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ICOM Names Kyle National Sales Manager, Marine Division ICOM America, Inc., Bellevue, Wash., has appointed Margaret Kyle as national sales manager for its Marine Division. In her position with ICOM, she is responsible for ICOM marine sales in the U.S. and Canada, reporting to Brad Harlow, marine marketing manager. Previously, Ms. Kyle was direc- tor of corporate services for Tele- scan, a Houston, Texas-based finan- cial software corporation. Prior to that, she worked in advertising sales with the Houston Chronicle and as a manufacturer's representative for Gene Finch and Associates. ICOM America is the wholesale distributor and service center in North America for ICOM communi- cations equipment in the marine, avionics, amateur and land mobile industries. BFGoodrich Rivnut Develops Innovative New Floating Fastener BFGoodrich Rivnut® Engineered Fasteners, a business unit of BFGoodrich Aerospace, has devel- oped an innovative, new floating fastener designed for quick, effi- cient installation where a blind ap- plication is complicated by hole misalignment. The Rivnut fastener, called the Floatnut™, has a floating nut plate that allows for quick, one-sided in- stallation in blind applications without the repeat drilling of holes. Originally designed for use in air- craft structures, the Floatnut can also be used in other blind and non- blind applications where misaligned holes are a problem According to BFGoodrich offi- cials, the Floatnut fastener is the only known nut plate in the fastener industry that can be used in blind applications. The new Floatnut high-perform- The BFGoodrich Floatnut high-performance floating fastener. ance floating fastener is available in steel (including type 4037) and stainless steel (including 300 series) and comes in countersunk or flat head styles. In addition to the stan- dard non-ribbed, non-keyed shank style, the Floatnut is also available with a ribbed shank for superior anti-rotation and installation in alu- minum and lower strength materi- als. A keyed shank style is available for higher strength materials. Floatnut fasteners are designed to obtain a .020-inch to .032-inch float in all directions and are available with locking and non-locking threads. Thread locking can be ob- tained to MIL-N-25027 require- ments. For more than 50 years, BFGood- rich Rivnut fastening systems have been used worldwide in hundreds of fastener applications. Rivnut fas- tener systems are used in the aero- space, defense, automotive and con- sumer products industries. For more information and free lit- erature, Circle 297 on Reader Service Card An important name fhat adds a new dimension to some of industry's most repected products and services: ADELFASTENERS AEROPRODUCTS AIRFOIL BAIRDOPTICAL BOSTONGEAR CECINSTRUMENTS CENTRIMARC CONTROLEX CONTURA DELAVALCONDENSER DELAVALTURBINE DELTEX GEMSSENSORS HEIMBEARINGS IMOPUMP MORSECONTROLS VAROINC. WIGGINSCONNECTORS IMO. Creating a new standard of performance, in partnership with businesses you rely on for instruments and controls, engineered products and their support services for naval systems. IMO. Delivering perfor- mance to industrial and defense customers world- wide. Imo Delaval Inc. Lawrenceville, NJ ...and the world. Ik a uwd, PethoJiHtmtce ADEL FASTENERS AEROPRC>11UCTS AIREOIL | BAIRD ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENTS, BAIRD OPTICAL SYSTEMS, BARKSDALE . ONTROL5 BOSIONGEAR| CEC INSTRUMENTS, CENTRIMARC CONTROLEX! CONTURA DELAVAL CONDENSER DELAVAL STORK , DELAVAL TURBINE DELROYD WORM GEAR DELTtX FINCOR ELECTRONICS; GEMS SENSORS HEIMBEARINGS IMO AB IMOPUMPl MILLER HOiZWARTH MORSE CONTROlS(WORLDWIDE) TRANSINSTRUMEN1S VARO ELECTRON DEVICES VARO SYSTEMS, WEKAAG WIGGINSCONNECTORS Circle 342 on Reader Service Card April, 1989 1 1
