In 1966 while muscle cars still roamed the highways, Jim Harnish, an Engineer at Westinghouse, was working on ways to improve the efficiency of air conditioning and increase the operating range of heat pumps so they could be utilized in colder climates. Also at the time, large computing systems [...]
In this accompanying ad from the April 10, 1944 issue of the Refrigeration News, the Sporlan Company is touting their new thermostatic valves with selective charges for post war projects. Starting as the St. Louis Motor Valve Company in 1925, Herman Spoehrer and Harold Lange were true pioneers of the [...]
During the second World War there was an urgent need for low temperature refrigeration to simulate high altitude to test flight instruments for bombers and fighter aircraft. Low temperature refrigeration also helped metallurgists develop strong light weight aluminum alloys to withstand the strain of combat speeds and maneuvers. It [...]
Bundy tubing has been a staple of both the automotive and refrigeration industries from their inception. It began when Harry Bundy, a former mechanic at Detroit Steel Products, developed a process for forming a double wall steel tube capable of withstanding extreme high pressures. The first contract Harry received was [...]
In 1944, when Refrigeration Research began, refrigeration manufacturers were preoccupied with the World War yet looking forward with hope for peace in the future. While committing completely to the war effort, the refrigeration industry hoped to find useful applications that would also provide for a better life in peace [...]
Early Variable Capacity Compressor It was a time of rationing; steel, gasoline even meat. Everything and everyone sacrificed to help in whatever way they could to support the men and women in uniform. Everyone made their best effort since their fathers,mothers,husbands, wives, sons and daughters lives depended on them. In 1944, Refrigeration [...]
