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FLIGHT, 26 June 1953 829 THE INDUSTRY Quick Carbon-removal YXflDELY used by aircraft and engine manufacturers and "'operators in America, Canada and Australia, Magnus 755, an immersion-type cleaner for removing carbon deposits from engine components, is now being made available in Great Britain. Arrangements have been made by the Magnus Chemical Co., Ltd., 39 New Broad Street, London E.C.2, for its manufacture here, and a technical advisory service on the best methods of use in cleaning baths has also been organized. Except in a few special cases, Magnus 755 is used in admixture with water, and water is also used for rinsing. Four types of bath are commonly used, the choice depending on the nature of the work and on the speed required : cold or hot still tank, or cold or hot agitated tank. Most carbon deposits, it is stated, can be efficiently removed in less than 15 minutes, especially if the hop- dip process is used. Versatile Woodworker •"THOUGH wood is now less widely used in aircraft construction, •* most firms in the industry still employ it for a variety of special purposes. A new machine that should be a valuable saver of time and labour in any woodworking shop—the T-S Mk III Universal—is described in a leaflet from its makers, Thornton- Stewart Woodworking Machines, Ltd., Brithorn Works, Tels- combe Cliffs, Newhaven, Sussex. Powered by a built-in 4 h.p. electric motor, it is capable of some 20 different tasks, with capacity for a wide range of material sizes. Aerocontacts Appointments F ROM Aerocontacts, Ltd., Gatwick, comes news that W/C. H. G. Cattell, D.F.C., has joined them as sales manager; he was formerly, for many years, with Titanine, Ltd. Another Aerocontacts appointment is that of S/L. A. G. Stanley, an ex-R.A.F. technical officer, who has for some time been with Tiltman Langley Laboratories; appropriately enough, in view of his initials, he will be in charge of sales of a.g.s. parts, and also of raw materials. Lastly, Mr. M. H. Nicholas has been appointed manager of the SCOBA (Supplies Co-ordinating Organisation for British Aviation) scheme in suc cession to Mr. E. H. Newman, who has suffered ill-health and is no longer with the company. W/C. H. G. Cattell. New Flexible-shaft Equipment LONG known as specialists in J flexible-shaft grinding and other tools, B. O. Morris, Ltd., Briton Road, Coventry, have lately added two more machines to their extensive range. The first is a high-speed grinder, giving tool speeds of 20,000-30,000 r.p.m. by belt-change. The flexible shaft runs at 10,000-15,000 r.p.m., the final stepping-up being afforded by compactly arranged gearing in the handpiece. The outstanding advan tage claimed is that the 1 h.p. motor gives constant power at constant speed, an important consideration if the best results are to be obtained from tungsten-carbide cutters. The machine is available for floor, bench or overhead mounting. The second new Morris machine is a disc driver, with constant-speed 2 h.p. motor, designed to provide ample power and optimum speed for the new fabric-reinforced grinding discs. Like the other, it has three alternative mounting methods. The "Morrisflex" high-speed grinder. For Sheet-forming AHIGH-LIFT clamping beam, to take right-angle forming blades, large-radius blades and mandrels, and a stepped-down bed, to take small return bends, are features of the new "Besco" heavy universal folding machines, redesigned and introduced in five sizes by F. J. Edwards, Ltd., 359-361, Euston Road, London, N.W.i. Capacities are 14 s.w.g. mild steel for the three smallest sizes and 16 s.w.g. for the two large machines. Effective Dusting AN ingenious "adhesive duster" which should be of use in the cleaning of airliner interiors, and, in industry, for final cleaning-down of components before delivery, is now being marketed. The fibres are impregnated with a non-drying adhesive which nevertheless does not give a "tacky" feeling to the touch. The duster can be folded for use as a pad giving 32 surfaces, each of which, it is stated, can be used until it is black. The price to the general public is 2s 6d, but this figure is reduced for quantity orders; the material is also available in 50 yd rolls. The manufac turers are Adhesive Dusters, St. John's Street, Kates Hill, Dudley. THE SHARP END (Continued from page 821) testing their guns before take-off; but next morning I found that the guilty parties were Sabres, harmonizing their "fifties." Before moving forward next day I looked in on W/'C. D. A. S. Morgan, senior medical officer of 91 (Composite) Wing, for a chat about casualty evacuation. He recalled that the first lift of Com- , monwealth casualties from Korea to Japan by a Dakota of the unit was on January 15th, 1951, since which date well over 10,500 patients have been lifted. R.A.F. personnel came into the overall cas. evac. scheme about three months later, and the R.A.F. Casualty Air Evacuation Flight (commanded by F/O. J. Dickson, assisted by F/O. D. Aubin) is now fully integrated with 91 Wing. Casualties for "tactical" evacuation to Japan are delivered from the front by train, helicopter or road, and are received either at the British Commonwealth Communication Zone Medical Unit or the 121st U.S. Evacuation Hospital. Here they are screened by an R.A.F. or R.A.A.F. medical officer to determine their fitness for evacuation. If accepted they are held in the Casualty Evacu ation Flight until an "economical" load has accumulated. A Dak. then comes over with an R.A.A.F. nursing sister (of which there are six, under Senior Sister H. Cleary) and the casualties are delivered back to Iwakuni. There they stay for 2-4 hr, for treat ment, food and a wash in the 91 Wing sick quarters before being moved to the British Commonwealth General Hospital at Kure. By ambulance rail-coach or ambulance launch this is about 2 hr distant. When ready for "strategic" evacuation the casualties are returned to Iwakuni, whence—if they are Australians or New Zealanders—they are flown home on a chartered Qantas Sky- master, with medical escorts of the R.A.A.F. Nursing Service. If they are British, their aircraft is a Hastings of Transport Com mand and they have R.A.F. escorts. By mid-February this year 514 patients had been flown to Australia and 1,161 to the United Kingdom. I felt sorely in need of W/C. Morgan's attention after a jeep- ride to an advanced Army post, though it is true that the pain occasioned thereby was mitigated in some degree by numbing cold. The cure proved to be steak and eggs and a camp-bed in a warm tent. I shall not forget that night: it was the eve of Korean Inde pendence Day and the frozen, moon-washed hills were twinkling with bonfires and fire-crackers. Yet a little up the road massed Allied artillery was thundering against a threatening enemy. Perhaps it made sense; I am hardly competent to judge on such brief acquaintance with the forward areas. After all, what sounded to me like a sizeable enemy shell outside my tent around midnight proved to be only a friendly grenade.
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