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About Becker
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Company
Logo Pre-1968
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Company Logo 1968-1997
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Company
Logo 1997-2000
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Current Company Logo
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1955
Becker Engineering and Supply Company opens for business on January
2, 1955 as a manufacturer's representative. The
president of the company, Mr. W.P. Becker, self finances the creation
of the company on an initial investment of $250. The company will grow
into one of the leading manufacturers in the natural gas industry eventually
known as Becker Precision Equipment. The Chicago-based company
represents companies such as Okadee Valve, Palmer Instrument, Bruest and
others. |
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BESCo
Product Label
Old
identification tag from BESCo Valve Regulator. Note that original company
location was Chicago, Illinois. Tag circa 1960.
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1958
BESCo and O.F. Nelson
of Northern Illinois Gas collaborate to design and manufacture the first
control valve regulator for the natural gas industry. The
initial control valve utilizes an Okadee sliding gate valve, Foxboro pneumatic
positioner and a BESCo manufactured throttling valve actuator. The initial
installation proves successful and launches Becker into its primary
business focus, natural gas control valves. Becker will continue
to develop new technologies for natural gas regulation and remain a leader
in the industry. |
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Old
Becker Regulators
Becker
began manufacturing valve regulators using the Okadee sliding gate valve.
WP Becker was employed by Okadee prior to founding Becker. The
valve regulators pictured show some of the very first ball valve regulator
manufactured.
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1960
BESCo develops the first Below Grade Regulator in order to reduce noise
and ambient gas heat loss. The new technology remains the optimum
choice for efficient and economical noise attenuation in natural gas regulating
stations. The Below Grade Regulator will develop a loyal customer base
and be implemented in three continents around the world. |
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Early
Below Grade Regulator Station
Becker
pioneered the design and usage of Below Grade Regulators in 1960. Even
today, the Below Grade Regulator remains one of the most efficient and
economical noise attenuating systems for natural gas regulating stations.
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1963
BESCo begins usage of ball valves as the control element and the Ball
Valve Regulator is born.
The Ball Valve Regulator provides rangeability, high capacity and reliability.
The widely successful Ball Valve Regulator continues to provide the most
economical high capacity regulation. |
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Early
Ball Valve Regulator
Becker
began utilizing ball valves as the control element in 1963. The ball
valve regulator provides superior capacity, high flow rangeability and
excellent shutoff characteristics.
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1968
Becker Engineering and Supply Company (BESCo) incorporates as
Becker Precision Equipment, Inc. and relocates from Chicago to
Elk Grove Village. The company moves into a 5,000 sq. ft. facility
complete with a full machine shop and manufacturing facilities. Becker
now transforms from a manufacturer's representative to a true manufacturer.
Becker Precision Equipment will remain at 55 and 75 Randall Street
for nearly 24 years while continually developing new products and new
customers. |
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Old
Becker Precision Equipment
Manufacturing Facility
Becker
remained in one location for over 24 years at 75 Randall Street. Rapid
growth over the past several years warranted the move our present location
at 1550 Greenleaf Avenue - with over triple the manufacturing capacity.
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1971
The Model MCV-1 Manual Control Valve is developed to provide convenient
manual-pneumatic operation of the control valve. The
MCV-1 will undergo steady improvements and become one of Becker's
most widely requested actuator accessories in its current incarnation
as the Model MCV-3 Manual Control Valve. |
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MCV-3
Manual Control Valve
The
Manual Control Valve began as Model MCV-1 in 1971. Manual Control Valve
Model MCV-3 incorporates design improvements over the past several years.
The MCV-3 is one of the most popular accessories for Becker actuators
and control valve packages.
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1975
Becker Precision Equipment doubles manufacturing facilities from
5,000 to 10,000 sq. ft. As
Becker's size grow, so does it's offering of products. Becker's
environmental awareness is marked with the introduction of "NB"
No-Bleed technologies. The "NB" devices minimize atmospheric
emissions by shutting off "bleed gas" to pneumatic valve positioners
when they control valves are in full-open or full-closed positions. The
"NB" devices will be only the first of long line of developments
in Becker's continual dedication to lessening the natural gas industry's
impact on our precious environment. |
1981
Becker throttling valve actuators are redesigned for optimum performance
and reliability. The
same design used today incorporates the a crank-arm design that insures
maximum torque output necessary for throttling control valve applications.
The actuator incorporates precision pneumatic pistons capable of accepting
high pressure power gas which allows the use of smaller size actuators.
The modular redesign of the Becker valve actuator allows easy field
installation and retrofit to existing quarter valves. |
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