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Trinity Marine, MarAd To

Develop Multipurpose Ship

Halter Marine Inc. of the Trinity

Marine Group, the Maritime Ad- ministration (MarAd) and the U.S.

Department of Defense have en- tered into an agreement to develop a medium sized, multipurpose ship.

The Advanced Research Projects

Agency (ARPA) will act as the agent for MarAd in the approximate $2 million contract.

Fifty percent of the contract will be funded by Trinity and its sub- contractors.

The goal is to design a ship that could be introduced to vessel opera- tors at a competitive price. U.S. and foreign innovation and prac- tices which reduce worker hours and increase productivity will be applied. Under the agreement,

Halter Marine will examine coastal and inter-island shipping capable of up to 600 TEU containers, with various combinations of cargo car- rying configurations. Other capa- bilities being examined will be de- gree of self loading/unloading,

RoRo, deck versus below-deck stow- age, as well as ship limiting charac- teristics like draft, beam and speed.

The ship will be designed to com- pete as a smaller vessel in markets left in a vacuum by the large containerships. The ship will be capable of carrying sufficient pay- loads to warrant entrance into the foreign commerce of the U.S.

For more information on Trinity

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Portapaint: Dedicated Paint

Coating Thickness Gauge

Portapaint, a dedicated paint coating thickness gauge for marine survey and all ferrous type materi- als, is reportedly controlled by a state-of-the-art microprocessor technology. Measurement range is 10 microns to 8mm, and mm/mi- cron conversion is provided at the touch of a button. This feature allows readings to be displayed on the LCD display as millimeters and microns. Accuracy level is +/- 10 microns/.Olmm.

For more information on Portapaint

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SatCon Wins DoD Contract

To Apply Turbine,

Alternator, Drive Technology

SatCon Technology Corp. was awarded three new contracts through the Department of Defense (DoD), Small Business Innovation

Research Program. The three con- tracts combined are potentially worth $3.2 million, and follow con- tracts won by the company from the DoD in February which total $1.8 million.

The most contracts call for

SatCon to research the production of a gas turbine engine and light- weight, high-performance alterna- tor-generator sets for the Army, as well as permanent magnet variable speed drives for applications on Navy ships. "These contracts represent the practical application of technol- ogy SatCon has developed for other projects," said David Eisenhaure, president and CEO of SatCon. "Our continuing strategy is to bring our technology to broader commercial markets. SatCon's turbine engines have enormous potential because of their tremendous power and effi- ciency, while variable speed drives provide precise speed control and high power density in uses such as hydraulic pumps and compressors.

In addition, our alternator-genera- tor sets are positioned to compete in a market that exceeds $15 billion annually."

SatCon Technology Corp., Cam- bridge, was founded in 1985 to ap- ply expertise in magnetics and ac- tive motion control to solving prob- lems for industries and consumers.

SatCon has developed an extensive

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A SatCon flywheel reportedly holds the world record for perimeter speed at 4,668 mph. Other SatCon technologies include magnetic, non- contact bearings and high-output, long-life electric motors for indus- try.

For more information on SatCon

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