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TEMPLETON RETURN STEAM
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For PujnplfMj, Dollar foodlng. Dreida^ Hootla? end Vacuum liaos.
Pump* Welor et any lomporeiur* 0> prinort,
Valra and Soot al Statalra SlooL
jfve Your Boilers a Break!
End Safety Valve Troubles by Installing
FOSTER 38-SV Safety Valves with these
Boudat, Iitoia: Dissatisfied with earlier
5 GUARANTEED ADVANTAGES!
arrangement* for supplying electrical
power to southern Bombay province Jrpai Mysore State's huge hydroelectric station at Jog Tails, the Bombay provincial govern
ment is now pressing survey of the Kalindi Bitei In the some section. Studies al
ready completed indicate that up to MQ,0QQ kw could be generated at a sta-
ilon al the foot of the west coast mountain
range. The provincial government favors the project over purchase oi 3750 kw from Myaote et a rate of roughly Mo per unit,
aa ceiled for under the agreement that
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UNFAILING ADVANTAGE
Whatever your control requirement, may be, ft is conceded that the switdil
1 Ball! io Slay ea the Job-th, Fo,),. 3s-sv i, h SAFETY
valvo that It built to pep without causing bollor outogos. On acceler ated tests In on Eastern Utility, one of these valvos has been pepped every day far mere than 6 yean. It has hod only routine molntenonee, and yet It peps consistently at set pressure, end doos not leak. In the Chief Engineer's own words--this Is the equivalent of at least 40 yoart* normal sendee.
2 Accurate Popping--Once set ot the desired pepping point,
tho Foster 38-SV pops on the button for ooch successive pop. For
yielded its water rights on the border- in a control warrants first oonsldtrS
Instance, in another Utility instatlotion, tho 38-SV under test was sot
making Sharavall River, which Jog Falla utilizes.
Zurich, SwtTttitut no : Work baa started
lion, due to its functional charade?!
is tics. All Mercoid Controls ate] equipped exclusively with hermrtiJ
for 600 lb. and popped SO times In quick succession. Tho first pop was at 600 ib. and the SOfh pop was at 595 (b. In spite of the hoot of this abnormal operation, the Foster 38-SV was thrown off less than 1%.
tgaln on two large hydroelectroteehnlcal plena In southern Tyrol with Unsocial sup
tally sealed mercury switches dh
port supplied by Swiss Eiectrowstt Corp special design and selected materujM
After a short cooling period, It again popped ot 600 Ib, That's test gauge accuracy!
and several other Swiss finance companies in amount of 30 million Swlia franca. The Montecantlni concern Is la charge of the
construction project, which was began before the war and then baited whe/t Italy entered the war. Repayment ol this financial aid will bo in form of electrio
power, principally winter eaergy. City of Zurich will receive pan of that power In
Mercoid mercury switches are know, the world over for their dependnW? service. They are not affected 5j
dust, dirt or oorrosion; nor are lh subject to open arcing with its attain dant consequences of pitting, stieg
Minimum Blow-down-Foster 38-SV* are adjustable so
they con be set fo reseat when pressure has dropped as little as 1% below tho popping point. In this same test the 38-SV, on its first pop, reseated at 594 Ib. for a 6 Ib. or 1 % blow-down. On tho 50th pop. It reseated at 569 Ib. which h olio 6 Ib. or 1%. After each pop, it reseated
positively with no chattering or leakage. Only over-pressure up tho stock--no usoful steam wasted.
return for a participation of 25% in financing the project.
These two power plants on Lake ol Reacben, at Glorenza and CastalbeUe, are expected to begin operation by winter of
ing or oxidised contact surfaces, aft of which, are likely to interfere wilg normal switch operation.
High Relief Capacity--Foster 38-SV* hove lorger boro
boeouso thoy con handle larger volume of stoam and stilt control blow down. Depending on operating conditions, they may give moro than twico the copoclty of othor makes, as in the case of S Fostor 38-SV's
1945-1949. Capacity production wiJJ total .about 6SO million liwhr. Over 5000 men
are employed in building an 80-ft-high dam. Dam basin, Into which the Etseh River will Dow, will hold 100,000 ncre-it ot water, h htgh-Vtuiion line ol 220X00 is being built on the SilKaerjoch to carry power from these works to northern luly.
PeitTif, Wmtim AotttuUa: The island continent's forgotten third, western Aus tralia, U going in for industrialization and electrification in a big way. The stala'l
That is why among other thinsj^
Mercoid Controls on the whole gi*jy you assurance of better control forraance and longer control life-- distinct and unfailing advantages tho reason why they are also tW choice of America's leading earo neers for many important industrial^ applications.
t^NWdrWi f Forisr JB4V Sefity Vohes ora gMng
R'jtje. pariermencs In important fnrfollaftaiw. TWs 'ijn* wpAso1 unloading vahr* opsrattl ot 1450
total tamp. Otfitn or* tn lorvlet up to jyllbo 1000* F.
required to replace 12 "conventional" safety valves of the same nom inal size. Fewor valves to buy--fewer volvos to sorvico.
S Low Maintenance-Hot or cold, tho pliton In tho 38-SV fit,
loosely and cannot stick, and yet no stoam roechos the spring. The spring stays cool enough to touch, oven while the valve is popping-- which means longer spring life. Disc ond seat expand at tho somo rote during heating-ceioling cycles--thoro is no drag to destroy seating surfaces. Simmering and chattering hove been oliminatod as a source of dottruction. Discs will not warp or crack. When routine inspection and maintonaneo ore indicated, complete loading assembly Efts out
first major electrio power plant, and still the biggest, was installed in 2916. Many email and uneconomical diesel units wore built during and since the war.
Erection ef a large modem powerhouse at South Fremantle, investigation of an
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witty of typa for uruitive control of FWsnj||
Temperature and Leoer actuation.
without disturbing tho spring setting.
For full detoils on tho design ond construction features .that jLf enable this valve to outperform any other safety valve, get In
tr.'dtoMuiMcthi. wwSit4hk uyonuiwr FFonsittaer, SRAepnrMesiAefntttaattitvve* aopr with iup^s gd|i|rect.
electric power-supply scheme for sub
tropical northwest, and establishment of a power-supply system fo the southwest of the state are making rapid progress. Farthest reaching ef these state-sponsored
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power projects is the southwest system, which Is the first step in development of statewide grid system. A state electricity comuiUalon baa been set op in Penh to provide necessary execnilve power lot a long-range policy that wlQ enable regional ; power projects to be coordinated on eco- j
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