THE CHINA MAIL, TIIU RSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1940.
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ENGINEERING PAGE
RADIO TELEPHONE INTERESTS
HONG KONG COMPANIES
sys-
The polentials of Radio Tele-Belin picture-transmission phone, as discussed on this page tem, Messrs. Pye inade journa- last week, have been the subject liste history by getting a pinture of keen discussion among Hong of the winner of the Oaks into the Kong transport companies. It is less than
newspaper office within A few two years since Bus-minutes of the event taking place. iness Radio Licence No. 1 was By installing this apparatus in an lasued in England for the instal-ucropla lation of Pyo Radi
stul-ueroplane.. and so increasing the Radio Telephones, range,
pleture of the Test Matchi not only has being played at Trent Bridge, that company alone installed Nottingham, reached Radio Telephones for more than record time. The British nows- London in forty taxi and car-line firms, but
but in that time,
the commercial use of Pye Ratlig rs were eager to acclaim this
Journalistic feat ephones, hus been spread to racing cars, Police, Am- bulance and
many other com-
merclul and Government
Track Test
con- The compactness of the equip- ment attracted the interest of the
cerns.
Bermuda", under tow by 3 tugs [HR.G. team tear designed by H.. from Hebburn Quay to the Firth R. Godfrey) competing In the Forth, recently escaped ex-Isle of Man installed this equip- treme danger through the use of ment continuous contact with the Radio telephone which had, for-pits throughout the race. The test tunately, been installed in all of working under racing condition four vessels. In terrible towing weather, two of
of the three towing lines broke and "Monarch of
the Bermuda" faced gule-force winds and the danger of going ashore. Only by using Pye Rudlo could the tugs have made fast to the Jiner again in such acas.
The 22,424 ton "Monarch of molor racing fraternity, and the
Trial Order
With the advent of radio con- trolled taxis, it was not long be- fore the Home Office becarne in- terested, and a trini order came from Edinburgh for a single ins tallation
ation in a police patrol car. So successful WAS the test, that
now
over 500 units have been
Installed in vehicles for police, fire and ambulance brigades up and
d down the country. Experiments
been curried.
out to
to test Pye units in the in- tricate took of marshalling ras- way wagons of March in Cam- bridgeshire. These tests have also been confirmed as successful, and it is hope thut in the very near future. Pye equipment will be in use in all the marshalling yards of the British Hallways,
The
Evening Standard and
Dally Express newspapers install- {
A Mobile Unit.
Mesars, Contax Ltd's taxis was involved in a collision and com- pletely wrecked. The Radio Tele- phone was in full working order, and could have been used to call for Immediate assistance from hondquarter had it been neces-
sary,
to
Messrs. Scaffolding (Great Bri- tal) Ltd. find it necessary move large- quantities of their from site to site with equipment
the minimum delay. Radio tele- phone has been fitted to their Supervisors cars. Though cons- tantly on the move, they are able to communicate the latest position of their v.ork to their
Head-
ed for
quarters who in turn direct the movement of labour and material. Thus the Radio-Telephone makes its debut in the Building Trade.
The list of tisers of
of Pye Radio telephone in the United Kingdomt is reaching impressive proper- tions. Equipment has been install- no fewer than 32 city over. 500 police forces totalling
500 mobile units. Over 60 units have been installed in tugs by various Arms in the largest ports in Great Britain and the number of taxi firms and other business concern team is fitting the equipment is growing the equipment day by day.
The
Control Box Marine Mobile Equipment.
ed radio-telephone in their re-is a severe one, but the equip when porters cars to enable them tomment withstood it one hundred going
the
Sonic
to use
get their news to Fleet Street in per cent. Messrs. Pye we looking in a full 24 hours race. the shortest possible time. With forward
There seems no doubt that to TE nuch the Ald
more ability, of the equipnient to with-Hong Kong will shortly become of the Muirhead-gruelling test at Splan, Belgium stand rough treatment was de-"Radio Telephony Conscious" just
monstrated recently when one of jas England already is.
Marine mobils equipment In a weather proof cabinet do. elgned for bulkhead mounting.
British Refrigerators
A telling example of the enter prise and energy with which the smaller firms in Britain are con¬ tributing to the nation's record breaking export drive is given in
report
issued by A Sunsex (South England)
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engineering company.
All British
Fortnight In
Copenhagen
WELDING
PROBLEMS
Welding is now so widely used the
By H.G. TAYLOR, D.Sc
J
...(Eng.) M,I.E.E.
F.. Inst. P.
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Metallurgical Problems
G
Perkins
DIESELS
F. PERKINS LTD. Type S6M Marine Diesel Engines 100 HP-2,000 RPM
Complete with reverse gear and 2 to 1
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THE LINCOLN
300 AMPS WELDING GENERATOR
SHIELD ARC WELDER'S
AUTOMATIC WELDING EQUIPMENT-
FLEETWELD ELECTRODES
STOCKS CARRIED
BY
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AUSTRALIA. PTY, LTD,
IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES LTD.
Paints Division
United Kingdom
(Successors to Nobel Chemical Finishes Ltd.)
STOCKS OF THE FOLLOWING. NOW AVAILABLE IN HONG KONG
the welding of iron The establishment of a welding "DUCO"
Motor Car Finisher and accessories Including
Waxes and Polishes,
-up and painting matale).
