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STRONGER REPAIRS FASTER, EASIER

Unique epoxy resin system bonds to almost anything—produces proven, long tasting repairs with outstanding impact strength, tensile strength, and abrasion resistance. • Repairs everything from pinholes and ruptures to complete breaks in pipes, pumps, ducts, tanks, valves, flanges, joints, and machinery casings, including equipment carrying water, low-pressure steam, gases, gasoline, oil, alcohol, and caustics • Bonds tenaciously to most surfaces including steel, plastic, fiberglass composites, ceramic and wood

CORDOBOND . high strength

REPAIR SYSTEM ® ISO 9002

STANDARD RESIN lor small holes/cracks (large holes/cracks with reinforcement)

RED PUTTY for medium to large holes, cracks and other defects

STEEL PUTTY for steel-like repairs on metal— can be drilled, tapped, machined

SEALER for small holes and cracks

LEVELING COMPOUND for corroded surfaces

UNDERWATER PUTTY for repairs in dry, moist, or submerged conditions

For detailed literature contact:

Ferro Corporation

Liquid Coatings and Dispersions Division 1301 N. Flora St., Plymouth, IN 46563

Tel: 219-935-5131 • Fax: 219-935-5278 ®FERRO 1

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Stern Tube Installation in Hours

Renk Gears for Fast Trimaran

Renk won a contract on the main reduction gear for a new generation of fast ferry design, a 127-m long tri- maran introduced by Austal for Fred Olson SA. The innovative ship is due to start operation in the Canarian

Islands by the end of 2004, carrying 1,350 passengers and 340 cars at more than 40 knots.

A real innovative design applies to the center com- bining gear - Renk ASL 2 x 80 - which transmits the power supplied by two diesel engines (2 x 9,100 kW/1.150 rpm) to one large booster jet. For most oper- ational flexibility, this is to be driven not only at con- tinuous maximum power, but also in partial load with one diesel engine. For optimization, a second gear stage is introduced in form of a planetary gear on the output shaft arrangement, the operable from both diesel ends and avoiding separate gear stages.

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New Valve Seat and Recess Lathe type VRL

With the development of the VRL machine, the func- tion of in-situ machining of valve seats and seat recess- es of medium speed diesel engines has been accom- plished. The VRL is adjustable for different machining diameters, and for machining seat recesses horizontal- ly, vertically and for chamfering. It is electrically driv- en and a frequency converter enables step-less adjust- ment of the rotational speed of the machine from 0 -

Skandiaverken of Sweden has acquired the patented technology and production facilities for the SKV Flexi

Tube. The SKV Flexi Tube is designed to allow a com- plete stern tube installation in hours, as it is designed to require less preparation work for designers and ship- yards. Alignment is achieved by the SKV Flexi Tube being integrally cast in an epoxy resin using a special- ly designed and patented sealing package and a filling method that is designed to give complete filling sans air pockets. It shall not be welded to the ship structure since a patented axial flexibility of the forward boss allows thermal expansion while in operation.

In order to design a customized SKV Flexi Tube, the only information needed is type of hull, calculated stern tube length and diameter of propeller shaft.

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Maritime Reporter & Engineering News

Orkot TXMM bearings were chosen for use on a deep ocean submarine installation. The TXMM bear- ing reportedly exhibits negligible swell in water, there- fore maintaining the correct installed operating clear- ances needed to retain dimensional stability and deliv- er a long wear life at submarine operating depths.

TXMM can be used for special spherical bearing applications and is maintenance free. It has approval for hatch cover slide pads operating dry at pressures up to 35N/mm2. It also has classification approvals from all major societies for totally dry operation, such as neck bearings for ship's rudders.

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Advanced Bearing for Sub Ops 290 rpm. The spindle for machining the recesses is made of two parts and thus divisible for easy access with a standard diameter measuring tool.

For seat angle machining, the exchangeable adapter makes it a simple operation, and several pre- set seat angles can be set from our factory. Automatic centering with high accuracy makes the VRL easy to operate.

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Don Sutherland

Photographer of boats and maritime activities.

Anywhere.

In New York: 718-447-3908 : [email protected]