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WORKBOAT ANNUAL resin. It can laminate several layers of fiberglass without abrading between layers; yet, when applied in the final layer, it cures for easy sand- ing. The resin does not require any additional dis- pensing equipment for its use. It works on fiberglass, wood, steel and aluminum, above and below the waterline, including hulls, decks, transoms, keels, cabin floors and rudders. Its high-perfor- mance, vinyl ester formula cures quickly.

Quart and gallon sizes are available.

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American Marine's Aquadrive Systems

The Aquadrive Anti-Vibration System, from

American

Marine, greatly reduces vibration and noise, while helping to eliminate engine to pro- peller shaft alignment problems. This inno- vative technology allows the engine to be super soft mounted.

Instead of attaching the propeller shaft to a moving engine, it is aligned to the

Aquadrive thrust bearing. This thrust bear- ing is attached to a rigid bulkhead so that the push of the propeller is against the

Aquadrive bearing and the bulkhead. The engine transmits power to the thrust bearing through special Aquadrive constant velocity joint axles.

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New Screen Option for

Drilling Systems Control

Azonix Corporation announced a new ver- sion of its ProPanel industrial computer will be introduced with a 15 in. flat panel, active matrix screen and enhanced Hi-Brite.

ProPanel is the world standard for certified operator workstations, according to the company.

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New Automatic Vest Light

ACR Electronics offers the RapidFire, a small, waterproof automatic light designed to be packed into any style of life vest.

Used in conjunction with an inflatable life vest, the

RapidFire automatically lights when the vest inflates.

During infla- tion, the light's pull-pin, which is secured to the bottom of the inflation chamber with a clip, is released. With standard, non-inflat- able life vests, the light is activated by manually pulling the unit's pull-pin lanyard.

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Propeller Repairs

Black Dog Propellers is capable of handling propellers from two in. to five ft. in diame- ter, and from one to seven blades.

The company works to ISO 484/2 Class

Tolerances, which allows the customer to choose various degrees of accuracy to suit a particular application. The company mea- sures pitch to the .001 in. continuously over as many as 10 radii per blade. Utilizing the measured data combined with performance data, the company calculates pitch and design for individual vessels.

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EMC Sealing Plugs

Beele Engineering has developed and launched a series of CSD sealing plus of the EMC type.

The rubber of the new EMC sealing plugs incorporates a carbon black, which, by comparison with conventional carbon

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