Brushing (Quick drying, gloss finish, for touching DULUX" Coach finishes and accessories.
work)
"DULUX Enamel (Quick drying, gloss finish for household
General purpben gloss finish and ancillary ducts.
closest co-operation with In the engineering and metal metallurgical research bodies contruction Industries that some such as the British Non-Ferrous may ask why research is neces- Metals Research Association and sary, but many will have had ex- the British Iron and Steel Re- perience of the difficulties and search Association. Nevertheless, failures, they have not explained it is necessary that the Welding Axcept by supposition. Further, lesearch Association should as- the extended application of weld certain the nature of the metal- lurgical problems. which welding introduces
Until recently
this work has been done
one through an active group of committees mak- Use of the ferilities avaliable in members' own
own laboratories and in Universities, but to these facilities have now been added the Association's own small but ing naturally involves problems well-equipped metallurgical_la- in some specialised flelds and boratory which has been set up research is necessary for their at 29, Park Crescent, N.WI solution.
The main problems urgently The greatest international con- requiring attention are outlined ference of a technical kind ever below:- held in this country was con- vened
by 17 of the leading Bri- tish selentide and technical in- sututions in 1813 to which 150 Papers on and steel were contributed from Procedure for, various metals and 35 countries, The Conference alloys which will give consistent "DUCO" concluded with
general resolu- satisfactory results in practico This firm, starting from almost The people of Scandinavia will tions unanimously adopted which is one of the first objectives. It nothing, has within ave months unity of appraising progress made search
have AN precedented oppor outlined the principles of
Is characteristic of many
metals created the biggest single In-
programine. It is dustrial unit in South-West Sus- by Britain's postwar Industries programme and its development welding, and such changes often this and alloys that physical changes occur when they are heated for sex, and this is now exporting
ting when the All-British exhibition under the Welding Research refrigerators to all parts of the It will be the largest and
opens
in Copenhagen next month. Council of the Institute of Weld Introduce difficulties in world. Canada and the U.S.A. are
mosting for which the British-Weld-
Д satisfactory Joint. TO SILVIO Aluminium Paint almost the only two countries comprehensive display of British ing Research Asscelation has now estal
establish suitable procedures in which Its models will not be and besides the main exhibition)
goods ever held in Scandinavia become responsible.
lengthy investigations de to how futind; there is even one in Mos-bulldings in the centre
effect of these physical changes of the capital, the Tivoli Gardens, the Before starting
There are two broad aspects of a nevessary. their export Royal Riding House and other the welding problem. The first In the welding of some alloy drive the five directors of the hem premises will also be used to les in the material to be joined, steals conducted an intensive personal house the products. of close and the effect at the method on are formed, and if these higher
characteristic. hardened the method of making the joint zones, in which cracks may occur. research into foreign require 1,000 firma, ments
travelling by air to
dif-
the physical and mechanical pro-strength ferent aversens markets. This
materials are, fo, be Machinery, chemicals and bulld-perties of the material and con- readily. welded, clone attention preliminary research has proved ing materials will be housed in soquently on the strength of must be given both to their rela highly successful for today the the large exhibition ,buliding, company is anding a ready mar-and household goods, office equip in the fact that a weld pro to the welding, procedure. Fur- the product. The second fles five position in the structure and kot overseas for approximately ment.. foodstuffs and sen, and air vides in rigid joint as distinct Uermore, when very thick: soc two-thirds of its weekly output in the Royal Riding House, trans-joints of a riveted or bolted con- plain, carbon steel decur at high transport in the Tivoli Gardens from the comparatively flexible tions are to be joined even in of around 200 refrigerators.LANG
Dort equipment will be displayed struction; this rigidity affects the weld metal may occur CARBON BLACK and fancy goods, together with ant structure or component and at Park Crescent is simed at While a wide range of leather working properties of the result-temperatures. Part of the work A £1000,000 factory for the Britain's most modern sciantino, calls for a new approach in do- eliminating failures of this kind manufakture of carbon black instruments will be seen in an algn. (used in type making) is to be other building Textiles and The Aral aspect involves many tensile strength which, may be and at producing, sidels of high built at Bristol, England.”....... Fashiony to be displayed in the of the fundamental problems of really welded.
Britainda at present spending Magasin du Nord, one of Copen- metallurgy But if not, the En
rate of US$14,000,000 yearly hugen's largest department stores, function of
Engineering of carbon black from lovelint and newest fabrics. One researcher of this character,
will include many of Britain's association to carry out extensive Problems WILLZMANNS, ucful dolluk saya range of fabricá, dortain to com: hence the Association, maintains rødticed bý, woldlag Into the de-.
Pithat
new scheme catule. The manufacturers (the mad considerable attention wi araline Development Combe new lightweight Paulling of Suare fe any) have obtained from the manufactured here range from ounces.
which a Storm is the boin wool, both from-ten to eleyen dive research on the behaviour of 20 Philips Petroleum Com-agossamer crepe welthing six to this to produce two res PRVE FONTION TO Jaro, lo a preph by
4Climbed and fortherweight
EDW.
on importa
the
The
Ing
in produc-
Broad Aspects to control or reduce the adversSO`
Sawelding research
A study of the new factors fit=.
sign of structures, entails, exten-
fconstructions of all types. Under varied conditions, bf station BAN dynalé:and, Milusting/londisi
Metal pretreatment chemicals and mie paints.
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