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New High-Efficiency Incinerators Introduced By Hamworthy Offer Solution To On-Board Waste —Free Literature Available— Exploded view drawing of Hamworthy Nep- tune Incinerator. (1) Cooling inlet grill; (2) double-skinned shell top panel assembly; (3) refractory collar and flue divertor cone; (4) cast refractory blocks; (5) combustion chamber viewer; (6) manually operated fur- nace loading door; (7) ash door; (8) com- bustion air inlet ports; (9) ceramic fiber jointing blanket; (10) control panel: (11) auxiliary burner; (12) fiber insulation blocks; (13) double-skinned shell side panel assem- bly; (14) flue discharge char grill plate; and (15) horizontal flue. Hamworthy Engineering has been a leading worldwide marine equip- ment manfacturer for over 75 years. With its own offices worldwide, Hamworthy is able to provide ship- owners the assurance of the availa- bility of spare parts and service for their equipment. Besides compres- sors and pumps, Hamworthy offers an extensive line of pollution abate- ment equipment. One such product is the Hamwor- thy Neptune Incinerator. With the ratification and implementation of Annex V of MARPOL 73/78, a greater importance has been placed on the disposal of waste generated aboard ship. Hamworthy recognized the waste problem and developed and de- signed the Neptune 20R and 40R incinerators to provide a solution. Both sizes of incinerator are of the "cyclone" type, with high rates of combustion limiting the daily oper- ating time to a minimum. The mod- el 20R has been designed to con- sume solid waste only, while the 40R has the ability to burn liquid and solid wastes. Hamworthy reports that both models have fully auto- matic control systems and are con- structed to fulfill the safety require- ments of the classification societies. Both Neptune models are especially designed for the retrofit market and can also be supplied as a "fiat-pack" for installation at a selected space on board ships. Some of the features of the Nep- tune incinerators include: a conven- iently located control panel for easy operation; an auxiliary burner that has a capacity of 665 MJ/h when burning light oil with a high and low fire capability of 20.5 liters and 4.5 liters per hour, respectively; a hori- zontal flue that incorporates an air diluter; a garbage door that provides easy access to the combustion cham- ber; an ash removal door; combus- tion air inlets; and an induced draft fan supplied for customer installa- tion adjacent to the incinerator. For free literature fully detailing Hamworthy's Neptune line of incin- erators for maritime use, Circle 108 on Reader Service Card Fincantieri Delivers Rail/Car/Passenger Ferry To Italian State Railways The Palermo shipyard of Fincan- tieri recently delivered the rail/car/ passenger ferry Logudoro to the Italian State Railways. The ferry is now in service between Civitavec- chia, near Rome, to Golfo Aranci in Sardinia, and between Messina, in Sicily, and Reggio Calabria. Built to the rules of Registro Ital- iano Navale, the 2,040-dwt Logu- doro, which has facilities for 1,000- 1,500 passengers and transport driv- ers, as well as the capability to han- dle rail coaches and wagons totaling a maximum of 1,350 tons and 100 private cars, is powered by two six- cylinder, four-stroke medium-speed diesel engines built by Fincantieri's Grandi Motori Trieste (GMT) Divi- sion. The two GMT550.6 turbo- charged models, the largest in the GMT medium-speed engine series, develop a total of 16,800 bhp at 450 rpms. Each engine is connected by an electro-magnetic coupling to a Fincantieri reduction gear to give a constant propeller speed of 150 rpms. Ship speed and direction, ahead and astern, is regulated elec- tro-pneumatically from either the bridge or engine room by the two Lips Italiana controllable-pitch pro- pellers. Electric power for ship's services and lighting is supplied by four 1,300-kw Fincantieri GMT BL230 turbocharged, four-stroke, eight-cy- linder diesel engines coupled to a 450-volt, 60-Hz Ansaldo three- phase alternator. These engines are water-cooled but the 250-kw emer- gency generator is driven by an air- cooled, four-stroke Isotta Fraschini diesel engine. Esacontrol supplied machinery control and monitoring systems. For free literature detailing the shipbuilding services of Fincantieri, Circle 69 on Reader Service Card Tracor Unit Awarded $3.9-Million Contract Tracor Applied Sciences, Inc., a subsidiary of Tracor, Inc., has re- ceived a $3.9-million, three-year contract for analytical and technical support to the Information Tech- nology Division of the Naval Re- search Laboratory (NRL) in the de- sign, development, and evaluation of advanced Integrated Warfare Technology concepts, testbeds and prototype systems. 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