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.
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. The Babcock and Wilcox reactor was involved in the Three Mile Nuclear accident. Babcock & Wilcox published a useful reference book titled Steam - its generation and use , currently in the 41st edition. In 1942, the company developed the cyclone furnace. On November 26, 2007 the company logo was changed.
See also
- Combustion Engineering – one of B&W’s major competitors
