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New Zealand Times, Volume LVII, Issue 2543, 22 June 1895, Page 2

A BOON TO BELT-WOEKEES. Tho.ic wb° liiiyo charge ot machinery arc ijwarc t)jat belts avg frequently liable to got <jat' of order am} gfvo jyay pt‘iffs joipt, and fhat tlio entire' running gear baa tlfcn to be stepped wlfilo the detective belt is repaired. This inyqlyes the lqss of 'a certain amount of time which, needless to say, represents a certain amount of money. Hitherto repairs to bolting have boon effected by means of laces or rivets, but the results have been so partially satisfactory that the attention of machinists and belt-owners has been directed to some more efficacious mode of splicing. It has been ye§firved for Mr H. B. Gower, of Victoria, a practical’ongihe@i:, tq discover a substance by which durable splices in' {jolting can be effected at a great saving. The material is a kind of cement, the components of which are,of course, known only to the proprietor. The natontee has given the substance a very suggestive name, “ Death Grip Cement.” Wo have inspected several pieces qf bolting which have been spliced by Mr'Gofer’s process, and oyenthe unpractised eye marks the fineness qf the junction iu>d tb° effectiveness of the jqiping agency. The tenacity of tlje consent is maryellqds. As js well known rivets In fast rqnning bolts arc very apt tq part, apd the heft work unevenly or become useless; besides wb lo b coniines! repairing by riyets or Iqcaa js sure to wear ont the material. All this is sayed by the application of Mr Gower's cement. Too ends of the broken belt are pared to eqnal thickness, and made to overlap one another, and form to* gather a thickness equal to that of the main body qf tpe b??t- A coating of the cement warmed is spread oh the pared 0p43, ffhicb are then cramped together, and in ayory short tllpe, half an hour, the ’belt is' ready to resmpe running.' TbflPC j» Charge of belting who' have 'tried tnia rsmarkabje nsment are delighted with ip, and certainly tbs prqqfs tye have seen of its efficacy leave v r Q room to doubt that Mr Gower’s pro, cess is one qf the most remarkable in its dm partmont of the present day, Mr Gower Is now visiting Wellington, where hpis disposing of bis preparation, and instructing persons ip j the use of it, J, G, Mitchell, agent, care of DfffVb BwspWiJlis Btraot, Wellington,—Adrt.