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       J. Quinlan 218 7602

 

 

 

The Manager

Wiltrading

52-58 Clarence Street

SYDNEY       NSW       2000

DEPARTMENT OF

TRANSPORT

 

N.S.W. Region

18th Floor

59 Goulburn Street

Sydney, N.S.W. 2000

P.O. Box K534

Haymarked, N.S.W. 2000

Telephone (02) 218 7666

Telex AA27177

 

 

Dear Sir,

 

MASTO WIRE LUBRICATOR

 

Thank you for your letter of 23 June 1987 in which you raise matters arising from the Masto Wire Rope Lubricator demonstration I witnessed at Bullivants Alexandria on 18 June 1987.

 

I confirm that the demonstration carried out on a well used length of 32mm diameter non-rotating wire rope showed the Masto lubricator

 

           effectively lubricated the rope from the surface right through to the fibre core

           forced out old lubricant and water (the rope had apparently been stored open to the weather for some time)
       - with very little spillage of new lubricant.

 

In my opinion, the Masto lubricator can effectively meet the requirement for internal lubrication of wire ropes, particularly the larger diameter ropes, referred to in our Marine Notice No. 9/1987 and Section 10 of Australian Standard AS2759-1985.

 

 

Yours faithfully,

 

 

JM QUINLAN

Principal Marine Surveyor, NSW

 

24 June 1987