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Chemical & Engineering News · 1968
Pressure tester Tube Turns division of Chemetron Corp's Swel-Plug pressure tester expands to seal piping assemblies for testing. The device eliminates costly procedures such as welding caps over pipe ends Glass blower Lockheed Missiles & Space Co.'s expert glass blower Jon Seckman forms a part of a delicate glass apparatus. By carefully controlled puffs, Mr. Seckman can keep the molten glass in a consistency similar to that of bubble gum and prevent its collapse from internal pressure. He uses the pointed tool to shape the glass Aerosol art Five of the 15 women whom Illinois Bronze Powder & Paint Co. invited to a demonstrator/instructor school at its Lake Zurich, III., headquarters practice their crafts. The three-day workshop, run by experts in tole, papier mâche, bas relief, ceramics, wood staining, and antiquing, was set up to train the ladies to demonstrate the company's line of aerosol craft products Spirit pipes The spirits storage and blending ...