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SCIENCE

ENGINEERING

Malayan Timber For BW Parquet

Flooring

New Process Used By Federation Factory

More Economical

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Tucked away out-of-sight behind Chinese distillery in the rapidly developing industrial section of Petaling Jaya in Malaya is a flourishing modern factory which produces terrazzo tilos and parquet flooring.

The factory, which is the enterprise of The China Engineers Ltd, was completed in May last year and has been producing terrazzo tiles since that date. Its products are now being worked in Hongkong.

was

Last month a new division for the manufacture of parquet flooring war sel up

the factory and a new company BW

Ltd Parquet (Malaya) formed

after to Look

these interosta

The China Engineers Ltd ne! ກາ secretaries and general managers of this company.

INVENTION

iri Lid.

The BW Parquet process was

yours 41g avented several Switzerland by Bauwerk the world famous manufacturers of parquet flooring.

This process produces a very much more economical, durable parquet flooring and beautiful than the normi

tongued and grooved procERS.

For its production In Malays local timbers, mainly kempas and keruing, have been found to be extremely suluble. Hitherto most of the parquet flooring in Malaya has been made from ex- pensive imported teak

All the imber used for BW Parquet is Tanalised before pra- cessing so that it is completely termite-proot

It

AIR-DRIED

air-dried and ปาเทว seasoned for between four to six months and is finally kiln-dried down to the exact moisture ect- tent appertaining in the place in which it is to be inid.

Great stere is put on this dry. ing process beeuse I prevents any expansion or contrection of

high-

The Swiss made precision cutting machine which cuts and planes the Wood for BW Parquet. Ducting leading from top of machine sucks off unwanted sawdust,

the timber after it has been laid. The timber drying kiln which China Engineers have built in their factory has accommodation for about 7,000 square feet of timber.

"The kiln is thermostatloully controlled 'to ensure that tho wood comes out in first class con- dition and dried to the exact £9 TC- molature content that quired.

The timber is then sent to u high-precision heavy-duty cutter which cuts the wood into small squares. These

then squares pass through another part of the same machine and are planed on both sides.

ASSEMBLY

After planing the squares are put in revolving cutters which cut them up into oblong pieces each five inches long by one inch wida.

This machine is tested several times during the day to ensure that the maximum accuracy is obtained all the time.

of

When the small blocks wood emerES from the cutter they are carried away on a con- veyor belt and dropped into a silo.

dozen

Around the dlo a operatoru are at work assembling the small pieceH of wood into Jigs in parquet designs.

Each・・ square of parquet measures approximately 2% feet square and is; papered together

In a similar process used in the assembly of inusaic tiles,

The squares are then trans- ported to the Inspection bench where they are inspected for moisture content and symmetry, after which they are packed into cartons to awali dispatch,

Each carton contains about 35 square feet of flooring.

BW Parquet is not only used In Malaya and Singapore but has already been exported over- sena to Hongkong und North

Homeo.

As the moisture content re- quired in these areas differs it is necessary to kiln-dry the timber to various percentage of moisture,

LAYING

For instance when the flouring in Intouded for use in an air conditioned building the mois- ture content has to be reduced to 12 per cent. In non-air con- ditioned buildings the right mois- lure content is as much as 15 to 16 per cent.

BW Parquet can be luid ex- tremely quickly causing very Ile inconvenience to the con- which tractors or householder,

Girls assemble the small oblong pieces of wood into figs in parquet designs. The factory gives employment to 55 persons.

is a great advantage over the grooved normal tongued and flooring.

Trained layers can lay between 408 14 500 square feet per day When China Engineers Install and lay the flooring themselves their quotation includes the cost of materials, laying, sanding and polishing. The average cost works out at about $1.20 per square foot of laid Booring.

and

SUB-MINIATURE

·RÀDIO COMPASS

FOR INDIA

Mobile Crane Has Removable Tail Ballast Weights

Two fentures introduced at the Crown Works of Steels Engineering Products Ltd, Crown Works, Sunderland, England, are expected to prove of great value to users of large capacity mobile cranes. They are self-erecting jibs and removable tail ballast weights.

in the derrleit reeving system above the centre line of the jib. A special tubular Iinic i sup- mast pilled with the gantry

which may be attached to the mast and to the lower section of the jib for positioning jib been sections prior to jib erection.

