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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, OCTOBER

“1949.

SEC

THE GENERAL, BÈCTRIC CO. LTDİ DE ENGLAND

A.C. & D.C. MOTORS

MADE IN ENGLAND

HE comprehensive range of G.E.C. British-made electric ΤΗΣ

motors and starters includes.every type used in modem engineering practice. The manufacture of these machines conforms in every respect with the relevent British Standard. Specification.

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THE BRITISH GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. LTD. Queen's Building, Chater Road, Hong Kong

REPRESENTING THE GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.,LTD., OF ENGLAND

ENGLISH

ELECTRIC MOTORS

ALL SIZES UP TO 15. H.P.

IN STOCK

SOLE AGENTS:

THE JARDINE ENGINEERING CORPORATION, LTD.

14-16,

Pedder Street, Hongkong

Telephone: 30311

ENGINEERING PAGE

GEC Of England Provides Lighting For New Vessel

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Familiar Sign To Painters

Hall's Distemper, is perhaps one of the most well known distempers in the world, and also one of the most advertised in the United Kingdom

The familiar sign of the two men with a board, each carrying Hall's. Distemper and brushes, must be known to everyone who knows the UK.

In view of the British Govern- ment's avowed policy concerning dollars, and in view also of Bri- tish firms' sincere endeavours to increase their exports, that Sk- sons Brushes, have just received permission ta proceed with £100,000 worth of war damage reinstatement.

Sissons

are

Lighting, equipment throughout the my Rangitoto

Usefulness

Range Of Polythene

The Tange of usefulness vi polythene is further extended by the recent adveit in Britain, of Alm in “lay-fat" tibe and sheet

partinalari," it applications.....

now nearing completion for the New Zealand Shipping Co. Ltd., at Vickers Armstrongs Walker-on-Tyne yord has been supplied by The General Electric Co. Ltd. of England. -The Rangitoto is a twin-screw passenger and res

frigeration corgo liner of 19,000 tons gross for service between Tilbury and New Zealand, and is the largest merchant ship built on the chief properties of polythene film, Tyne for ten years.

Express

In many of the public rooms! Three lifts for the ship have indirect lighting by cold cathode teen supplied by the tubing in the cornices is used in Lift Ca Lia., an associate com conjunction with general tlumi-pany ef the GEC of England! nation from specially designed Four necks are served by an Attings with, tungsten lamps to cight-passenger lift with a travel provide pleasing and novel of 28 ft. 6 in. and by a service lighting effects.

lift for a load of 150 lb. There

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Lay fat tube possessing all the

is a continuous, thin walled, seamless tube, available to flat widths of 3-5 in, and 2 thou thickness

This range is being increased elde widths from 2-24 in (ie, 1-27-15-7 in tube diameters) thon. and thickness from 1 to will be ready by the beginning of Large-scale production capacity.

enough tubing is now

is also a goods lift taking a 1550 but

14-ton load which

serves three

The colours of the cold cathode tubes are ivory, warra white and gold; ivory and gold being used decks and has a travel of 191vailable for extensive tras and together in the "A" Deck cock-in. tail bar, dining saloon and chil- dren's dining room

verandab

The chip is equipped with a GEC

of England stewards luminous call!

market evaluation. At the same. ime, large-scale plant production

of film is also announced. This

film can now be supplied in re- When Sular shipments in continuous reils up to 46 inches wide.

cafe and the "A" and "B" deck systern operated from 186 points

while gold in cabins and elsewhere. the tungsten ja call button is pressed. a light

forward stair hails: alone blends with

| lighting in the "A" deck dan-appears on the appropriate rec-

Both lay fat tube and fim ars cing space, and warm white alone tional call board and also out-distinguished by good transpar in the "A" deck cinema and large tide the cabin concerned, where eney and bigh resistance to water. it remains on until cancelled by the steward answering the signal !nction. ¡mater

lounge.

endeavouring to arrange for a total development scheme which will involve the ex-a penditure of £250,000 and the permission to proceed with £100.. 000 worth of reinstatement is the first leg of this plan,

An exception to the use of cold cathode tubes for indirect cornice lighting is seen in the verandah cafe, where they are contained in special fitting, 17 ft long, with obscured glass sides.

