BABCOCK AND WILCOX

The 'Babcock & Wilcox Company' (B&W) is an American firm engaged in the design, engineering, manufacture, service and construction of power generation and pollution control systems and equipment for utilities and industries. Babcock & Wilcox boilers supply more than 270,000 megawatts of installed capacity in over 90 countries around the world. During World War II, over half of the American US Navy fleet was powered by Babcock & Wilcox boilers. The company is based in Barberton, Ohio, a suburb of Akron, Ohio and is a unit of McDermott International, Incorporated. B&W also has operations in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada.

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History

In 1867, Providence, Rhode Island, residents Stephen Wilcox and his partner George Herman Babcock patented the “Babcock & Wilcox Non-Explosive Boiler”, which uses tubing to generate higher pressures and is more efficient than existing designs.
Babcock & Wilcox publish a useful reference book titled ''Steam - its generation and use '', currently in the 41st edition.
In 1942, the company developed the cyclone furnace.

See also

★ Three Mile Island

★ Combustion Engineering – one of B&W’s major competitors

External links

★ Babcock & Wilcox company website