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1CAL BRIEFS CONSIDER ITS JOB... FILLERS . . > Canadian' asbestos. The engineers at Flexitallic know the price of gasket failure -- downtime of equipment, labor costs in replacement, loss of fluid, and danger to personnel. Teflon, blue African asbestos, inor ganic ceramic, Teflon impregnated asbestos, variety of fiber sheets with special binders.- -- -- ----- --- Flexitallic Gaskets, because of their spi AVAILABLE in any practical pres ral-wound construction, compress under sure/temperature combination -- from load to maintain a leak-proof seal. vacuum to 6000 lbs. and higher, from CONSIDER ITS DESIGN... The design of a Flexitallic Gasket -- and the metal and filler used in its cryogenic temperatures to 1900F. and higher. Thicknesses of .0625", .125", .175", .250", and .285" where appli cable; in diameters to 100 inches; for I - construction -- is determined by the all standard ASA and API joint assem pressure/temperature range, corrosive bly fittings. - influences, and flange design of the application in which it will be used. There's one designed for your applica tion -- Flexitallic engineers will work with you in meeting your sealing requirements. THAT'S WHY Flexitallic Spiral- Wound Gaskets are specified so often in original equipment such as valves (all types), centrifugal pumps, recip rocating pumps, blowers, burners, compressors, fittings and flanges, sight CONSIDER ITS COST... glasses, electric motors, pressure regulators, strainers, steam traps, gas Flexitallic Gaskets are low in initial turbines, steam turbines, power trans cost, readily accessible, and save time formers, diesel engines, fired and in overhaul. unfired pressure vessels, molding presses, nuclear reactors, aircraft METALS . . . 304, 310, 316ELC, engines, missiles. 347SCb, 321STi, 430, Carpenter 20, Stocking Distributors for Standard Hastelloy B, Hastelloy C, Titanium Flexitallic Gaskets in principal cities. A-55, Monel, Inconel, Inconel X, Consult telephone directory. Design Nickel, Phosphor Bronze, Copper. inquiries invited. GASKET COMPANY, Camden 1, N. J. Spiral-Wound Gaskets made by Flexitallic are supplied with our exclusive blue-dyed Canadian asbestos filler. Flexitallic Blue (Beg. U. S. Patent Office) ./ . Patton when plant 6] was stopped in May, 1963; spection. Turbine was foum cellent condition, without^s: erosion or corrosion. Initials nance on pistons and rings wi er. Certain changes were oil coolers and piston desfi - condition is corrected here-alr used comes from various fineries and is heavy residuals about 4% sulfur content. Itfir centrifuged, filtered, and fore being used but has givecL ficulty. Diesel oil is used fowr and just before shutting dowr estimated that cost of treating oil and using diesel fuel increaf of heavy fuel by about 1%'. of lubricants are used, one toss pistons and the other toluiut^, cylinders. When working asjjsgf unit operates at 39% of its-ca As base load, it operates a5? age of 80%. ASME 64-OG ' _ Integral train hopper callup ing equipment, R V Emlinfr motive and Car - Rquipmen General Electric Co, Erie. PS^ At the recent ASME-lEEKBr Conference in Cleveland ;ai>tr scribed new device and mel veloped by G E to unload rajttl automatically hopper carsj|jg^ coal and later for other comn also. At present, stop-go .;!c " only is contemplated, to 1 by on-the-move unloading.;* based on insertion into a "con^ mounted on the car of a rrtj. connector and alignment heat ated from the side of the track trical connection is turned once. Connection is solidl; lished, and design is such thal ice nor dirt interferes with*|Sri nection or disconnection. in closed position again ^wr leaves pit, ready for travel an ing. Although operation, i automatic, manual operatioi mote control, is also provide? 64-RR-l - ->4h. ' At the IEEE-AS ME Railroa* ference in Cleveland, two scribed the "new look" of trical propulsion system forjT 106 For more facts circle 286 on Reader Service card, p 183 POWER