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1962
1962 - 0340.PDF
Prefabricated clean-room by John Boss Ltd (news-item below). The air-conditioning unit can be seen on the right 342 FLIGHT International, 1 March 1%2 the Lancaster flown by Mr T. C. Marks whom he succeeded as chief test pilot. Mr Dickinson, who served during the war with RAF Fighter and Bomber Commands, joined Flight Refuelling in 1956 from RAE Llanbedr. Mr Bolger is well acquainted, from his three-and-a-half years' service at Llanbedr, with the Meteor drones produced by the company. Ekco Director Mr C. A. W. Harmer, OBE, deputy chairman of Pye Ltd, has been appointed to the board of Ekco Electronics Ltd. INDUSTRY International Products Jet Tachometer Racal Instruments Ltd, Bracknell, Berks, have announced the Type SA.509 jet engine speed tachometer, a development of the existing Racal tacho meter. It provides facilities for measuring r.p.m. of both 1-p and h-p shafts, and for the accurate calibration of the high and low speed governors of the engines. It is designed for direct operation on the flight deck from the aircraft power supply, the signal outputs from the engine-driven tacho-generators being fed to four sockets mounted at an accessible point to which the instrument is connected. Front-panel con trols have been kept to a minimum, and complete connection of the equipment for use takes less than two minutes. Weighing 351b, the SA.509 is completely portable, and power supply and signal input cables are stored within the instrument box. Prefabricated Clean-rooms The firm of John Bass Ltd, of Crawley, Sussex, have long specialized in the design and produc tion of equipment for ultra-clean assembly, from dustproof cabinets to complete suites of controlled-atmosphere rooms. Their latest venture in this field, and one that has met with quick success, is the intro duction of a range of prefabricated clean- rooms. Within a few weeks of the prelimin ary announcement the Admiralty placed an order for five of these rooms, and another customer has been the Israel Ministry of Defence. Completely prefabricated to a standard pattern, this type of clean-room can be used singly, or multiplied by additional units at any subsequent time. Easily erected by the customer's own works engineering department, it is semi-portable and can thus be moved to a new site should the necessity arise. The timber frame structure is faced on both sides with a hard glossy plastic laminate which will not generate dust and which, by its electrostatic properties, will retain any minute particles until routine cleaning takes place. The walls are insu lated internally with 2in of expanded poly styrene. All windows are flush with the inside walls and fluorescent lighting is through glass panels outside the roof structure. Entry is via an air-lock, of similar construction to the room, with a bench for changing purposes. The doors to this section are electrically interlocked. A self-contained air-conditioning unit, giving filtration down to 1 micron, stands on its own base and is connected to the room by a short run of ducting. It dis charges through deflector grilles which can be adjusted to eliminate draughts. Humidi- fication and dehumidification equipment, which can be supplied as extras if required, will control relative humidity to within plus or minus 5 per cent. Depending on size, the rooms are avail able at prices from £1,500 ex works. Company News Flight Refuelling Pilots New appoint ments in the flight test department of Flight Refuelling Ltd have been announced following the retirement of Mr P. R. Horn- idge as chief test pilot. Mr R. Dickinson, DFC, ARAes, succeeds him as chief test pilot and Mr T. J. Bolger has joined the company as test pilot from RAE Llanbedr. Mr Hornidge, chief test pilot since 1958, was associated with the Flight Refuelling probe-and-drogue system from its in ception; on April 24, 1949, he was the first pilot to make such a contact (with a Lan caster tanker) when he flew a Meteor 3 on the system's first airborne trials. On August 7 that year he remained airborne for just over 12hr, refuelling ten times from Managing Directorship Sir John Paget, Bt, BA, MiMechE, MIPE, has been appointed managing director of Dualloys Ltd, manu facturers of plain bearings. He will take up his new appointment on April 2. British Oxygen Directorship Lt Gen Sir John G. Cowley, KBE, CB, AM, who on February 6 retired as Master-General of the Ordnance, became from February 9 a director of the British Oxygen Co Ltd. From 1957 to 1960 he was with the Ministry of Supply as Controller of Munitions. Firth & Brown Posts Mr Arthur Broom- head has been made joint managing director of Thomas Firth & John Brown Ltd; he was formerly deputy managing director. It is also announced that Mr Peter Fox has been made a local director of the company, which he joined in 1949, being made works manager of the forge and heat treatment departments in 1960. Telemax-Southern Ltd A new joint com pany under this title has been formed by Southern Instruments Ltd and Telemech anics Ltd to undertake world-wide marketing of the new wide-range frequency meter and synthesiser known as TD1, designed by Telemechanics Ltd. The synthesiser will be produced for the joint company by Southern Instruments Ltd. The board of Telemax-Southern is to include represen tatives of both parent companies; head quarters will be located at the Camberley factory of Southern Instruments. This DH Rapide, consigned by Hants & Sussex Aviation Ltd to a French Government establishment near Cayenne, French Guiana, was dismantled and packed by the shipping and forwarding department of Thos Cook & Son Ltd at Goswell Road, London EC I. Stripping down the aircraft and packing it into four cases—wings, centre-section, fuselage and engines—took only three-and-a-half working days. Smaller types—e.g., Chipmunks, Tigers and Proctors—are frequently dealt with by Thos Cook
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