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jW |656b| New Gas Turbine Goes*?? Into Industrial Service^ The Wesiinghouse 2000-hp p, - that recently completed more this IQqql. of teal operation (set Poirot, Mitch lfci pp BO-82) will be shipped to MlukJjJ River Fuel Corp. ti will drive a ewe pressor on the natural-gas line bowt^ Monroe, La. and St. Louis, Mo. Cooperative arrangements of VckIm. house, Mississippi River Fuel and soli-Kand have been made to run a mnnih trial starting in early 1949. Thaos turbine will drive a centrifugal at 8750 rpra, all components of the aalt being monnted on a common bedplate;' This Is cipected to be the first applfe. tion el a mechanical-drive power pi to- bine in Industry in the U. S. A. The unit will require only a simple, loeipenihf te> crete mat foundation and can be tnehed- into remote undeveloped regions. Ncediai Rule lubricating oil and no water the unit can be eet up and made ready ta ep- crate In e few hour*, In addition to this application, Vcsdag- house has plena for building a gas-tsttim ' powered locomotive. - Rureoo of Mines capects to atari eoastn* lion this fall on the 1750.000 lignite tv-oearch laboratory at Crand Forks, N. 0. ' Completion of the research center U acheddoled for the end of 1949. Repmeailet. the culmination of many years of coops- '' atifo research in lignite between Boras;', of Mines and University of North Daks?,--.1 the new laboratory will be tbe only o^Ea the U. S. devoted exclusively to reactith on lignite. Congress appropriated COMM , .in cash for tbe project and approved '. tract authorizations (or 1550 000 Tba n-. seech center's basic facilities will iacbdt a laboratory for amnll-acaie research, i. genera) service section for supplies sad i-a. machinery bey suitable for lergo-eeale pBtfy- plani research. Johnson Service Co, Milwsokeft b*i j*cently conducted e training sebocl technicians sod apprentice mechatdea branch offices end June grsdnates In chanteal engineering from varioo* enWVj, Under direction of J R Vernon, ralj* Pro motion mnnager, the course, tinued through Aug 13, was divided !* three sections: automatic control app*r'**j' under H W Alyea, field and 4*TM***engineer; healing end eir-conditlMbll AT. terns, under M M Herrick, eppUestlcajglnecr; end sales and coatraettel Pr tiont (for those in rales aetintto W' under J R Vernon. Lincoln Electric Co,' of Qcvelssd manufacturer of arc-welding now authorizing outstanding repair organizations in all the prinoPiy. dustrial centers of tbe U- S. . fti service ohops lor Lincoln cuwlpp**" 4^.. shops are making evoiloblc * t. Lincoln factory parts and factory r Harr, W Smith Ine, and editorial relations, h*1 {I.V! Fifth Ave. Room 1101, New Yort " POWER O'**" D BLADE PROTECTION Made Possible by Nozzle Location In the Terry Solid-Wheel Turbine, the steam enters the bucket, from the. top, not from fhe side of the wheel, as shown in the illustration above, This permits a one inch clearance on either side of the wheol. In addition, projecting rims on each side of the buckets prevent damage to the blades even though excessive thrust should tend to move the shaft. This feature end others, as import ant, are described In detail in Bulletin S 116 which will be sent to you on request. THE TERRY STEAM TURBINE COMPANY TERRY SQUARE, HART FORD. CONN. October 1948 III