The easy removal of the tail weight has been developed in order to comply with the road Commission The High

for regulations of the United King- India to London have ordered a dom and many countries over-

Marcon! quantity of

Sub- eens with regard to maximum Miniature Radio Compasses type permissible axle loads. AD. 122. Theso equipments will be installed in fighter pirera!! now on order for the Indian Air Force.

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Not only hng removal made easy, but removal and re- placement can be carried out by the crane itself. Tall ballast weights are bolted to the un- superstructure removal is

Remove Jib

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The AD, 722 luas also been deraide of the chosen for the three light base and actual weight lighter aircraft selected carried out by hydraulically mantled first, the whole of the by the North Atlantic Treaty operated power jacks. Organisation, and is already fly- Ing in the first prototype of one of these machines. -

ballast

To remove the tall weight, the crane superstructure In slewed over the rear position, slew lock Inserted, and all but The equipment was developed two of the ballast weight secur- by Marcoal's for the Royal Airing bolts removed. The power Force to meet the requirement jacks on the chassis are operated for a radio compass of exceed- to extend and take the weight The final two small weight and size of the ballust, suitable for operatiun ni high bolts are then removed and the altitudes. It is designed to oper-Jects are lowered until the bai- ale unpressurised at altitudes up last weight is clear of the super- to 70,000 it, and tho complete structurë, installation weighis only 22 lbs.

Ingly

Q

Forward Position

Next, the

La

be

If it la desired to remove

the joint tib extension piece,

dig nearer to the jib feet is remainder of the jib being sup- The pins are then re- ported. moved from the second joint, thus leaving the extensive pec- tion tree for removal. With a of short sling attached to ono the jib joint eyes, the jib ox- may be moved tousion section clear. The section is rained by not the derricking motion and by the hoisting motion.

Compressor's

Latest Panel

superstructuro slewed to the forward position

the Crane

A new control and protec The design incorporates new and should

the tion panel for air compres techniques in airborne direction equipped with 30 feet lib, finding, including the use of ballast weight is fed clear off or installations has been

holst mpe. fixed cross-loop serial, which the crane by the has no moving parts. The loops Should the jib be longer than developed by a British firm It has been ordered for the

30 feet the ballast is lifted cicar of mining, quarrying and are moulded in plastic in

hook new

chambere State Council

civil engineering equipment of the crane by the crane half

Inch high, unit only

An

suitable which is being built at Klang, which can be mounted outside onto which is looped

manufacturers. B special the Teachers' training me aircraft

below shallow sling reeved through

In addition to providing tem- College at Penang. One of the

housing, providing a low-drag guiding sheave arranged on the

perature and pressure data for rooms in Penang's new power

underside of the lower section on high-speed the lit specially for this pur- both air compression stages, the station has been laid with a BW installation even

aircraft. The use of 11 fixed

records cooling water Hydraulle paver is sup- panel climinates Parquet Roor.

the pos | aerial entirely troubles experienced with rotat-plied by an engine-driven pump temperature and lubricating oll

and control valves are filed to pressures and icmperature. ing loops, particularly at

high an

Protection is provided by, an the system. altitudes,

The self-erecting jibs may be automatic shut-down The AD. 722 Sub-Miniature of angular or tubular construc-operating from the air delivery an imon with hinged pin joints. The thermometers, oil pressuretics It has been enthusiastically re-

Radio Compass marks

differs cooling water flow. Arrangement architects, BW Parquet has also been ceived by Malayan

used

wall who

alandstill for

portant advance in the design of slightly from that of the stand-in any of these result quick 10 have been successfully

UD- ard bolted flange Joint Jibs and plant coming to a doors,

table panelling.

tops, recognise its potentialities in the aeronautical radio equipment, a feld in which Marconl'a have

