We commonly work under extreme conditions - snow, ice and freezing temperatures - that push equipment to the limit. We demand the best and Hawboldt deck machinery has delivered.

John Neatby

Superintendent of Engineering

Eastern Canada Towing Ltd. (ECTUG) cial and naval customers. On display at the booth will be components of the new VISION 2100 integrated bridge system, including the new Mk37VT digital gyrocompass, ADG3000VT adaptive digital gyropilot, and Rascar VT radar/

ARPA system.

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Spurs Marine Mfg. Inc.

Booth #422

Spurs line cutter will demonstrate the cutting ability of the new prop mounted cutters with no wear/no maintenance operation even in the most silt-filled water conditions. Also will feature display on PSS shaft seals and Tef-Gel.

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Standard Communication Corp.

Booth #913

The Horizon HX220AS and HX340 portables will be featured at the Standard Communica- tions booth. Both intrinsically safe rated radios meet or exceed Mil Spec 8100 and J.I.S. stan- dards for water integrity and are built using a high-impact, non-corrosive polycarbonate case.

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Tate Andale, Inc.

Booth #120

The Tate Andale booth will display a wide array of shipboard pipeline equipment. Products to be featured include strainers (simplex and duplex); modular manifold valves; oil coolers; P-V valves; and hull drainage fittings.

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Trinity Marine Group

Booth #725

The Trinity Marine Group will introduce its new high-speed, low-wake catamaran ferry. The 138-ft. (42-m), all-aluminum boat uses slender hulls and incorporates moderate power requirements to carry up to 240 passen- gers at high speeds, with very little wake.

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M.T. Point Chebucto, the newest addition to the fleet of ECTUG, relies on Hawboldt deck machinery.

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Viking Life Saving Equipment

Booth #1357

The company will feature marine safety equipment, including four- to 100-person inflatable raft and inflatable buoyant ap- paratus, marine evacuation systems, life jackets, survival suits, water activated lights, and thermo-protective aid bags —

SOLAS and U.S. Coast Guard approved.

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Great lakes Fleet Improves

Oily Water Separation With

Skimmer, Planning

Periodic cleaning of engine room equip- ment is part of the USS Great Lakes Fleet, preventative maintenance program. To do a thorough job, it involves the use of cleaning compounds which dissolvelube oil and grease.

Carl Walker, engineer - maintenance planning at USS Great Lakes Fleet, specifies these compounds, and one of his major con- cerns is what happens when they enter the bilge water — as he also has to ensure that the fleet's oily water separators reduce the oil content of bilge water to a negligible amount, even in the presence of these chemicals. As

Mr. Walker said, "Separators need help in the form of auxiliary equipment, and they benefit greatly from planning that considers the type of cleaning compounds used.''

The company has found an oil skimmer to be a piece of auxiliary equipment which greatly enhances the performance of an oily water separator. In many separators, filter element efficiency is affected by oil concen- tration in the water being processed. By reducing floating oil before it gots into the separator, the equipment performs more ef- ficiently and filter elements last longer. The cost of the skimmer is quickly repaid through reduced element replacement cost, and less time spent giving special attention to moni- toring and reprocessing water whose oil con- tent remains high.

On many USS Great Lakes Fleet bulk carrier vessels, Mr. Walker has installed an oil skimmer made by Abanaki Corp. of Cha- grin Falls, Ohio, which helps reduce oil con- tent of bilge water before it gets to the sepa- rator. The Abanaki Model 4 Oil Grabber .specified by Mr. Walker uses a stainless steel belt operating on a motor and pulley system. This design makes use of differences in specific gravity and surface tension be- tween oil and water to pick up grease, oil and other hydrocarbon liquids as the belt passes through the water. The unit can remove up to 20 gallons of oil per hour.

Still, peak skimming efficiency can more quickly be achieved through good installa- tion practices, and by being selective in the types of cleaning compounds used. For ex- ample, some cleaning compounds have emul- sifiers which help loosen oil and grease, but subsequently may cause the oil to form a tight emulsion in the bilge water.

For more information on the Abanaki Skimmer

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Circle 247 on Reader Service Card morgan marine cranes ~ knuckle ~ fixed ~ telescopic morgan marine 1300 normandy place santa ana, ca. 92705 Workboat Show Booth #1641 douglas m. weidner 714.667.6024 phone 714.667.1906 fax 78 Circle 282 on Reader Service Card iervicMaritime Reporter/Engineering New;