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Article Excerpt
When Sertco Industries Inc. decided to expand its business into gas compressors, it came with an unusual mix of innovation, talent and experience. Established in 1979, the Okemah, Okla., manufacturer has long been known in the highly competitive aerospace industry as a high-quality producer of precision structural airframe components for commercial and military aircraft.
This was not the first time that Sertco ventured into a new industry. In 1984, Sertco took the aerospace manufacturing process into the high-performance motorcycle racing world by forming its award-winning Motor Sports Division to supply high-performance parts to racers thruoughout the world. Among its accomplishments are big-block motorcycle cylinders capable of 500 hp for drag racing applications, a shock absorbing rear sprocket that has drastically reduced transmission breakage and a combination engine, transmission and clutch case that's capable of 50 percent more horsepower with reduced risk of catastrophic failure than original equipment.
The methods developed to support the aerospace and high-performance racing worlds led to the formation of the Energy Division in late 1998. Technology from the motorcycle engine project was deployed in the development of a reciprocating air and gas compressor. Starting development of its compressor line in 1998, the first Sertco compressor went into field testing the next year. By 2000, several units were operating at customer sites, allowing Sertco to monitor and improve its design under field conditions.
Sertco's initial entree into the market is its model 350 reciprocating compressor, a compact, eight-cylinder horizontally opposed unit that measures 29 in. long x 27 in. wide x 11 in. high and weighs 250 lb. Rated 30 to 125 hp at 800 to 2100 rpm for continuous duty, the compressor targets low pressure wellhead and vapor recovery applications that require a reliable, low-cost,...
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