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SUMMER, 1955 Volume 33 No. 2 KHt-f ' -< Nw Publication* r'~ ^Bulletin PB 4700-1- Four pages. Elliott? ^ "Packaged" Adjustable Speed Drives^, Hjhcsc power packages provide the flexi-^ "bDiry of d-c motor performance from an a^ power supply. Available in ratings up to'J ' 200 hp, they offer simple and convenient V ; speed adjustment without intermediate? ^speed-changing equipment or line-shafting..^ JL; Leaflet Y-43, Elliott Retubing Accessories. ^-Descriptive and pricing information on j She Elliott tube plug, tube pilot, and belling.?; Tend flaring tools for condensers and heat`% fexchangers. j^V Bulletin R-35. Four pages. The Volu-'. ?meter. See pages 16 and 17 this issue. . District Office* H. D. Mateffy has been appointed Min- ' apolis subdistrict office manager. A grad-^ ate of the University of Minnesota, he;?-) k the Elliott Company in 1951, was?: ned to Minneapolis the following year^ i has been in Duluth for two years. V^* D.B. Miller, Jr., who has been a field^ gineer in the Pittsburgh office, has trans-? 1 to the Detroit office. |^ R. B. Schultz, formerly an application'^ ncer at Ridgway, is now a field engird r in the New York office. Lj.O. Ruud, who has been a field engf-rj at Portland, Oregon, is now in Tulsa?.^ CL- Henry, who has been a field eng& rin Tulsa, is now located at Los Angele&s A. Bach, former field engineer in the* oit office, is now located in the LagondaT? jerks at Springfield, Ohio. He is assistants i manager. gjG. F. Lackey, who has been a field engiJn the Atlanta office, is now an appu-1 ^engineer in the mechanical ` department in Jeannette. CONTENTS 4 CONSOLIDATED CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES INC. DATES BACK 77 YEARS to giant gantrys move mountains of ore at united states steel CORPORATION'S OHIO WORKS 15 36-YEAR-OLD TURBINES STILL ON THE JOB 16 THE ELLIOTT VOLUMETER 18 TEXAS POWER AND LIGHT'S RIVER CREST STATION 20 NEWPORT STEEL CORPORATION'S NEW COLD MILL 25 RETUBING ACCESSORIES 26 PAPER FROM BAGASSE (Valentine Pulp & Paper. Lockport, La.) 28 ELLIOTT SYNCHRONOUS CONDENSERS ON THE BONNEVILLE POWER SYSTEM 31 POWERCRAX ftuvr/j*. published by Elliott Company since 1923, is primarily a record of (he development of Elliott products and their application in industry. Over 35.000 copies are distributed quarterly to Elliott cus tomers and friends. Address correspondence to C. W. Kalbfui. Editor, EUioti Company, Jeannette, Pa. New turbine maintenance movie Those charged with the care and oper ation of steam turbines will find this 30minute sound movie a useful educational tool. It shows the details which mark a wellplanned mechanical-drive turbine instal lation. It explains a program of daily atten tion and regular maintenance best calcu lated to keep Elliott Type YR turbines running like new. And it describes the com plete step-by-step disassembly and assembly of a typical turbine. Your Elliott representative will be glad to furnish a print of the film to those inter ested in viewing it. If necessary, he can arrange all details of a showing of the film to interested groups. Bergquist retired Hugo fiergquist, second from left in the photograph below, retired April 1 after more than 43 years of service with Elliott Company. He started as a draftsman when the company was very small, was chief draftsman for many years, and chief engi neer of the general engineering department at Jeannette, having to do mostly with deaerating heaters and condensers. The picture was taken at a testimonial dinner. Shown arc M. A. King, vice-president of engineering; fiergquist; H. R. Moore, man ager of repair order department; W. R. Sturgeon, retired plant engineer; and D. L. Barbour, manager of product engineering. * E. Talaat, engineering depa ^Ridgway works, addressed audieno ago, April 20 and 21, on the subje^ aetic and Windage Noise in ?on Motors.*' On the former date)! Jore the Electrical Mainfc Division of the Electric '/ ^J2ucago; and, on the latter?q ^.Chicago section of AIEE?? Nois serve* a purpose Among unusual uses for tube cleaners, put down the following: A cement company in Michigan is using tube cleaners to locate underground pipe without digging it up. They merely start a tube cleaner into the pipe and follow the noise. ; 3___. ; SUMMER 1955 ^'lOtuCnoomapp.--uy, Jeanne