materials and equipment
ROOF REPAIR KIT
An all-in-one first aid kit for re- pairing roof leaks in all weather has been introduced by The Monroe Co., Inc., 10789 Quebec Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA. It is also available
Roof sealing with Monroe kit
in a mini size that provides protection for small businesses and institutions, as well as the separate buildings of large industrial complexes.
The kit consists of Monroe's Damp- Dek, included in two forms
liquid and plastic cement and packaged in 5 gallon pails for easy handling.
Both contain special penetrating oils which cut through surface mois- ture to resaturate the roofing materials below, sealing the leak.
Also incorporated in the kit are a roll of fibreglass membranes for patch- ing cracks, severe breaks, and flashings, and a fibre roofing brush.
HAND DRILL
The LBB44 air-operated hand drill, produced by Atlas Copco AB, Stock- holm 1, Sweden, is a lightweight tool
Atlas Copco LBB44 drill
speed of 800 r.p.m., an air consump- tion rate of 0.85 sq.m. per minute, an overall length of 280 mm (11 1/16 in.) and a weight of 3,1 kg (61⁄2 lb.).
Agents are Jardine Waugh (M) Ltd., Kuala Lumpur; China Engineers, Ltd., Hong Kong; Scandia Ltd., Manila; Die- thelm and Co. Ltd., Bangkok; and Tai- wan Trading Corp., Taipei.
PORTABLE WINCH
With a gear ratio of 186:1, the model 800 portable winch made by Warn Manufacturing Co., Inc., 9050 Empire Way South, Seattle, Washing ton 98118, USA, has a single-line lift capacity of 800 lb.
The winch weighs 21 lb. and has two different versions. A petrol version uses a single h.p. two-cycle engine that can be run in any position. A line
Model 800 portable winch
thrown over its capstan can be pulled at 17 ft. minute.
per
The electric version has a 12 V d.c. motor that operates from a 6 or 12 V car or truck battery. It comes with switch cable and plugs, and can pull 12 ft. of line per minute.
The manufacturers are interested in contacting agents in S.E. Asia.
WALL COVERING
A Nylon-reinforced wall covering, Pitaplast, has been introduced for one- coat application by brush on brick- work, concrete, cement rendering, plas- ter, stucco and masonry. This covering, which is waterproof and weatherproof, equals ten coats of paint and sets to a rock-hard matt finish in one hour.
Hair cracks, blemishes and surface for heavy-duty work on construction imperfections are filled and densely sites.
covered in one coat only. The covering is formulated for painting rapidly and can be stippled.
It has a drilling capacity through steel of 13 mm (1⁄2 in.), a maximum
Available in interior and exterior grades, the coverings are supplied in 15 lb. tins or 80 lb. kegs, in white and pastel shades.
Manufacturers: Allweather Paints Ltd., 36 Great Queen Street, London, W.C. 2.
LIGHTING FITTING
A bulkhead lighting fitting that re- quires little or no maintenance is being produced by Relite Electric Ltd., Groveland Road, Tipton, Staffs., UK, in high-gloss stove-enamelled grey body and prismatic glass with a clear or frost- ed finish. It is supplied in one 100W or two 60W lamps.
The fitting measures 10 5/32 in. long by 51⁄2 in. wide by 4% in, deep and weighs 3 lb. 7 oz. A neoprene gasket fitted round the rim of the cover provides a waterproof seal with the aluminium alloy bo
dy and is indented at each end to allow the fixing screws to engage outside the seal.
Two reversible hinges at one end of the casing are lo- Relite
cated on the inside fitting
to preserve a smooth exterior appear- ance. The interior, finished in white stove enamel, incorporates a reversible slip-on lampholder and is tapped for 3/4 in. conduit at top and bottom or at both sides.
Agents are U. Spalinger Ltd., Hong Kong; Sime Darby, Ltd., Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, and Communica- tions Electrical Equipment and Supply Co., Inc., Manila.
RECORD CABINET
The Fall Front is a new addition to the Chatwood-Milner range of cabinets for the protection of business records against fire.
Available with or without full width platforms on suspension slides ranging from one to six in number, the cabinet will accommodate all types of visible record systems, machine accounting re- cords and similar documents. The fall front door provides a platform at con- venient working height giving economy in floor space.
The door of the cabinet is secured by five bolts two on each side and one in the top centre of the door operated by a stainless steel tubular handle. The handle pulls forward to the operator and actuates the bolts so that the entire door operation can take place without releasing the handle. The keylock is fitted in a box to the
Far East BUILDER, November 1968.
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