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THE CHINA LAILA MONDAY, JUNE 18, 1956)
SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
HELPING OTHER COUNTRIES
TO PRODUCE MORE
STEEL
Britain's Contribution In Supply
Of Plant And Equipment
By W. Andrews
The capacity of the British steel industry has expanded ACCOUNTANCY, BOOK - KEEPING, by about 65 per cent since the end of the war. This has naturally
Company Seroláryship, Costing. An "Intensive method" course (for award addigalotna insociate or fellow! will amint you to higher statue and better salary luleresting spare-time prastai atudy with expert
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MUSICAL
been accompanied by
the
greatly increased activity on part of the manufacturers of steel-making plant and equipment.
class
Because vf the enormous carbomsing plant in the Com- growth in demand, firms which manwealth. have always speciniised in this The Woodall-Duckhom Con- of work have extended struction Company Ltd. 03/07 their scope, by the development Brompton Rd., London, SW3, is or acquisition of new designs, building
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plant, and some companies have turn valued £1,750,000, for the
Plant for Norway--
ed to the supply of partletter South African Iron and Steri and machinery Industrial Corporation's Pretoria types of płani WE PROUDLY PRESENT Wert. mlister's superh recordings on pre- į stimulated by the technical ad- plant, recorded tages Rachmaninoff Piano įvances which have been made
Trio. Chopin Concerto, Archduke
in the past ton or 15 years, Second Coɛcerto, Liszt Kiapeodies, Beethoven Overtures, Moonlight and Pathetique malas, Carmen Sultes, Pictures At Exhibition, New World Symphony
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FAR
NOTICE
FREIGHT
Hems werE
42 inch
company
prietary Company, Australia, at an estimated cost of £500,000.
British Another which has
sold much plant abroad is the Brightside Foundry and Engineering Company Lid, Ecclesteld. Sheffield. One of its most interesting recent contracts has been a 34 inch two-high reversible slabbing and bloom- Ing mill for the Karabuk Iron and Steel Works in Turkey.
Supplied to the order of the Sumerbank General Directorate.
forme the mill
excellent example of the marmer in which new machinery can be designed to fuif the user's requirements
for Integration with
plant al-
ready in service,
A
an
JAVY ned United Engineering One of the intest advances in which the Industry
Company Ltd, Park Iron in Britain
Sheffield has taken a leading part is the Works,
4. recently provision of extensive Instru- completed plant for the Nor- mentation ami The availability wegian national steel works at of such itema 15 Immersion Mai Rana, of which the principal pryometers for regulating cast-
by 108 Ing temperatures, flow-meters incl high-ft, reversing bloom- and recorders of all kinds for Ing and slabbing mill with 900
--And Sweden measuring the volumes of gaser ton electric bloom aboer, roller
ad EASTERN
quids
consumed. elce table and auxilary equipment; a
CONTINUOUS modium tronically operated automali 32 tr3ch two-high reversing. CONFERENCE
strip for the loa Altifoni e controls for different processes three-stond structural mili for which producing sections up to 18 inch
'Acciaierlo d'Italia at Genoa, Is FAR EAST GULF OF ADEN similar accessories
one of several orders received broth Kunint high quality beams, with electric billet shear,
by tho Loewy production and inite posible the electele sliding frume hot saw,
Engineering AND RED SEA PORTS
Company Lid, 551-558 Wallis maximum
from output
cooling banks: and a complete CONFERENCE
preifle type of plant.
