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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1949.
SOLE AGENTS, —
THE JARDINE ENGINEERING CORPN. LTD.
TEL, 3031
ALL AROUND THE WORLD
you'll find
SLOAN FLUSH VALVES
THERE ARE MORE SLOAN FLUSH VALVES SOLD THAN ALL OTHER MAKES COMBINED.
Agents
ANDERSEN, MEYER & COMPANY, LTD.
David House
Tel: 28091
ENGINEERING PAGE
Manual hidden arc welding with Mengal Lincolnweld equipment is being used here to re- duce the cost of this weldment for a machine tool that has been re-designed for welded steel smooth finish is produced construction. Welding speeds are three to five times teeter and without any cleaning or grinding.
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Manual Hidden Arc Welding
In fabricating parts for ma- hine tools that have blen redesigned for welded steel construction, the A.C. Woods & Company, steel plate fabri-,
By WILLIAM LILLY
Fuel-Saving Water Tube Boiler
An extensive line of fuel-sav.
Ing water tube bollera is now avnilable to the export; trade through Mercator Corporation Reading. Pa., U.S.A.
Made by the
International Bolier Works Company of. Easi Stroudsburg, Pa.. the line in ciules a model for every steam requirement and method of 'flr- The boilers are capable of burning solid fucts, ‚oll, pr gas,, when properly converted and baffled for each type of fuel.
Due to rapid and directed in- ternal water circulation quick steaming is assured and opera- tional costs and maintenance are reduced to #minimum. These ore often the deciding actors be- tween profix or loss of the entire business en.erprise.
The boilers
are designed for heavy overloads up to 100 рег cent when mechanically ared. While listed ratings for fuel-saver Heating bollers are SBI, standard, normal performance' of these water tube boilers excede the SBI rating recommendations by at least 20 per cent,
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extended the advantages of the Indden are process to applications Another advantage of the boi- where previously It was not lers is the ease with which they economical or physically possible may be cleaned. Both the water-
to use. The type of work done side and fire side of all tubes are by the A. C. Woods & Company accessible for inspections and gravity from the welding Kun. eators in Blinois, U.S. in using The wire is fed from the reel and has been too varied anti in pro- ( cleaning.
anal hidden are welding to through the special cable to the the use of fully automatic weld- duction lots, too small to permit
Maximum heat absorption is reduce the cost of weldments.
run at the proper speed for the
ing. Too many different set-ups effected through the engineering Welding speeds as much as amount of current being used.
design. The water tubes arc six times ng fast as previous) The cable is rubber-covered are required.
With the Manual Lincolnweld staggered in successive rows to hand speeds have substantially stranded copper, in the centre of
they are HOW increase the contact of the hot].
speeds and gases with the tuber. forcing the increased production. In addi- which is a closely wound colied, however,
The cable provides sing the higher tion, the mooth, clean welds spring.
light Bexible carrier for both higher current densities of hid-hot gases to travel in an extremely produced by the process are
electrode den are welding to produce dense, long three pass travel across the welding current uni
and smooth tube tank, Spatter-free and require
wire. The process uses a 5/64- deeply penetrating cleaning and less grinding to inch diameter electrode ta pro- appearing welds at lower cost.
Wolds are deposited
This cffelent distribution of hot with provide the specified, external vide ease of operation in mani-
savings by uniform heat application whose gas effects marked pulating the gun. appearance.
higher proportion of The equipment for munnual A constant arc voltage is auto- freedom of hydrogen and slow utilising o
maintained indepen- rate of cooling facilitate welding heat released by the burning fuel, hidden are welding that is makatically ing this performance possible is dently of the height of the gun in higher carbon and low alloy water walls extending nearly the
The gun can, high tensile steels. The uniform all length of seen in photo above in use weld above the work. In a small hydraulic pump tank therefore, be raised or lowered application of heat also minimises chamber. for a machine tool. The welling to regulate the flow of flux need-distortion.
ed to cover the are completely, unit is called the Manual Lin colnweld, the production of which has just been announced
trols.