Lighting Fittings Twenty-seven designs for

Pilot Lights

ends of corridors to assist in rapid Pilot lights are provided at the location of the call. There are niae sectional cail boards various parts of the ship and one master board on which al calls are indicated so that attention is tung-assured at times when some of Due to obvious war effort, Sis-sten lighting fittings for public the stewards are off duty. " sons were attacked heavily rooms in the ship were prepared A six separate air attacks, of which in the GEC of England Fittings, stalled

CEC fire alarm system is in- one of the worst was on hiarch Design Ofice; and the total num- Glas-trented alarm pushes for throughout the ship. 13, 1941, when the varnish facber of fittings supplied was 216. marul operation are tory, together with its storage All are in silver bronze finish and selected positions, and a 15-way placed in tanks, was completely destroyed achieve their effect by simplicity luminous indicator in the wheel. A building adjoining these works, and elegance of line rather than house shows equipped with the latest machin by decoration. Some noteworthy alarm, a bell being provided to ery for manufacturing paints and examples are 12 circular ceiling, draw attention to the call. enamels, was severely damaged fittings, 4 ft. 9 in. in diameter, in Other alarm bells, under the and the export packing depart-the dining saloon and children's control of the officer ment burnt out.

dining room, each taking 12 watch. are used for warning the crew while aluminous indicator reading "Fire, Stand-by-Pumps" operates in

Further Damage

lamps.

the origin of the

of the

Vapour

and

chematea They remain flexible down to temperatures as low as -0°C, and under ordinary ser- handle and vice conditions, appearance. are unaffected.

physical properties

Favourable Cost

pelythene film is high, compared Although the cost per h of

with other packaging materials, on an area basis the cost is more free show favourable,

the following

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Area factor, fe. No. of sig. Inches par 16. in thickntssey of

0.591"

Fokwinylidene cilo-

ride

Cellulose Rubber hydro- Cellulose acetate

chloride

16,390 19,500/21,500

21.700

24,000 20,000

The ceiling sections of these Stings contain a circular silvered

the Encar Room. Folythene ... A few days later a bomb fell class reflector. Eight 3 ft. 6 in. where also a belt is Cited. A tele- on the engineers' shop, and on circular ceiling Sttings with 6 phone socket is incorporated July 18, 1941 another raid des- lamps each, and an obscured cach manual alarm push and one tube, conversion of the film into With the advent of lay-dat troyed the enamel house, the pench-tinted glass dish, are used is also cricciated with each of packages is laboratory and part of the offices. in the lighting of the

greatly simplifier, bar and the wheel-house indiators. large lounge, Where tinted glass!

using a Portable hand combination tele- and techniques for

heat-sealing technique. Despite the above however, is used ir fittings it is peach phones are supplies, so that are now well known and several this process Sissons maintained their war colour throughout. The designs members of the crew effort and improvised to such at were prepared in

answering tapes of machines are available. conjunction the alarm, can plug in and re- extent that they were able to with the architects. Easton, port the extent of the outbreak produce a very great output, all | Robertson & Partners.

Ordinary high-frequency seal- at once.

ing canact be used with polythene of which was utilised by the various services in the war effort.

!fim because of its low power factor. Seals can be made, how- ever, if a strip of another materi- a. which can be heated by high- frequency current, is used as a buffer between the film and the electrodes of the machine.

Due

to the war

damage suṢ- tained, it has not been possible for Sissons to export a full range

of their products, but it is felt that now that the British Gov- ernicent has authorised the com- mencement 01 reinstatement work, this firm's export effort will meet with its due reward.

It is very átting that authority has now been received, as very shorty Sissons WS31 celebrate their 150th anniversary. It is. hoped that at the time of that celebration a new factory will be in operation, equipped with the finest paint grinding plant and machinery in the United Kingdomi

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ACTING

Telephone 28923.

Electronic Flash Tube In Pictures

An electronic flash tube was used when the re- fuelling of a British Liberator aircraft 9,000 feet over the Atlantic was photographed for the first time.

It was

Wide Range

The range of possible applicz- ions for polythene alm in both sheet and lay-flat form is very wide.