19-stand Morgan
Rd., combination Downs
Bournemouth, merchani bar,
wire-rod and Hampshire, strip plant capable of flushing Has recently completed an im- portant order for the Swedish 5,000 [cel t
firm, Avesta, for hydraulic forg- Ing presses and hae manufac- tured rolling and forging plant of all kinds for steel works all over the world including Russia. The British electrical equip- ment manufacturers have also participated
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The Conference Lines wish 1 to inform Shippers and Mer chants That, consequent OR inflation, their operating and huilding costs have continued to rise substantially since the last general increase in freight in 1961. The Lines therefore now and it essential to increase the general level of freight rates from the Area by Hongkong Tariff about 15 per cent although there will be variations and exceptions in the case of a fow commodities,
Engineering Consortium
speeds Un
MHE heavy metallurgical in minste.
dustry throughout the world
tu
The total value of the material
tends towards the construction supplied by British firms ef integrated fran Arch stee this Norwegian works was
works where the whole process the order of
the iron ore
of production, from the receipt the despatch material.
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ut the finished
out on one site, carried ganised to chatre the maximum economy and efficiency of opera
tion throughout.
For the customer it is ob
viously more convenient tu
tion.
contract with a single company for the complete plant rather than with the Individual manu- facturers
the different and in recognition of sections, the advantages to be gained to The new rates of freight this way from joint representa.
to cargo wit only apply
a number <f prominent British companies formed in loaded by vessels commencing
1045 the Metallurgical Equip- ment Export Company Limite loading at the port concerned
This consortium is after midnight on 31st August, (MEECO).
engineering. e-ordinong 1956. For earge on Bills of
and sales group of British m Lading with transhipment the capable of suplying and erect - increased rates will apply to ing a complete iron and steel Through Bils
Lading works. of dated 1st September, 1955
onwards
rales of The Conference freight from Shangbai and North China Ports are also being revised. The new rates will apply equally to direct shipments from Shanghai and from the usual North China loading ports. The new rates will apply to cargo loaded by vessels commencing leading at the port concerned after midnight on 31st August,
1956.
an
Among the important oversen
contracts which the consortium has arranged in recent years are the supply of Bessemer steel. making plant to the Swedish concern. Norbotten Jarnverk, and the provision of iron and steel-making and rolling mil plarit for the Empresa Nacional Siderurgign SA at Aviles Spain. Firms associated in this way cuntnue, of course, to ac- cept individual contracts.
£80 Million Order
In
AN British firms is the Indian
N even larger consortium of
Steelworks Construction Com- pany. which recently concluded an agreement with the Indian For Through Cargo Government for the construc- transhipped at Hongkong, the tion of an £80 million iron and increased rates will apply to steel works at Durgapur,
Bengal. Through Billa of Lading dated ist September. 1956, onwards.
American President Lines ready started Ltd.,
West
The plant will have an Initial capacity which may eventually be doubled-of a million tons à year; work on the site has al- Of the total of £50 million of foreign exchange required for, the plant, the United Kingdom is arranging credita for more than half.
Prominent manufacturers plant for every phase of iron and steel production have many China Mutual Steam Navi- orders in hand for oversen cur- gation Co., Ltd.,
Ben Line Stenmers Ltd., Cio Maritime des Chargeurs Reunis,
ship Co., Ltd.),
tomers. Ashmore Benson Pease and Company Lid, for example, Ellerman & Bucknall Steam- Parkfield Works, Stockton-on- Tees, England, is engaged on the construction of two large blast Glen Line Ltd. (Glen, & furnaces, both with hearth dia Shire Joint Service),
Hamburg-Amerika Linie; - Holland-Oost-Azie Lijn,
Simon-Carves Lid, Cheadle Heath, Stockport, England, 10 Lloyd Triestino, S.P.A.N., building two batteries each of Cie. des Messagerien Mari-70 coke oven, also at Burnpur,
times,
Nippon Yusen Kaisha, Norddeutscher Loyıl, “Oconn Steam Ship Co., Ltd.,.
Osaka Shosen Kalsha, A/S Dot Ostaniatiske Kom pagni (East Asiatic ,Ltd.),.
Peninsular
Co.,
incters of 25 feet and rated out- puts of 1,200 tons a' day, for tho Indian Iron and Steel ComTM pany's plant at Burmpur,
together with by-product plant and coa and coke handling equipment. This will raise the capacity of the existing plant to it is 0,300 tons a day, this, claimed, making it the biggest
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES
"PELEUS!
