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1950
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FLIGHT, jt August 1950 245 New " double-shot" tat**. ^ surter by Rotax, Ltd. _Jf gate valves in sizes of from Jin to4in, for manual and electrical oper- ation. Allied equipment, includingtest-bed valve fittings, will be shown.SAVAGE AND PAR8ONS, LTD., Otterspool Way, Watford, Herts(Stand IS).—This company will show a range of airborne andground-recording equipment for static and dynamic stress analysisand other applications. New equipment, on exhibition for thefirst time, includes a general-pur- pose automatic plotting table, forconcurrently and compactly plot- ting up to fifty graphs; and thelatest model of the firm's 50-way static strain recorder.SCHERMULY PISTOL ROCKET APPARATUS, LTD., Spra Works,Parkgate, Newdigate, Surrey (Stand 98). — The aeronauticalpyrotechnic equipment made by these specialists will be dealt within our special review next week. SCOTTISH AVIATION CO., LTD.,Prestwick, Ayrshire (Stand «6).— The makers of the PrestwickPioneer will display, on thtir smaller stand, a number of thecomponents which they market, in- cluding lightweight twin treats toraircraft cabins, hydraulic equip- ment (control valves, etc.) andfixtures and tools for the aircraft industry. SELF-PRIMING PUMP CO., LTD.,Edinburgh Avenue, Trading Estate a lough, Bucks (Stand 18).On this stand will be exhibited electrically driven fuel boosterpumps for A.C. and D.C. opera- tion; inverted-flight negative-?valve, water/methanol and cabin- beater pumps; and special-purposevalves. 8IEBE, GORMAN AND CO., LTD.,Neptune Works, Davis Road, Tol- worth, Surbiton, Surrey (Stand 12).In addition to safety equipment (to be dealt with in these pages nextweek) this company will display a selection of flying-helmets, oxygenmasks and goggles, while for the industrial field there will be Beenair compressors, test apparatus and instruments for special appli-cation. SIMMONDS AEROCESSORIES,LTD., Treforest, Glamorgan (Stand 57).—A wide range of self-lockingnuts will be shown, including the Nyloc nut, fully approved for air-craft use and now also available in cap form—the self-locking insertand cap are in an integral mould- ing which affords a leak-proof sealfor use in fuel tanks, pressurized containers, etc. A selection ofSpire Speed Nut applications will show the adaptability and weight-saving qualities of these nuts, fastenings and clips. The Pacltorelectronic contents gauge will be referred to in oar review nextweek. SKVHI, LTD., Worton Road,Isleworth, Middlesex (Stand 6).— Aircraft servicing jacks, inhibitorspray guns, high-pressure flexible- nose units.SMITHS AIRCRAFT INSTRU- MENTS, LTD., Crlcklewood, Lon-don, N.W.2 (Stand 1).—Exhibits on this stand will be dealt with inour review of special equipment and services next week.SMITH'S STAMPING WORKS (COVENTRY), LTD., Eibhie Road,Coventry (Stand 101).—The firm are suppliers of steel drop forgingsto the aircraft industry and are specialists in forging stainless and heat-resisting steels. Examples ofthen work will include lorgings for piston engines, gas turbines andairscrews. SOUTHERN FORGE, LTD., Lang-ley. Bucks (Stand 47).—Like Ren- frew Foundries, Ltd. (Stand 48),this company is an associate of Alrain, Ltd., and it will display ex-truded sections and tubes, forgings and stampings in Alminal alu-minium alloys. A special feature will be made of extra-thin extru-sions. SPERRY GYROSCOPE CO., LTD.,Great West Koad, Brentford, Middx. (Stand 158) The exhibitsof these instruments specialists will be dealt with in our review of.special equipment next week. STANDARD TELEPHONES ANDCABLES, LTD., New Southgate, London, N.U (Stand 118).—TwoI.L.8. airborne receivers will be shown, one for marker beacon andlocalixer frequencies and the other for glide-path indication, the twounits, plus a remote-control and meter indicator, supplying the pilotwith complete approach and landing information—as will be shownby a demonstration model. In the V.H.F field a feature will be madeof the ten-channel equipment which replaces the obsolescentfour-channel version, while the powerful new HO-chancel equip-ment—down-graded if necessary to 70 channels—will also be shown.H.F. equipment will be represented by the ST.18 transmitter. A re-mote display console of P.A.R. (precision approach radar) willprovide the first view of British- made precision G.C.A. talk-downequipment. STERLING METALS, LTD., Coven-try (Stand 32) Here will be seen light-alloy castings in magnesiumElektron and aluminium—-both as permanent-mould and sand castings—for radial and axial-flow gas tur- bines and for undercarriage com-ponents. A feature will be made of the applications of the zirconium-magnesium alloys designated ZRK.l and Z6Z. •TONE AND CO., LTD., J., OceanicHouse, la Cockspur Street, London, S.W.I. (Stand 45).—The exhibits onthis stand will be representative of the company's work for the aircraftindustry, including light-alloy and bronze castings and aluminiumrivets. T.I. ALUMINIUM, LTD., RedfernKoad, Tyaeley, Birmingham, 11 (Stand 101).