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currently building a floating drilling monohull unit for

Transocean, capable of operating in waters 3,000-fsw deep for work in the Mexican Gulf.

MHI Improves Marine Diesel

Engine

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has improved upon its

UEC37LSII marine diesel, the most recent of the company's UE series.

The new UEC37LSII will be available with five to eight cylin- ders, and power output ranging from 5,250 to 8,400 ps.

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UEC37LSII specifications

Cylinder Bore 370 mm

Piston stroke 1,290 mm

Maximum output 1,050 ps/cyl

Engine speed 186 rpm

Fuel oil consumption 129 g/ps h

Length, o.a 4,861 mm (6-cylinder model)

Weight 76 tons (6-cylinder model)

Cummins-Powered Boats

Prepared For Delivery

M/V Sir Winston

A steel-hulled dinner cruise ves- sel for the Florida market was scheduled to be delivered in early

August for owner Winston Knauss of Ft. Lauderdale. Designed by

DeJong and Lebet of Jacksonville,

Fla., the 400-passenger vessel is powered by a pair of Cummins 6CTA 8.3-M engines producing 300 hp at 2,500 rpm.

The engines will turn four blade 30 x 27-in. propellers through ZF 300C IRM 301 A-2 gears with a 2.91:1 ratio. Designer Andrew

Lebet said, "This is the third ves- sel that we have designed for that company with the same power package and the second from

Marine Builders."

The new boat has a pair of

Cummins/Onan 95 kW gensets and a 76-hp Cummins 4B3.9M powered bowthruster. "Hydraulics whine, they don't work right, you need to make sure you have the right generator up and running," explained Mr.

Lebet. "If a diesel engine will fit, we prefer to use that."

Sir Winston has crew accommo- dations and a galley capable of serving guests with an elevator to move people and food between decks. "The boat is one of the first to be approved under Subchapter "K" of the U.S. Coast Guard," said Mr.

Lebet. "It is a good-looking little tug," said Bill Preston of Pensacola- based Marine Design of the boat building to his drawings at Marine

Builders in Utica, Ind.

The 50 x 16.5-ft. (15 x 5 m) tug- boat will be responsible for moving a barge which services navigation aids for the St. Lawrence Seaway

Corp.

Slated for an August 30 delivery, the boat will be powered by a pair of Cummins NTA-855 diesels delivering 270 hp each to a pair 46 x 30-in., four-bladed props through

Twin Disc MG-5091 3.82:1 gears.

Interior spaces of the heavily constructed steel hull and cabin will be served by a hot water heat- ing system.

For river use, the boat will be equipped with water lubricated,

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In this case the 100 ton pneumatic hoists were used on site to level these 310 ton cranes. Incredible size and capacity ratio, precision engineering and construction, and their dependability on only S5PSI compressed air operation made the JDN PROFI the perfect choice for the job.

But this hoist, and the rest of the world famous PROFI series, can operate at the same performance level mounted overhead on trolleys and in low overhead situations. They are unaffected by dampness, moisture, steam or heat, and the pneumatic operation makes them ideal for situations where sparks and electrical problems cannot be tolerated.

The ultra sensitive, pull cord speed regulation, built into every PROFI hoist, was key to this precision hlavy operation. The ability of the hoists to be left running indefinitely without damage adds to the exceptional versatility of the PROFI Line.

The J.D. Neuhaus Corporation offers a full line with capacities from 500 lbs. to 100 tons, pneumatic hoists, plus a wide variety of trolleys and hoists that operate at 60 PSI or hydraulic power.

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