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1957
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322 THE INDUSTRY Folland's New General Manager disagreement on policy.For the past three years Mr. Rymell has been chief inspector. Before that he was with Westland Aircraft, where he was closelyassociated with Mr. W. E. W. Petter (now managing director and chief engineer at Follands), in the manufacture of the Lysander,Whirlwind and Welkin to the latter's design. It is also announced that Mr. E. W. Taylor has been promotedto the post of deputy general manager in addition to that of works manager, a position he has held for the past seven years; he joinedFollands in 1936. Mr. G. Morgan, who has been chief inspector's assistant for seven years, is appointed acting chief inspector. A Derby Appointment APPOINTED chief service engineer of the Rolls-Royce aero-• engine division is Mr. A. Harvey Bailey, who will be respon- sible for the aero service, technical service and overseas overhaul departments. He joined the car-engine side of the business in 1939 and transferred to the aeroengine division on the outbreak of war to work on servicing andoverhaul problems connected with the Merlin and Griffon. In1946 he joined the staff of Mr. J. D. Pearson (now deputy chair-man and chief executive) in the sales and service department,where he was responsible for building up the section dealingspecifically with customers' tech- nical problems. In 1952 Mr.Bailey was posted to Australia as manager and chief engineer ofthe newly formed Rolls-Royce of Australia (Pty.), Ltd. Hesupervised the construction of their Mascot factory and estab-lished the overhaul and service organization for the Dart enginesof Trans-Australia Airlines and Butler Air Transport and for the Avons of the R.A.A.F. InSeptember last year he was recalled to Derby to take charge of the technical service and overseas overhaul departments referredto above. I.V. Pressure Controllers Reorganization "PROM I.V. Pressure Controllers, Ltd., of 683 London Road,A Isleworth, Middlesex (offices), and 844 Bath Road, Cranford, Middlesex (works), comes an announcement that they are nowpart of the industrial group headed by Metropole Industries, Ltd., of London. Chairman of I.V. under the new arrangement is Mr. S. W.Hoskins, and the other directors are Mr. J. Z. Gadomski (who is also appointed to the Board of Metropole) and Mr. J. G.Gommes. Mr. J. Armour Smith, formerly secretary of I.V., now becomes the company's general sales manager. I.V. Pressure Controllers have been known in the aircraft in-dustry for a number of years as specialists in the manufacture of reducing, stop and relief valves, regulators, solenoids, andallied equipment. Finishes for Agricultural Aircraft Mr. Harvey Bailey. , in co-operation with aircraft constructors and manufacturers of crop-spraying chemicals, Cellon, Ltd., ofKingston-upon-Thames have developed a new range of aircraft finishes which are stated to solve many of the problems presentedby the increasing use of agricultural insecticides and fertilizers from aircraft. In normal aircraft operation, of course, the principal functionof a finish is (apart from appearance) to protect the structure from corrosion caused by variations in temperature, humidity andatmospheric contamination, and, on marine aircraft, salt water. The' special problems associated with agricultural aircraft arisefrom the fact that top-dressing and spraying compounds, whether solid or in solution, often contain active chemicals which stimu-late and hasten corrosion. Among other materials, superphos- phates, agricultural lime, basic slag, meat and bone meal>ammonium sulphate, nitrolime, muriate of potash and cobalt and • • . FLIGHT, 8 March 1957 copper sulphates are regularly sprayed from the air. Thus it was essential to develop still further the chemical resistance and abrasion-resistance properties of existing finishes. The new range is stated to combine high values in these two directions with resistance to fire. Known as the Cellon C.S. (crop- spraying) finishing scheme, it is already in use in various parts of the world and can be applied to both fabric- and metal- constructed aircraft. Hepolite Appointments FOLLOWING the recent death of Mr. Elijah Hepworth, chair--tman and managing director of Hepworth and Grandage, Ltd., of Bradford, the following appointments have been made withinthe group of companies: Hepworih and Grandage, Ltd.: Joint managing directors, Messrs. J. L. Hepworth and G. C. Hepworth;sales director, Mr. J. H. Mallinson. Hepworth and Grandage (Yeadan), Ltd.: Directors, Mr. G. C. Hepworth (managing),Mr. J. L. Hepworth, Mr. A. T. Beacham (secretary). Leeds Piston Ring and Engineering Co., Ltd.: Directors, Mr. H. Forrest(managing) and Mr. A. T. Beacham (secretary). Mr. G. C. Hepworth, in particular, has been closely associatedwith the aero-engine components side of the business. During the war he was responsible for much of the company's aircraftpiston and ring production, and later he was principally concerned with building up the Yeadon company, which is now one of themajor producers of gas-turbine blades. New Material for Aircraft Packaging AFTER considerable research into new methods of packaging- aircraft components, the Twentieth Century Joinery and Packing Co., of Queens Works, Thames Ditton, Surrey, haveevolved a sandwich material known as G.95 and claimed to offer many advantages over wood for all packing applications. Though stated to present a surface harder than steel, G.95 is,nevertheless, easy to saw and can be made up speedily into cases by welding the seams. It is also described as being cheaper thanwood and as giving perfect protection to any type of component, however delicate, both during transit and in storage under anyclimatic testing. Twentieth Century are now concentrating their research andtechnical offices at Ash Park, Shepperton, where these depart- ments will be combined with a school of packing. The first ofseveral new buildings has already been erected at the seven-acre site, and there will be facilities in due course for vibration andclimatic testing. IN BRIEF Mr. J. E. Furley, Ekco assistant publicity manager since 1952,has been appointed publicity manager of E. K. Cole, Ltd. * * * Austinlite, Ltd., Crawley, Sussex, announce the introduction ofa new multi-cell rotary switch, type A.15, rated at 15 amp/250 volts or 7i amp/440 volts. * * * Mr. R. F. Brooker, formerly deputy general sales manager,has been appointed general sales manager of Tecalemit, Ltd., Plymouth. * * * A joint company, Nuclear Graphite, Ltd., is being formed bythe A.E.I.—John Thompson Nuclear Energy Co., Ltd., and the Morgan Crucible Co., Ltd. It will specialize in the machiningof graphite blocks for moderator piles in atomic reactors. * * * Mr. M. G. McBride, B.ScXEng.), A.M.I.E.E., has rejoinedSangamo Weston, Ltd., as contracts manager of the instrument division. He was previously with the company for fourteen yearsup to 1952, when he joined the Record Electrical Co., Ltd., as chief engineer. * * * Lavino (London), Ltd., Garrard House, 31/45 Gresham Street,London, E.C.2, are sole distributors in the United Kingdom for Andreae automatic spraying and drying machines. This newequipment carries out these operations on a conveyor-belt system, revolving the articles to be sprayed. * * * . . • - • From Lansing Bagnall, Ltd., Kingsclerc Road, Basingstoke,Hants, comes information on a new rider electric truck, model FOER 3, which—with a turning radius of 49|in—is claimed tohave better manoeuvrability than any comparable design. Its service weight, 5,300 lb, indicates the truck's solid construction;and rear-wheel drive from a shunt wound motor gives infinitely variable speeds up to 5 m.pJi. .„..
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