In the past, polythene, packs have proved their worth in pack. aging chemicals and pharmaceu ticals, including corrosive, hygros

materials

The Liberator was flying non-stop from Montreal

to Heath Row (London Airport), located at 2 a.m. 300 miles from Shannon Airport in the West of Ireland by a Longoscopic, and cermatitic trian tanker aircraft equipped with radar.

A photographer in the Lan- the tube, lamps are being manu- castrian's cabin, using an elec-factured in Britain by Mallard tronic fath tube, look a photo- Electronic Products, Limited, graph of the Liberator while the Century House, Shaftesbury two aircraft, fying at 200 miles Avenue, London, W.C.2. an hour. were about 100 feet spar Allowing for the adal tional wing span of the two air- craft, the distance that the flash had to carry in darkness was con- siderable for photographic pur poses.

This picture could not have been secured except by using an electronic fash tube. In the Mullard LSD3A tube which was used, the average Bower dissipa- tian during the time of discharge

Australia Designs A New Drill

The diversity in drilling opera

is over half a million watts, and tions, necessary in the tool room the peak is about one and a half and production workshop is cater- million watts. A remarkable leafed for by a manufacturer in Mel- ture

and temperatures and even less at temperatures below freezing point. This is important in pre- venting dehwiration of the foo or "freeze burn"

As polythene film withstands a wide range of climatic conditions. It is valuable for the storage of machinery, metal components, in- struments and electrical equip

ment of all kinds.

Ecth the continuous sheet film and the lay-flat fubes are mor keted under the name Alkathens, the trade mark ecvering the poiy- thene materials produced by Im- perial Chemical Industries, Ltd. (Plastics Division) Welwyn Gar den City,

cycle.

of the photograph is that the bourne, Australia, zo sebe cupplied to operate off 220 V airscrews, whose speed miles an hour, appear to be scently produced a radial type 2 (tkp. single phase) or off 415 V

is 750

bench drill. tionary in the photograph. This

(three phase hp. 50 is due to the rapidity of the ex- An important advance, in en Supply.) posure which took place in a fraction of a second while the as the Waldown

geering, equipment, it is known The drilling speeds are 4,000, Radial: Bench 2,000 1,000 and 500 p.m. and electronic flash illuminated the Drill The unit is essentially a the chuck to the table is it inches, airliner,

flexible one with a wife range and the diameter of the table is

14 Inches. Beth in science and

angle exemple industry of 4ses. For increasing interest is being taken

drilling to right or left is quickly the distance from the colum to When the arm is fully expended in the flash discharge tube, parti- and simply performed by tilting the chuck centre is 181 inches. cilarly as a means of visual and the head to the desired ankFive ball bearings on the drill

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photographic examination of tran- Again, with drill head swung fa sient phenoména

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FILING CABINETS

The BONEO "Visible

study aby cheunsuitable for horizontal position, and with head ensure trouble free life

way. An

small grinding wheel mounted operation. The protractor, and mense field, of application was on the member, grinding jobs, dators line

a line on the radial arm per- opened by, the recent that by using mixtures of gases performed. Polishing operations driling. The weight of the whole

discovery such as drill sharpening are easily mit easy adjustment for angle 80 Filing System gan such as neon and kryptes, two of with the drill head in a horizontal unit is 240 lbs, unnacked.

be installed in any the rare inert gases of the at-position are also possible. For The production factory is cat mosphere, fillumination that is light surface grinding

ed at Abbotsford, a suburb or Mel standard cabinet. practically white can be obtained, grinding wheel is used, and the bourne, Victoria, and the company

In principiethe electronic

heard fomite at the desired angled has received large orders bom- Bash tube consista essentially, of

New Zealand Made of Australians also accom-materials it is a glass or quartz tube, filled with Fuseboard drill is

Attractively a suitable gab pressure, which plished by working the drill with ein blue, as is the rest of the may Be between that of a few Its redial arm Tully extended. At companys extensive range of tools millimetres of mercury and one haft frch capacity, the interest wilch includes electric tool-post or more atmospheres. With dece luganis 15" powited by a" ball | grinders and automatic coil win- trodes sealed into the ends of bearing type of motor, which can i desa terdekat ke

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