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Hr. 7. 3e*ftk H-- .T. --*"^30 '. i 1966 PSOJSTTS October l. 1967 IitIo Product Deveiopaeot /** . ' i:- . * i -. ' .' \ Tht tiro Karketln* sponsored Product Cenlopeant programs are (1) linn corrosion cod (2; replaoweat of asbestos. Ths rt^n corrosion program rill b ocmpltted la 1963. Pitas in to convert tit entire I10 product lint to sLnu eorrosioe. It offara oo foreteea'alt manufacturing cost rjrx^i, but d>ea offar t cuostaatiil uiti p-w/ti potential. The market it cola? toward ftmi eorrotiou. V* must hart t product to reoain competitive. The program dlreoted toward replacement of asbestos Will be accelerated la 1966. Hilt program at tht maaent diet aot offer 107 direct salts grsvth potential tad/or manufacturing cost tarings, but must be carried out so that la tit tract tht health haaard aspect of asbestos fibers beeoeoa a major national and/or political hot potato* OCP will hart aa alternate flbtr to switch to so as to stay in business. Vt will aot eooplete this prograft In 1966. Our pLaas call for reaching a point of determining whether thtrt eadsts anothtr fiber vhioh could bo substituted for aebertos. Ibo 1966 pragma is.-earn of chocking fusibility. I hart been informed (ria R. Davis) Harkttiag will proridt UO,OOQ for the Eaylo Product Development program. ScalsritorT Isrtrtltstlons and Sigh Teapersture ?roductt It Is dlffioolt to predict what programs will be carried out in this area. e do plan to eoodnot a basic study of tha Laylo process tod batch Ingredients to rtnre sans of the 'black magic' now prewot in tht aaou~ faoturo of Itylo. it times we get mxtnwely soft ears* era sdar oieo- tlflcally controlled mixing sad processing conditions in the laboratory. Tbs carnet for periods ef soft ware hare aormrtjeeo isolated. This is cee of our exploratory programs for 1968. Beyond this program ve will carry out programs assigned to us by management in the fields ef Portland oeot and high temperature products. To illustrate* the type of program* carried out in 1966 include (1) eraloatloo of metal fibers in oeramie and otetot ccnposite* (Thomas) and (2) evaluation of William Prior's lnor- gtnlc plastio system to dstermioe whether OCT should take an option on his patent. -- -- \~r. * . .. la doeusert or n7 JVvflls* ,uld not ti* ocplei * o i 0 otb.r* without pr tion u-Comlna ml" Corpora 0- 3T3- I Hr. T. Svaoit -2* Ootabor 16, 1967 lavlo Prscaaa "amlopaeot and Saryto* To B+rila .** Our saIb /Tort uLll bo to prorida tocbtdcal support to Borila to salntala procuctisa at aishsrt pass!bit irrol tad At .tda aaa tlsa salmtala product tj-iiXltj. imsuaet vtll b* prondtd Bariia la aocimn* farther iz.sr?a** la produatiTit7 and la job afflftioctiiaa. Profraoj atartod la 1966 alAtd at decree dog batch ooata vill ba ooeplated la 1967* Thaea laclnria (1) higher dujrt batch forwuletioaa, (2) prahardeoabla L-20 bitch, (}) prehaxdecahlt 1-17 aore batch add (4) lislaatloa ol sold dl. . IT xaapovmr la arailabla, atudia* vill ba udartchea to daralop aatooaUo Mfgtmts or pouring aod stripping, . . ... w *- . . Hr, S. Graot raescaended I iaeraaaa Wf 1968 Procaaa D-rmiopaect aad Technical 5*Mm Io Serilo Budget 10 percent above tlit budgeted la 1967. ays'ris 9: J i.. hr1 : i . . V?T.Sbinnoa . ` v- . ;> - ua?:* w. - ' z .tr> <l,>\ /. rv. *... - r . r*5 * r a rj . . tr .Mit'-t: *. t- *= v* . f*j ;* /, .-i . .'.11 r.'.e*/ er .. i;< --1 ? &;! b: frgurju\ji . 1. V This doouaent or an* should not b op^.nllsSi.on o to others without 5*^>sfv_.tlon. Oiana-CoxniflC Tlbs*l" Corpora 0-. ri r: >,-?i.t. wu; b M 1