DANGAR ONO và thi voi
Oriental be surveyed by Mebar Palen &
Steam Navigation Co.,`
Bhores-Davy at Hoft's WhatỂ, from 10, de una '18 and R20, 1958, and
A/B Svenska Ostasiatiska heir, representatives prément - during
Don times are requela, to hun
Kompaalet (Swedish. East the survey,
Asia Co., Ltd.),
With Wilhelmsen,
DUTTKAFIELD & SWIE,
Hona Kória, June 10, 1980.
£2,000,000
for set
which in addition
to a major extent in these contracts, supplying the maint
auxiliary driving and
Among valuable orders for works in the Commonwealth is new 18 Inch, 14-stand, Mor- EL gen continuous skelp and strip
the Newcastle NSW motors, control gear and equip- inill for works of the Broken Hill Pro- ment.
MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN
A CENTURY AGO ROMANTIC COCKAIGNE WAS A BANKRUPT NATION WITH TWIN HEIAS TO THE DEBT-RIDDEN THRONE,
FERDINAND
WE'LL CUT CARDS FOR THE THRONE. THE LOSER
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AGREED
NANCY
HEY, KIDDO
MAY 1. HAVE A GLASS OF WATER?
THANKS
JOHNNY HAZARD
IM ALL RIGHT NOW, GUSTY THANKS TO YOU GUYS (L***
- ANYWAY, YOU NEED
A STRONG SHOULDER
TO LEAN ON JOHNNYS THIS LADDER (SABT.
This 6,000 ton wheel press was buili, by Davy and United Engineering Company Ltd, of Sheffield, England. A similar wheel press la now on order for France. The company has provided many large pieces of equipment for overmés countries. Last year the firm completed a 88 inch (1.42 metres) four- stand laudlem cold trip milt which is now in production in
Australis.
Electronic
The electronic simulator con- tinues to be used for the study of
mulomatic
control and of problems involving the solution of differential equations.
Most of the development work has been completed and special units are still being in- troduced as the need arises and as experience is gained in using the machines.
Mathematical and engineering problems have been studied on The simulator during the year,
TODAY COCKAIGNE IS RICH, RULED BY NARDA'S BROTHER
KING SEGRID.
NOW WILL YOU DO ME A FAVOR ?.
SURE
· PRETTY LANDING JOHNNY, |BUT YOU ANDI ARB GOING || TO GO OVER ENGRGENCY
PROCEDURE; IN TIRSE NEW...
JEES. THE CHLY BOOK- NORM TO FLY DON'T.) TANGLE WITH HIM; V- JOHNNY HE THINKS ONE TECHNICAL WORD IS
WORTH A THOUSAND
[A1
Simulator
including the study of an exist- ing control systern in an oil refinery and an investigation of the off changes in a turbo al- fernator.
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Problems of this type are dealt with
a' service for industry in collaborailon with the engineers concerned.
A certain amount of work has also been done on the simulation of economie systems in conjunction with the London School of Economica.
By Leo Falk and Phil Davis
IF MY GREAT- GRAND FATHER HADN'T BEEN SUCH A FOOL PD BE KING
TODAY!
PRINCE MICHAEL. DESCENDANT
OF THE OTHER TWIN
By Mik
By Ernie Bushmiller
I'VE BEEN.
GETTING
FAT. LATELY
By Frank Robbins
"WHAT A PAIR OF HONEYS, THESE GUYN COL MARLON: 15 OUT OF HIS BRASS-BOUND
| HEAD, IP BR THINKSʻEITHER
OF EM IS CAPABLE OF
g"> ESPIONAGE 2
THIS LAMP WILL NOT BLOW OUT
A FIRM in the UK recently produced new, indicator lamp, developed specially to show speed restrictions to engine drivers when the engineers are in possession of the line.
CEMENT
Other tises have now become apparent.
