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MARMADUKE Begins on to get all that condenaah Jre from your no-man's lad _______ |hrey. Say, chief, wantin' to open up that pump's valve dxr and see what's wrong? Palmgrove. Valve chest? She' takin in AIR, that's what wron; Davis, get your men and check t: the radiators, steam traps and lint t in your buildings. Have them listr for air being sucked in. Something' cracked or busted someplace, ijto- SAFETY BONUS you, Humphrey, take a squint ' t those eight radiators in the off* FOR CRITICAL SEALING building. I'll check all the brant return-lines. (Everyone but fir< men. leave hurriedly.) APPLICATIONS WHAT PRICE FAILURE? The sealing of fluids in high pressure, high temperature applications cannot be left to chance. The price of gasket failure is high--in downtime of equip ment, labor costs in replacement, loss of fluid, danger to personnel. WHY FLEXITALLIC? Each Flexitallic Spiral-Wound Gasket is designed with an extra margin of safety for service under a specific set of conditions -- flange design, fluid to be confined, corrosive influences, pressure/ temperature range. Flexitallic Spiral-Wound Gaskets are low in initial cost, readily accessible, and save time and money in overhaul. engines, missiles, nuclear reactors, fired and unfired pressure vessels. AVAILABLE in any practical pres sure/temperature combination -- from vacuum to 6000 lbs. and higher, from cryogenic temperatures to 1900F. and higher. Thicknesses of .0625", .100", .125", .175", .250", and .285" where applicable; in diameters to 100 inches; for all standard ASA and API joint assembly fittings. METALS . . . 304, 310, 316ELC, 347SCb, 321STi, 430, Carpenter 20, Hastelloy B, Hastelloy C, Titanium A-55, Monel, Inconel, Inconel X, Nickel, Phosphor Bronze, Copper. THAT'S WHY... Flexitallic Spiral-Wound Gaskets are used in high pressure, high temperature piping, and by the manufacturers of original equipment such as valves, pumps, motors, blowers, burners, com pressors, diesel engines, gas turbines, fittings and flanges, sight glasses, steam traps, steam turbines, strainers, aircraft FILLERS . . Canadian asbestos, Teflon, blue African asbestos, inorganic ceramic, Teflon impregnated asbestos, variety of fiber sheets with special binders. Stocking Distributors for Standard Flexitallic Spiral-Wound Gaskets in principal cities. Consult telephone directory. Design inquiries invited. GASKET COMPANY, Camden, N.J. 08101 Spiral-Wound Gaskets made by Flexitallic are supplied with our exclusive blue-dyed Canadian asbestos filler. Flexitallic Blue (Ref?. U. S. Patent Office) ACT II 3s Scene 1; Chief engineer's officr Old wooden desk is covered vnL papers, machinery catalogs, tob etc. Door opens, chief engineer cr. ters, drops into his swivel chat with a thud, removes his cap ant starts rubbing his eyes. Suddenly swings around and pulls books fro* the bookcase, reaches in back removes a bottle, yanks out the corl then takes healthy swig. He cork bottle and replaces in back of book Just as he's straightening books, doo opens, millwright walks in. -A Humphrey. The office rai-` tors is ok, chief--only trouble; J they cooling down, so I can aln: hold my hand on some of them. Palmcrove. (Acts flustered. clears throat, finishes straighten*>: books.) I was just looking up Spi# man's Third Law of Different*5 Vapor Pressures in my old book 0 thermodynamics. (Door opens, fJ( man waddles in.) Davis. Good grief, but it's cold * them tannery buildings. Chief, jr and a dozen of my best men checke every place air could leak into V condensate return system. We fonS nothing suspicious-looking. 'T' Humphrey. That's what I J0: told the chief. Palmy, you sure is what's got that pump jazzed up?/ . Palmcrove. Maybe you alD. just jokin, Humpy. I'll admit there something fishy about that PU^I5; yes indeedie. There's someth*1 mighty fishy. We'll just stop her b you get a couple of men and lc at her suction and discharge valve 136 For more facts circle 300 on Reader Service card, p 183 POWER NOVEMBER ,?