Masonry Magazine January 1965 Page. 53
White Masonry Cement
Paul F. Keatinge, Vice Presi
Went of the General Portland Ce
ment Company has just announced
a new product-Trinity White
Masonry Cement. It is on the
market now and is available from
Building material dealers.
Architects and masonry con
ractors have long recognized the
mesthetic advantages of a white
mortar. It enchances the beauty
of most masonry units through
ontrast, or when white masonry
nits are used, white mortar will
ssure an uninterrupted white ef-
ect
eed if pigments
colored mortar is desired.
The manufacturer states that
This new product not only pro-
uces mortar that's white but, at
the time, offers advantages
plasticity and workability. It
works well under the trowel, pro-
uces a good watertight joint, is
on-staining, has exceptionally
igh hond strength, and exceeds
STM and federal specifications
or a masonry cement.
With Trinity White Masonry
Cement mortar can be prepared
ister and with less chance of
ror. The user simply mixes it
y machine or by hand-with
hite sand and water. No lime is
equired. The mortar will be con-
stent in whiteness from job to
b, and building alterations made
ears later will show little varia-
on in mortar.
The company offers a technical
folder on this new
pecification folder
roduct. Address Trinity White
Department, General Portland Ce-
hent Company, 111 West Monroe
treet, Chicago, Illinois 60603.
Mortar Pump
Offering completely new design
and performance advantages,
ssick Model PG-18 Mortar Pump
now rolling off the production
nes. Featuring a heavy duty ex
susive 3 Piston Pump (Running
Oil), Spiral Agitator in the
Hopper, A Torque Limiter, Direct
rive, and even an Electric Self-
Karter as standard equipment, the
G-18 is a large step forward in
e field of mortar application.
Many years of research, design
agineering, and testing have gone
to the development of this new
machine which offers a 10 cubic
ot hopper, a 10 cubic foot air
ompressor, an 18 H.P. Wisconsin
H.D. engine, and a three speed
ansmission. The new Three Pis-
on Pump is rated at the highest
utput on the market, allowing
ulti-story pumping, elimination
hose pulsation, and trouble free
peration. The extra capacity 10
bic foot hoper with Agitator
atches mixer capacity with hop
or capacity and assures continu
us smooth flowing material,
Mimination of belts and pulleys
om the design, protects against
ppage and allows full transfer
horsepower to pump. Essick's
orque Limiter cuts out auto-
matically on an overload, protect-
ing hose and pump, if restrictions
develop. The three speed trans
mission provides completely flex-
ible Material Volume control and
when used with a varying engine
speed, any desired rate of flow
can be achieved. Fifteen inch
tired wheels complete the package,
making the PG-18 fully portable
over any terrain.
The unit is also available with
a 30 H.P. motor for pumping to
extra heights.
New Brochure
A new 12-page brochure des with five speeds forward and five
cribing "Gold Medal" Safety Scaf reverse. This industrial power
folding Machines is now available train is specially designed for
from the makers, Patent Scaffold heavy, hard construction work,
ing Co. The machines are shown and has the extra weight and
in a wide variety of applications, strength to withstand heavy loads,
penerally in masonry work in twisting strain, and shock impacts
building construction. Special ap copies of the new Skytrak 550
plications also are covered with catalog, contact West Brick Buggy
photos and text. Detailed draw Corp 4310 Mayfield Road,
ings show parts by name in their Cleveland, Ohio 44121.
normal working relationships. The
national rental system is explained
and PSCo. branch offices are
Workman's Hoist
listed.
From Patent Scaffolding Co., American Tubular Elevator Di-
Division of Harsco Corporation, vision of Universal Manufacturing
38-21 12th Street, Long Island Corporation, Zelienople, Pa, has
City, New York 11101.
introduced this new workmen's
New Skytrak
West Brick Buggy Corp. has
engineered modifications into its
Skytrak fork lift design, making
this wheel-mounted front-end hy
draulic lift even more efficient
and safer to operate.