The lamp is designed so that no wind will blow it out, and
HANDLING 40 that it will stay alight for
EQUIPMENT
| eight days.
Those lips are normally placed at three points besido the line when a speck wetriation is, in force-a mile before the
Now in production is restriction, and at the beginning
equipment for auto-and end.
matically transporting In addition to being open to cement from the site the wind, they are subject to vollent eddying in the alpstream, where it is mixed to the of passing trains. point where it is to be used.
The firm approached Britain's
Yet a lump that blows out can prove a great dunger,
Preturiatically operated, the Nalionai Physical Laboratory equipment will transport the and asked for a test on their mixed cement 1,000 feet hoexisting indicator lamp.
zontally and more than 100 feet
vertically,
It is claimed that it will con-
Using tho wind tunnel vey up to 35 cubic yards per techniques perfected in investi- tour through a olx-inch pipeline.
top.
the
be
gating the aerodynamic prob- The pressure cylinder, which ema of high speed flight, will hold 17% cuble feet of NPL chowed that it was under cement, is located at the mixing certain conditions possible to point and the cenrent poured blow out the lamp. into it through a hopper at the
Suggestions were mide
the lamps might
The tem re-designed the lamp and again submitted it for test ing.
It passed the tests attccessfully, none of the three burners ever being blown out, As a result the lamp is now recommended for use in nit. regions of British Railways,
is an example of how carried out im one.
how Compressed air, stored in on modified. air receiver, is then, admitted to the top of the cylinder through a valve and the cement is forced through the pipeline.
Regulation of the air pressure in the cylinder governs the cement's speed of travel.
At the delivery end of the This pipeline, a discharge box separ-research. ates the cement and the air and held can be of benenit in others
central baffle within it divides entirely dissimilar. (the flow of cement inbo
two streams which
re-united before the final delivery.
Velocity is thus arrested and the force of discharge reduced.
Pipeline is supplied in acc- tions 10 feet long and one, two, three and five foot sections and berxis are also available. Firm
COTTON DISPLAY
is: Blaw Knox Ltd, 85, Brom IN LONDON
ton Road, London, 8W3.
EVEN
MAGICIANS
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Couldn't be fresher!
try Libby's
FROZEN PEAS TODAY
ROWNTREES
You can
the fruit
Can
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London Design Centre, opened by the Duke of Edinburgh. April 20, now has the first of Its special displays, Called "Design-In Cotton, the display was opested on June 4 and will be on show to the public for a month.
by
The exhibition was assembled the Colton Board, Colvur
Design and Style Contre, Man- to show current
chester,
examples of well designed dres and furnishing fabrics, woven. and printed, in 100 per cotton
cent
and blcade and mixtures of cotton with other fibres Most of the fabrics, and already on salo both in Britain and abroad but there aro a number of brand new designs on show of particular interest to trade buyers.
Already neatly 100,000 people, have visited the permanent ex hibitions of a wide range of well designed British-made articles, ranging from a motor cycle and typewriters to kitchen sinks, This wathibition continues dur- ing the specki tlaponcil
Design Contro,
of
Industrial Design): 28 Hoy- market, London, SW1,
Vital Link In
Kai Tak Scheme
In Burma, the Rangoon University Engineering Col" lege and Polytechnic will be completed later this year and In Australia the group is carrying out large-scale building to help meet the acute housing: shortage...
system
An office intercom made, by 'a UK dan 'la" playing an important part in a big air- port development scheme In Hongkong.
One of them mullkorn stallations-guld to be the only apparatus of Indy and
in nomally unit whhots in
offiera
helping
engsince working on Kai ank Airport
by development is scheme, which soolades
roclamation
conscionable arou land
The
uniguo ikin
complete bebyden "every", point
on t system construct
loud to loud, loud to phone,
phont to phone hanno
A central exchangO INC.
In the Hongatong Clovnenenat
Chier Roukkuza
the airport,utch, twar, toth
of the system