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Show Graphite Held Top Lubricant New Process Seen Big Industry Aid LOS ANGELES. CALIF.-If vou could buy a car that would run twice as long between overhauls with more speed and horsepower , while using less gas and oil how much extra would you expect to pay? Chances are that within a few years you will be able to get ; such an automobile for less than ;you pay for today's cars. What would a nation pay for a peacetime "mothballing" process that would leave planes, ships, tanks and guns ready to go into I action on a second's notice? Almost Al-most any price, probably, but the actual cost would be little more than that of coating them with plastic film, as was done after World War II. Important as they are. these applications ap-plications are but two in prospect with a new graphite coating developed de-veloped by two Los Angeles chemists, chem-ists, Ralph and Edwin Hall. They said that this coating lubricates in extremes of heat and cold which would render oil useless. It also provides resistance to rust and corrosion which more than meets the toughest military demands. The navy already is experimenting experiment-ing with the coating. The Halls say the coating has proved more resistant to salt water than any yet tested. Being only five ten-thousandths of an inch thick, it would 'not have to be stripped off before the weapon to which it had been applied could go into action. The brothers spent more than 10 years developing their patented process of applying graphite coating coat-ing to virtually any metal, plastic or synthetic rubber surface. Last January they put it on the market. Since then, General Manager J. E. Drocge said, their Electrofilm Corp. has been swamped with inquiries in-quiries by the armed forces. "Much of the work we are doing is secret." Droege said. "But ours is the only lubricating method that can be used effectively in extreme temperatures." In World War II and in recent cold weather maneuvers the armed services experienced much difficulty diffi-culty operating jeeps and trucks in below zero weather. Oil in the crankcases and diiferentials crystallized crys-tallized and turned to mush. |
