Cornerstones Corollary: Great Ideas That Didn’t Make It!

Norm Shade

November 28, 2023

The Cornerstones of Compression series has highlighted many significant products and companies over more than 160 years of continuous progress. However, there were also some great engine and compressor ideas that were unsuccessful. Starting with this issue, this brief Cornerstones of Compression corollary series features several notable product development failures.

The Dresser Radial Gas Engine-Compressor

Although decades ahead of its time, the unsuccessful high-speed gas engine-compressor development led to the unexpected formation of Dresser-Clark.

In 1930, virtually all the natural gas pipelines in the U.S. were laid with couplings supplied by the S. R. Dresser Manufacturing Co. Highly profitable, the…

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