IMPROVED TORCH
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A PIER a year's marketing of their r-1 industrial three-cell B.M. torch, Bardic, Ltd., Southampton, is now producing for general use a two-cell version. Switch gear, insulated by nylon, is housed in the head and operation of the torch is by rotation of the head to one of three positions—off, flash and on.
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The B.M. torch is said to have been exhaustively tested under abnormal conditions and it is claimed that it is unaffected by water, gas, dust, ice and mud. Several versions are available, priced from 33s. 81d., including twoand three-cell models carrying safety certificates covering hydrogen, ethylene and pentane classes.
Brake Bowling
QPECIALLY developed for handling all types of friction materials which may be required to operate at bond line temperatures of over 350° C. and capable of tilling a gap of 0.05 in.. Redux 68 is now added to the range of Brake Bonding Adhesives, marketed in this country by CIBA (A.R.L.), Ltd.
Number Plates RIGIDEX, a high-density polythene .1-‘ from British Resin Products, Ltd., is used in the manufacture of letters and digits for number plates by John Ireland (Wolverhampton), Ltd. Made in white, they are claimed to he tough, durable,. resistant to oils, grease, petrol, most chemicals and many solvents, and to be easily cle:ined.