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In 1968, the Wayne Oil Tank and Pump Company, established in 1891, [7] merged with Dresser, [8] becoming the Dresser-Wayne Company. [9] Dresser Industries brought together Lane-Wells and the Pan Geo Atlas Corporation (PGAC) to form Dresser Atlas. PGAC's expertise in openhole logging and its international operations made it an ideal merger ...
A gasoline pump or fuel dispenser is a machine at a filling station that is used to pump gasoline (petrol), diesel, or other types of liquid fuel into vehicles. Gasoline pumps are also known as bowsers or petrol bowsers (in Australia and South Africa ), [ 2 ] [ 3 ] petrol pumps (in Commonwealth countries), or gas pumps (in North America ).
Ford Model A Marine engine at the Gilmore Car Museum. Some Model A engines powered boats. [89] [90] In 1931, and again in 1935, Popular Mechanics Press published The Boat Book: Everything of Interest to the Amateur Boatman, with plans for building a modified recreational boat – a Gentleman's Racer / Gentleman's Runabout, common in the 1920s ...
In 1974, Waukesha Motor Company was sold to Dresser Industries and became Dresser's Waukesha Engine Division; [1] its typical nicknames afterward were Waukesha Engine [2] and Dresser Waukesha. [3] In 1989, [1] Dresser acquired the Brons company of the Netherlands. In 2010, Dresser, including Dresser Waukesha, was acquired by GE Energy. [4]
Shay Motors Corporation was an automobile company founded by Harry J. Shay in February 1978 as the Model A & Model T Motor Car Reproduction Corporation. [1] Harry Shay arranged with Ford Motor Company to build a limited run, modern-day reproduction of the Ford Model A Roadster, with a rumble seat, that was to be sold through the network of Ford Automobile Dealers and built in Battle Creek ...
On engines that use a carburetor (e.g. in older cars, lawnmowers and power tools), a mechanical fuel pump is typically used in order to transfer fuel from the fuel tank into the carburetor. These fuel pumps operate at a relatively low fuel pressure of 10–15 psi (0.7–1.0 bar).
Michigan Assembly Plant, formerly known as Michigan Truck Plant, is a Ford Motor Company assembly plant in Wayne, Michigan.The plant employs approximately 2,800 hourly employees and 200 salary employees (May 2020), [1] comprises three main buildings with 5,000,000 sq ft (460,000 m 2) of factory floor space and is located adjacent to Wayne Stamping & Assembly.
From 1944, [8] Roots became a product brand of Dresser Industries. In 2010 Dresser was acquired by GE and integrated into the GE Energy Services and Power & Water business units. [ 9 ] Five years later in 2015, the Roots company was acquired by Colfax Corporation, and became a part of Colfax's UK based engineering company Howden. [ 10 ]