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25th ) > ) )))> )> >) ) ANNIVERSARY<<<-<<<{ ((<(<{(- ELLIOTT COMPANY'S METALLURGICAL AND CHEMICAL LABORATORIES.......................................................... 4 CORN BELT POWER (Generators and Turbochargers)...................................................7 EJECTOR INSTALLATION TIPS (Discharge Lines)........................................................8 IMPROVING A STAPLE FOOD (Converted Rice. Inc.)................................................ 9 IN AUSTRALIA...........................................................................................................................................13 FIVE TURBOCHARGED DIESELS (New Bern. N. C.)...............................................14 GASOLINE PLANT TURBINES..................... 14 RENOVATION OF HOPE NATURAL GAS COMPANY COMPRESSOR STATIONS................................................................................. 16 INSTALLING A DEAERATING HEATER..........................................................................21 GENERATORS AND TURBINES IN TWO NEW SHELL OIL PLANTS..22 SYNCHRONOUS MOTORS AT PLYMOUTH OIL........................................................22 NEW RESERVOIR AND PUMPING STATION FEATURE LIMA WATER WORKS EXPANSION................................................................................................ 24 COKE OVEN GAS EXHAUSTERS (National Tube Company)...............................26 GENERATORS AT GRAND HAVEN.......................................................................................27 MODERN SUGAR FACTORY IN IMPERIAL VALLEY (Holly Sugar).... 28 EJECTORS FOR DEODORIZING MARGARINE AND SHORTENING. ..30 POWERCRAX........................ 31 8 M. A. King formerly man ager of engineer ing, has rejoined the Elliott Com pany as engi neering vice president. Jean nette Division. With Elliott for 27 years, he was executive engi neer for the tur bine division of Worthington Pump fls Machinery Corporation for the past five years. He joined the Kerr Turbine Company of Wellsville, N. Y,, following graduation from the Univer sity of Michigan in 1916. Elliott pur chased Kerr .in 1923, made King chief engineer in 1924. He became turbine manager at Jeannette in 1932. In 1941 he was appointed manager of engineer ing for the company. 0 J. D. Wlllcox, Jr. became Elliott Company district manager at Houston, Texas, November 1. Mr. Willcox came with die Elliott Company immediately upon graduating in electrical engineer ing from Cornell in 1935. After com pleting the sales training course, he was assigned to the Atlanta office where he has been ever since, with the exception of three years during the war when he served as an officer in the U. S. Navy. Published by Elliott Company ... POWERFAX is a magarinr of information for engineers and operatorsofsteam and electric power plants, or in charge of industrial processes. More than 30,000 copica are distributed quarterly with the compliments of Elliott Company to its customers and friends. Addrcas correspondence regarding POWERPAX to C. W. Kalbfas, Editor. Elliott Company, Jeannette, Pa. WINTER, 1948 VOLUME XXVI NUMBER 4 t now legal The EUiott Company's trade mark monogram, shown here, which has been used for the past 40 years, has now been registered as a trade-mark in the United States Patent Office for use in connection with all Elliott products. editorial front cover The last three Powerfax covers have depicted industries such as petroleum, power, and chemical. This time we symbolize the Elliott Company plants which are serving these and other indus tries. And, of course, the men and women of the EUiott plants at this Christmas season send you greetings. 8 DEMA meeting More than 70 college professors and representatives of Diesel engine manu facturers attended an all-day meeting at Elliott Company's Jeannette plant on November 9. The meeting was spon sored by the Educational Divisionofthe Diesel Engine Manufacturers Associ ation. Professors represented the Uni versity of Pittsburgh, West Virginia University, Ohio State University, Williamsport Technical Institute, Carnegie Institute of Technology, BuckneU University, and the Penn sylvania State College. Discussions covered turbocharger de sign, application and metallurgy, re search activities. Inspection trips were made through the Elliott shops, labo ratories, and research departments. 3 > Copyright, 194b, EUiott Company. Jeannette. Pa, CRIMDEBN00000237