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 [...]
This is the story of the little pigs, not the Three Little Pigs of lore but, the three million pigs which caused quite a stir back in 1944 at the time when Refrigeration Research Inc. began. At that time during the war, most everything was rationed or regulated by [...]
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 [...]
Refrigeration Research -“celebrating 1944 like it’s 1999” Doctor W.R. Hainsworth stood at the podium at the 31st Spring meeting of the American Society of Refrigeration Engineers in 1944 and proclaimed that scientists would never find the perfect refrigerant. But, that didn’t stop him from trying. He had survived the rocky gridiron known [...]
More News from 1944 the year Refrigeration Research began Charging a system in 1944 was much like it is today. Most systems used either methyl chloride or R-12 and some low temperature systems used propane but, not for the reasons we are using it today.They also used service cylinders. The service [...]
A refrigeration engineer makes the case to replace R-12 in 1944 J.W. Craig, a refrigeration engineer at the Crosley Corporation made a presentation to the ASRE (American Society of Refrigeration Engineers) at the beginning of 1944, the year Refrigeration Research began. He was working on environmental test chambers for the [...]
“I have thought of a better way”. This saying, attributed to Lord Kelvin, wasengraved over the entrance to the Kelvinator Refrigeration Company. Kelvinpondered many paradoxical questions including the darkness of the night sky (if the sky is populated with billions of stars, why doesn’t the sky remain light after the sun [...]