Incorporates a gantry mast, the rectifed faults in the panel laboratory floors ond even feld of interlar decoration as

been pre-eminent since the purpose of which is to raise the scH also result in shut-down,

The self-contained panel for cellings. It can be laid on almost well as is usefulness as a build-

position of the equalising sheaves

floor

s ing material. any foundation.

wall mo

total- mounting ly enclosed sullable for all compressor Installations by the

MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN

"ALL OF THOSE BALLS --SOWE AS BIG AS SKYSCRAPERS-- FLOATED RIGHT UP INTO THE AIRT"

8-24

FERDINAND

NANCY

1 DON'T KNOW WHETHER TO SHOOT ARROWS OR THROW

SNOW- BALLS

JOHNNY HAZARD

MAYBE THIS IS OUR MYSTERY MAN APPEGACHING NOW

KITTY?

"FINALLY I DROVE AWAY. AS SOON AS I DID--THEY CAME DOWN AGAINS

I NEVER

CAN MAKE

UP MY MIND

NOT A CHANCE, DARLINGI HE'S TOO YOUNG TO BE CUR FATHER, MOTHER, ALL ROLLED

INTO ONE I

WILL YOU PLEASE [COME WITH MET

YOU'RE EXPECTED IN

An infinite variety of mosaic designs can be made simply by of different combining woods colour tones and grains.

HOW DO YOU FIGURE

177

carliest days of air radio.

By Lee Falk and Phil Davis

LOOK--

I CAN'T FIGURE ANYTHING HERE-- LET'S DRIVE OVER

AND SEE--

BROWN'S COW!

SEI, DARLINGE COLL MARLON'S NICH TOO NICE TO GIVE YOU

|THE NUCLEAR-LOADING | COMPETITION FROM

CONTROL BOOM.

THE START THIS ONE'S

PRETTY

By Mik

By Ernie Bushmiller

ERNIER

BUSHMILLER

ONE GETS YOU TWO

İTHAT IT'S THE SERIOUS, |WEATHER-BEATEN ONG, KITTY, HONEY!

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whether manufacturer, they are new or already in ear- vice. It can be supplied In either flameproof or standard industrial form

INSTRUMENTS

The instruments include three pressure gauges for recording alt delivery pressure, from both and oll air compression stages pressure. Easy-reading dial type thermometers record inlet discharge temperatures

Instrument has a red

in

anti

from

both air compression stages well as cooling water and oil temperatures. Each protective warning lamp to indicate the source of the fault

addition to an audible alarm which can be re- motely fitted if necessary.

Available panels coter for and air cooled, and both water splash and pressure Jubricated machines.

i also a

"utility" range of panels which do not include protection against olf pressure failure or visual fault indication (Firm: Holman Brothers Ltd, Camborne, Corn wall, England)

TWIN PIONEERS FOR BORNEO.

The Scottish-built 16 seat Prestwick Twin Pioneer aircraft has been chosen to reinforce the internal air service in the Borneo territories of Sarawak, North Borneo and Brunel

Developed with just such areas

in mind, the Twin Pioneer has proved its capabilities by opera- ing from tiny, remolo landing strips in the jungle-covered hills

of Malaya.

The Government of the three Bomeo lerritories placed on order for two planes after officiais watched, the manufacturers de- monstrate the Twin Pioneer in Borneo. The places are expected to be delivered before the end of the year.

The Twin Ploneer is development of tho single- engined Prestwick Pioneer lutown for its exceptionally short tako-off

and Junding rung through the use of high lift devices. It WDS developed air | to provide ap economic

sarvice that could be operated from short landing strips in areas, where it was cconomically...or physically impossible to build full-scale landing Gelds,

Powered by Alvis Leonides 620/640 hp radial engines, the Twin Pioneer cannot be stalled thadvertently, the, manuddettors hy. They claim that, its un usually low sake-off and touch down spenda.... brood' extra/con- fidonon in both operators and passengers. (Scottish Aviation Lid Prostwick, Ayreshire, Scotu

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