Designed and engineered speci-
fically for the masonry contractor,
the new Skytrak 550 provides fast,
safe, efficient movement of ma
sonry materials. It can unload and
in
stockpile as many as 400 brick
tort minuttek, block andansports
hoist designed to reduce the cost
of construction, renovating or de
molishing high-rise buildings. It is
the first personnel hoist to utilize
the winding drum principle-pre
ferred by most contractors-on
tower machinery. Other innova
tions include a series of unique
safety devices.
Pavement Sealer
A new bulletin (T-97) describ
ing Bitumastic protective indus
trial coatings and Koppers Pave-
ment Sealers is available from
the Tar & Chemical Division of
Koppers Company, Inc.
It gives properties, specification
data and case history information
on to Bitumastic cold-applied
coatings and two types of pave
mortar, brick, block, and tile to
hoist, scaffold, or work floor, and ment sealer.
it handles many other types of The bulletin also lists recom-
materials, such as concrete, scaf mended coating systems for more
foldber, and roofing materia joists,
Improved fork mounting design
than 100 common metal, concrete
and masonry installations.
Copies of Bulletin T-97 are
provides more positive non-tilting available from Koppers Company,
for greater safety, and forks have Inc., Tar & Chemical Division,
out removing the backstop or Pa. 15219.
unlimited adjustment laterally with The Koppers Building, Pittsburgh,
grill. Also, the forks are auto Trademark of Koppers Com-
matically self-leveled throughout pany, Inc.
the entire lifting are of the boom.
To give the operator maximum
visibility especially when pick-
Compact Saw
ing up loads the hood of the An improved version of their
Skytrak 550 has been cut away amazing Compact Masonry Saw,
and sloped down. In making this which has enjoyed widespread ac
change, it was necessary to move ceptance in construction and in
the radiator from the front to the dustry, is being marketed by the
back of the engine.
Clipper Manufacturing Company
of Kansas City, Missouri.
The new Model MC-151 is so
completely portable that it can be
carried in the trunk of a car or
The Skytrak 550 has a lifting
capacity of 3000 lb. at 12-inch
load center, and a lifting height
of 20% ft. It is powered by a 56
BHP Minneapolis-Moline engine, in a station wagon. It can be set
up on scaffolding when passing
or too slow. For use in relining
furnaces and boilers, the Compact
Clipper can be carried inside to
produce cuts where needed at the
exact time they are needed.
Because it is handy to move,
quick to set up, the MC-151 is
ideal for residential construction
where cuts must be made for fire-
places, patios, walls and exterior
facing.
The new Compact Clipper has
many of the outstanding and ex-
clusive features found on the
larger Clipper models such as the
Super Matic and the Super Scots-
man which have been the first
choice of the masonry cutting in-
dustry for more than 27 years.
The Compact Clipper Masonry
Saw is also available with all the
exclusive features but powered by
a 2 H.P. specially designed G.E.
Motor. For additional information
on this new Masonry saw, or for
information on their complete line
of masonry and concrete cutting
saws and blades, core drills and
diamond core bits, grinding discs,
write the company at P. O. Box
9604, Kansas City, Mo. 64134.
New Catalog
The Pittsburgh Corning Corp-
oration has available a new cata
log on Unibestos (R), an amostite
fibered asbestos material for high
temperature insulation applications, ranging from +100°F. to
+1500°F.
Unibestos is used in the petro-
chemical industries, power plants,
utilities, the marine field, for
underground pipe applications,
and general industrial use. Photo-
graphs of on-the-job applications
are included in the bulletn.
Four tables of suggested thick-
nesses from the minimum require-
ments (personnel protection) to
the maximum (industrial and
commercial uses) are given. Also
shown are engineering drawings
for joints and fittings, a chart of
expansion control, and typical
specifications.
A copy of this catalog, UN-2,
may be obtained from the Pitts-
burgh Corning Corporation, One
Gateway Center, Pittsburgh, Penn-
sylvania 15222.
(R) UNIBESTOS is a regis-
tered trademark of the Pittsburgh
Corning Corporation.