High Current
the combustion
the For welding
hydraulic The line is available in sizes pump tank, seen in photo, the from 10 h.p. to 300 h.p. and In welder is used in cunjunction working pressures of 100, 125 and by The Lincoln Electrie Com- With the 5/64-inch diameter with a positioner. The sides of 150 lbs. They are designed and nccordance with the pany. It is a portable, self-suf- electrode wire, extremely, high this open top tank are made of built in
Be-inch mild steel, the end plates ASME power, boiler code." Detent unit providing all the current densities are used. necessary welding current and cause wire is fed through the gun of 13-inch plate and the bottom
All parts are For a specification bulletin and rates of auxiliary power, plus automatic nozzle at
generally of-inch plate. wire feed mechanism and con- around 300 inches per minute and pre-machined and the assembly further information, call on the
Local Agents, Yu Tung Tai Ltd. because current is introduced to tack walded together.
All outside welds, except a few
Fuel Saver International Boilers The basic element of the unit the wire close to the are, it is
with the hidden are process. No are being installed in Hong Kong enter. You can Speed up a job like this in standard 000 impere welder innsible to use 600 amperes with small cutiet Joints, are then made
which can be used for either re- only a 5/64-Inch electrode.
is edge preparation For regular hand welding an Tho, machine settings vary from Prises: gular manual welding or for
required. by the following industrial
manual hidden Arc
welding, electrode more than four times 250 to 300 amps., depending on Mounted on the welder is a com- large, or inch, is required to the size of the plate, at speeds of Hongkong Soya Beans Products pact unit containing the wire handle 600 amperes. The cur-30 to 40 inches per minute..
Co. Ltd., Hongkong Wool Manu reel, feed mechanism, drive motorrent densities, used
While the manual hidden are facturing Co. Ltd., Nan Sing Dye- and voltage controls. A spectul Manual Lincolnweld equipment. cable, to which is attached a cons are higher than have even been welding speeds are three to five ing Works, Nan Yung Cotton Mills,
lines faster on shaped welding gun, completed used before and effectively con- the amount of welding time is a China Dyeing & Bleaching Works, this weldment, Oriental Corporation Ltd, South
the equipment.
centrate heat ruffleleni to weld In Manual Lincolnwelding, the-inch plate in a plain butt mali percentage of the total pro- South China Textiles Ltd., South tuction time. The greatest cost Textiles Ltd. Tabaqueria Filipina, electrode wire is fed automati-joint, one pass cach side, without reduction on this job has been and Yue Hing EMW. Dyeing enlly to the work through a cage preparation.
Factory. granular flux that is deposited by This simplified equipment has the savings on cleaning.
with the
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Wherever the pages of industrial history are opened,
in traction, supply, lighting or general industry,
the record of Metropolitan-Vickers is outstanding.
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Since its foundation In 1809 as the
British. Westinghouse' Company the organization has repeatedly established records in size, voltage and eflciency.
During the two’Great Wara Its production potential made a magnificent contribution to victory.
In the task of reconstruction, the organization
has been no less active.
In every continent the name of Metropolitan-Vickera
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WITH
Lillington's
NO. 1 METALLIC LIQUID-
This Liquid is a rapid hardener and at-the same time produces a waterproof, hardwearing and dustloss concreto. These properties were utilised to the full in the construction of aerodromes and Government factories during the wary The use of: Lillington's No. 1 Metallic Liquid enabled Service vehicles to carry supplies over the previous day's concreting, thus speeding the job considerably,
No 2 METALLIC LIQUID-Waterproofs: exterior brick- work, and affords complete protection against heavy ralus ·
in exposed positions.
No. 5 METALLIC LIQUID—Makes concrete floors water
and dust proof."
No. 6 METALLIC LIQUID-Repairs leaky roofs and
terraces,
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Flake Lubricating Graphite.
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COPPER TUBES FOR DOMESTIC SER-
VICE.
COPPER TUBES FOR SUGAR RE-
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Imperial Chemical Industries Limited
mical Industries (China) Ltd.
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A.SK
GJACKS
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in tubes for glazing
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