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Metal Magic. At the National Metal Congress in Cleveland, the industry took the wraps off some of its newest metallurgical gadgets. Among them: a lightweight, 145-lb. industrial X-ray machine made by North American Philips Co. Inc., which can be carried in the trunk of a car, used for rapid spot checks on welds, pipelines, aircraft and ship equipment; a powerful new arc-torch made by the Eutectic Welding Alloys Corp. which can eat through concrete in seconds; a hydrogen analysis machine made by the National Research Corp. which for the first time can measure the amount of hydrogen in steel, thus tell steelmen how brittle their finished product is.

Fireproof Cloth. A new fireproofing solution for cloth was demonstrated at the National Safety Congress in Chicago by Treesdale Laboratories and Textile Processing Co. of Pittsburgh. Cloth treated with Permaproof will not flame at heats up to 4,500DEG F., can be laundered repeatedly without losing its fireproofing. It is already being used by several steel companies for cloth smocks to replace the heavy asbestos suits formerly worn by workers.

Pocket Dynamos. A line of portable electric-power generators, which run on gasoline, kerosene or diesel oil, has been developed for farms and summer cottages by the Cyclohm Motor Corp. of Racine, Wis. Mounted on wheelbarrow carriages in power ranges from 350 to 5,000 watts, the new power plant can be trundled wherever needed, used to operate everything from a farmer's electric saw to a houseful of electric gadgets. Price: $200 to $500.

Skidless Shine. A tough, nonslippery floor wax is being test-marketed by E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. For use on both hardwood and linoleums, the Safety Floor Wax contains tiny, gripping particles of Du Font's Ludox (colloidal silica) which snub the forward motion of a shoe hitting the shiny floor, bring it to a safe and sure-footed stop.. Price: $1.29 a quart.

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