Dresser-Rand provides parts, services, and support for all of its steam turbine equipment bearing the Terry, Moore, Worthington, Whiton, Turbodyne, Dresser-Rand, and Ingersoll-Rand nameplates. Following are brief historical backgrounds on the nameplates that comprise Dresser-Rand’s steam turbine business today.

E.C. Terry incorporated the Terry Steam Turbine Company in Windsor, CT in 1906. The Terry Steam Turbine Company was responsible for generating the initial interest of the United States Navy in the application of the steam turbine for driving forced draft fans.

In 1916, James Leonard Moore left Kerr Steam Turbine Company and formed the Moore Steam Turbine Company in Wellsville, NY. Significant improvements in design and new developments were achieved, including cam operated automatic nozzle control, two and four valve automatic extraction control, solid rotor, and double flow exhaust. Many of these features are still used in today’s turbine applications.

In 1937, Worthington Pump and Machinery Corporation purchased the Moore Steam Turbine Company. Henry R. Worthington, inventor of the direct acting reciprocating steam pump and manufacturer of heavy industrial equipment, founded Worthington in 1840.

After the merger of Studebaker and Worthington in 1967, the Steam Turbine Division became Worthington Turbine International Division and continued to manufacture steam turbines and jet gas peaking units.

In 1968, Terry purchased the assets of Whiton Machine Company. This provided a great foundation for expanding their shipboard product line. In 1970, Terry acquired Holwarth Gasturbinen and Kuhnert Turbinen in Oberhausen, West Germany.

In 1970, Worthington Turbine International and Electric Machinery Manufacturing Company, both Studebaker Worthington subsidiaries, combined to form the Turbodyne Corporation. With the formation of the Turbodyne Corporation, the Steam Turbine Division developed its own sales force and set up a network of manufacturers representatives to sell the single and multi-stage turbines.

In 1974, Ingersoll-Rand bought Terry Steam Turbine Company, making Terry an operating subsidiary of Ingersoll-Rand.

In 1979, McGraw Edison Company purchased Studebaker Worthington, making Turbodyne part of a major international company. Turbodyne was made part of the Worthington Group in 1981, along with Worthington Pump and Worthington Compressors.

In January, 1984, a new Turbodyne Division was formed by McGraw Edison. Later that year, the Turbodyne Division was acquired by Dresser Industries.

In 1987, a joint venture between Dresser Industries of Dallas, TX and Ingersoll-Rand of Woodcliff Lake, NJ, resulted in the creation of Dresser-Rand.

Today, Dresser-Rand is a global leader in the steam turbine market, with a product line that offers the flexibility of standard or custom-engineered solutions and over 80,000 steam turbine installations worldwide.