—This exhibit willcomprise a range of aluminium air- craft extruded sections and bar,together with tubing; there will also be a wide selection of sheetto D.T.D. and B.S. specifications, and displaying various surface-finishes. T.K.S. (AIRCRAFT DE-ICING),LTD., Drayton House. Gordon Street, London, W.C.I (Stand 29).—This companys' de-icing equip- ment will be dealt with in our re-view of special services in next week's issue.TECALEMIT, LTD., Great West Road, Brentford, Middx. (Stand11»).—The Tecalemit display will consist of a micro pump, which, is ametering pump of great accuracy for the lubrication of gas turbineand supercharger main bearings, auxiliaries, etc.; an air-operatedpriming oil-delivery unit for filling engine oil galleries after overhaul;Tecalemeters (including models with pre-set mechanism) for measurement of liquids to 0.02 percent accuracy; oil and fuel filters; and hand-lubricating guns andnipples. TEDDINGTON CONTROLS, LTD.,Cefn Coed, ,nr. Merthyr Tydnl, South Wales (Stand 14).—The pro-ducts of this company, mainly in t'ie field of hydraulics, pneumatics,and cabin-temperature control, will be referred to in our review ofspecial equipment and services next week. TELEFLEX PRODUCTS. LTD.,Teleflex Works, Chadwell Heath, Essex (Stand 61).—The centralfeature of this stand will be examples of the Teleflex cockpitcontrols used in jet aircraft. In the Meteor there are no fewerthan 71 items of the firm's manu- facture, including controls forthrottles, cockpit air-conditioning, canopy jettison, footstep release,drop tanks, fuel cocks and under- carriage and wing-flap selectorvalves. THERMOPLASTICS, LTD., LutonRoad Works, Dunstable, Beds (Stand 116).—In addition to thecompany's usual range of aircraft components produced from Per-spex, post-formed Bakelite, poly- styrene, cellulose acetate, etc., ex-amples will be shown of the latest developments in laminated Fibreglass, both of expanded rubber sandwich construction and honey-combe section. Tecalemeter, with pre-setting _ metering Fecalemit, Ltd.)"^ primer P.RJU), approved underspecification D.T.D. 900 for all metals used iu aircraft production;Temprolac temporary coating for the protection polished aluminiumsheet during handling and storage; and approved finishes, with thenecessary electrical properties, for radomes. A range of standardTitauine finishes will complete the exhibit, and the company's servicevan will be in attendance on the airfield. TRIPLEX SAFETY CLASS CO.,LTD., 1, Albemarle Street, London, W.l (Stand 34) The central fea-ture of the Triplex exhibit this year will be examples of the new methodof bonding Perspex to rubber which (as reported in Flight last week)has been applied after extensive testing, to the Hawker Sea Hawk.Among glass products, the company will show bullet- and bird-proofwindscreens and windows for pres- surized cabins; the effects of sus-tained pressures of between 15 and 50 lb/sq in will be the uubjfect ofa demonstration. TUBES, LTD., Aston, Birmingham,6 (Stand 31).—On this stand will be seen examples of tubular forgingsfor cylinder liners, gas-turbine rotor shafts, contra-rotating airscrewshafts, and other engine compo- nents.TUNGUM SALES CO., LTD., Bran- don House, Painswick Road, Chel-tenham, G4os (Stand 92).—Here will be seen examples of Tungumalloy in a great many fabricated forms, even including wire gauzeand wire rope; a representative range of aircraft parts in thismaterial; a section devoted to Tun- gum tubing manipulations for fueland oil pipes, hydraulics and cool- ing systems; a scale model of theBranda bending machine on which the majority of these pipes areworked; and the new Branda Beaver metal hacksaw, driven bya J h.p. motor and claimed to be the handiest and lightest power-driven metal-sawing tool on the market. ULTRA ELECTRIC, LTD., WesternAvenue, Acton. London, W.3 (Stand 10).—In addition to this company'scontrol and actuation equipment, to be referred to in our special reviewnext week, a feature will be made of the communications control in-stallations now in use in the majority of British airliners, includ-ing the Comet and the Ambas- sador. Requirements which have Blind-approach aid : Standard Telephones I.US, receivers, with remote-control unit and indicator Six-channel galvanometer camera to be exhibited by Savage and Parsons, Ltd. TILTMAN LANCLEY LABORA-TORIES, LTD., Redhill Aerodrome, Surrey (Stand 156).—Research, de-velopment and prototype aero- nautical engineers, this firm is ex-hibiting at Farnborough for the first time. Central features of thedisplay will be the Gerritsen self- governing variable-speed gear,which provides ratios of from 1:1 to 2,000:1, with an outputspeed controllable to within ±1 per cent; and the Tiltman Langley flowvalve, a compact glandiess unit suitable for highly corrosive orcombustible liquids or gases and controllable by electric, hydraulicor pneumatic means. TINKERTEX, LTD., Holmfirth. nr.Huddersfield (Stand 189).—Uphol- stery cloth and curtaining materialsfor aircraft interiors will be shown, together with material for thetailoring of aircrew and other uni- forms. TITANINE, LTD., Colindale, Lon-don, N.W.B (Stand SS),—Exhibits will consist of high-speed and tight-weight finishes to specifications D.T.D. 778 and 776; Chrometch
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