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IRD Mechanalysis Announces New Vibration Monitor-Recorder IRD Mechanalysis, Inc. has announced a new Portable Vibration Monitor-Recorder that pro- vides protection against serious machinery dam- age during critical periods, such as start-up and other speed or load changes. The Series 1250 Portable Multichannel Vibra- tion Monitor-Recorder is a valuable tool in evalu- ating the need for permanent monitors to protect critical machines and processes. Ideally suited for field service and installation checkout of new equipment, it can be moved quickly and easily. A convenient jack permits a Mechanalysis vibra- tion analyzer to be connected for vibration anal- ysis and in-place balancing. When a machine's vibration exceeds the pre-set "warning" level, monitor light goes on and the annunciator is triggered. "Warning" and "shut- down" alarm signals are available at barrier ter- minal strip to activate a remote alarm system. The Recorder provides a permanent record of developing mechanical defects which may occur during periods while the monitor is unattended. Each pickup point is easily identified on the stand- ard l"/hour chart paper. The Monitor-Recorder system consists of a standard Mechanalysis Vibra- tion Monitor, Scanner, Recorder and Vibration Pickups housed in a rugged carrying case. For more information, write to IRD Mechanal- ysis, Inc., 6150 Huntley Road, Columbus, Ohio 43229. Jacksonville Shipyards To Build Hydraulic Pipeline Dredge Ellicott Machine Corp., Baltimore, Md., has signed a contract with Jacksonville Shipyards, Inc., Jacksonville, Fla. 32203, for the building of a hydraulic pipeline dredge that was designed and engineered by Ellicott. Mexican Ministry Of Marine Installing Syncrolift Dock An important expansion to the ship repair fa- cilities at the Salina Cruz Dockyard of the Mexi- can Ministry of Marine, a new Syncrolift ma- rine drydock of 2,550 tons lifting capacity, is be- ing built under the special survey of Lloyd's Register of Shipping with a view to being classed +A "Mechanical Lift Dock." The principal dimensions of the dock are, ap- proximately : length, 328 feet, breadth, 72 feet, and draft over blocks, 16 feet. The civil engineer- ing construction, contracted with a local Mexican company, has already been commenced. The gril- lage platform will be built in the Salina Cruz Dockyard from steel supplied by Altos Hornos de Mexico, SA. The electrical equipment and wire ropes are being supplied by Pearlson Engineering Co. Inc., the Syncrolift patentees, through various U.S.A. manufacturers, and the Clark Chapman Group in the U.K. are building the twenty-eight 180- ton winches. Located in the Gulf of Tehuantepee on the Mexican Pacific Coast, this Government dock- yard occupies a strategic position between San Diego, Calif., and Balboa, Panama, and is avail- able and equipped for all types of ship and ma- chinery repairs. The new Syncrolift installation will augment the facilities provided by the existing graving dock and is expected to be fully completed, classed with Lloyd's Register and ready for operation within the first half of 1972. The Port Everglades, Fla., 4,270-ton lifting capacity Syncrolift is also classed with the Soci- ety and plans for many other Syncrolift docks have been approved, including those at Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Vancouver, British Columbia. 30 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News GO EVERYWHERE DO EVERYTHING U.S. STEEL GIANT: Mrs. Roger M. Blough prepares to anoint the steel bow of the new super ore carrier named for her husband, with the traditional splash of cham- pagne as Mr. Blough looks on. The 858-foot-long Roger Blough was built by The American Ship Building Co., Lo- rain, Ohio, for United States Steel, and is the largest vessel ever constructed entirely in the shipyards of the Great Lakes. Slated to begin sailing later this year, it is designed to carry 45,000 tons of iron ore pellets from the head of the Lakes to steel mills in the Chicago area. Mr. Blough retired in 1969 after serving almost 14 years as chairman of the board and chief executive of U.S. Steel. He continues as a director of the Corporation. A tieet oi ocean-going tugs, supply snips, utility vessels and crewboats. Worldwide experience... long range towing...dependable service and support for offshore drilling rigs and construction barges. JACKSON MARINE CORPORATION P. O. Box 1087 • Aransas Pass, Texas 78336 512/758 3295 • Cable JACMAC Hillmatt Barge & Construction Appoints Singleton And Turner Ira J. Singleton Jr. Stephen H. Turner Jr. Ira J. Singleton Jr. has been appointed as- sistant general manager, and Stephen H. Tur- ner Jr. has been named assistant chief engineer for Hillman Barge & Construction Company, Brownsville, Pa., as announced by Bernard T. Kelley, vice president and general manager. Mr. Singleton is a graduate of California State College and the University of Pitts- burgh. He started with Hillman in 1951 and has progressively served as chief draftsman, assistant chief engineer and, since 1965, as chief engineer. Mr. Turner joined Hillman in 1970 as a design engineer. A native of Dayton, Ohio, he is a graduate of the University of Cincin- nati. Previous to coming with Hillman, he was an engineer with Dravo Corporation's marine department. Marine Industries To Build Multipurpose Containerships For Two French Operators Twelve multipurpose containerships of about 15.600 displacement tons each will be built by Marine Industries. Ltd., Montreal, Quebec, for two Paris shipping companies—La Compagnie Maritime des Chargeurs Reunis and La Societe Navale Chargeurs Delmas-Vieljeux. The con- tract, estimated to be $123 million, was made pos- sible by a $21-million subsidy provided by the Canadian Government. Also, of the actual price of $102 million to the two companies, $82 million was financed by low-cost loans from Canada's Export Development Corp. The ships will be built over a four-year period.
