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PROPULSION GUIDE data can be read, printed out or downloaded to a PC, making the instrument versatile both as an analytical or maintenance tool.

The cylinder data on a 16-cylin- der, V-engine can reportedly be stored within 15 minutes. After downloading to a PC, the engine can be analyzed, trended and so on.

Conversely, as a maintenance tool, peak pressures and devia- tions from mean allow for fast and accurate engine balancing, regard- less of engine speed.

The Premet LS/LX covers the complete diesel engine speed range of up to 2,000 rpm.

The company reports that the records from stored data satisfy

ISM and ISO requirements.

For more information on

Premet products

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CATERPILLAR

MARINE PROPULSION

ENGINES RANGING FROM 8 5 TO 8050 BHP.

MARINE GENERATOR

SETS RANGING FROM 65 TO 4840 EKW.

Falk Gear Drives

Available In New

Configurations •Ml

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Ultramite gear drives are now available in right angle configurations from Falk.

The Falk Corporation's

Ultramite gear motors and dri- ves are now available in helical- worm, right-angle mounting con- figurations. The company reports that this technology is more efficient than worm-gear drives, permitting smaller motors to be specified resulting in both initial and long-term sav- ings. In power ranges from .25 to 20 hp, the Ultramite gear drives reportedly provide positive torque transfer without corrosion or fretting.

The gear drives accept stan- dard off-the-shelf, plug-in NEMA and IEC C-face and flanged motors. The drives accommodate standard motor frame sizes for easy bolt-up mounting.

The Falk Corp., the

Milwaukee-based subsidiary of

Sundstrand Corp., manufactures many types of industrial power transmission machinery, includ- ing standard and custom gear drives, flexible shaft couplings, backstops and fluid power drives and couplings.

A Falk marine drive, featuring a patented hydraulic slip-clutch, torque-up system has been speci- fied for the repowering and upgrading of the U.S. Army

Military Transportation

Command fireboat Valley Forge.

Engine Systems Inc., a North

Carolina-based Falk distributor, will furnish a rebuilt 2,150-hp, 900 rpm EMD engine for the pro- ject.

For more information on

The Falk Corp.

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