| Show Graphite Graphe Held Top lubricant New Process Seen Big Industry Aid LOS ANGELES CALI CALIF If It F.-It If you could buy a car that would run twice as long between overhauls with more speed and horsepower while using less gas and oil oil how how much extra would you expect to pay Chances are that within a afew afew afew few years you will be able to get such an automobile for tor less than you pay for tor 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 action on a al seconds second's notice Almost Almost Al Al- J. J most any price probably but the actual cost would be little more than that of at coating them with plastic film ilin as was done a at after afterWorld f t e r World War II Important as they are these applications applications applications ap ap- ap- ap are but two in prospect with a new graphite coating developed developed developed de de- de- de by two Los Angeles chemIsts chemists chemists chem chem- Ralph and Edwin Hall They said that this coating lubricates In hi 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- experiment Ing with the coating The Halls say the coating has proved more resistant to salt water than any yet tested Being only five thousandths ten-thousandths of of an Inch thick it would not have to be stripped of off before the weapon weapon to which it had been a applied p p I 1 1 led e d could go into action The brothers spent more than 10 years developing their patented process of ot applying graphite coating coating coat coat- ing Lag to virtually any metal plastic or synthetic rubber surface Last January they put it on the market Since then General Manager J. J E. E Droege said their Corp has been swamped with inquiries Inquiries In in- by the armed forces Much of ot the work we are doing I is secret Droege said scid But ours is the only lubricating method that can be used effectively in hi extreme temperatures |
