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Balcrank began in 1906 as a manufacturer of machine handwheels and cranks. Today, nearly a century after the company's founding, Balcrank continues to design and manufacture lubrication equipment for the automotive aftermarket and high-pressure coolant systems for the machine tool industry.
- 1906 The Cincinnati Ball Crank Company is formed.
- 1906 Company produces handwheels and cranks for machine tools.
- 1906 Company becomes the first mass producer of starting cranks for automobiles.
- 1920 Company manufacture double tubular bumpers for automobiles.
- 1922 Company enters the lubrication equipment field.
- 1923 Patents on grease couplers and fittings received.
- 1924 Developed the first air operated high pressure volume grease gun.
- 1926 Developed first air powered grease pump.
- 1930 Developed first enclosed hose reels.
- 1932 Company acquires Brookins product line.
- 1943 Company changes name to Balcrank.
- 1948 Original Jet Power air operated pump introduced.
- 1958 Introduced "deluxe" cabinet hose reel line.
- 1960 Developed and introduced world's first high pressure coolant system.
- 1965 Patents on Jet Pulser high pressure coolant system.
- 1968 Introduced the original Director inventory control system.
- 1987 Introduced the Director Jr. simplified inventory control system.
- 1994 Introduced the DataFlo electronic digital control handle.
- 1996 Introduced the Roughneck self evacuating drain.
- 1998 Cutting Edge high pressure coolant segment formed.
- 1998 Variable speed Cutting Edge high pressure coolant systems developed.
- 1999 Patents on Roughneck design.
- 1999 Introduced Panther 3:1 and 5:1 air operated pumps.
- 2002 Introduced Panther 50:1 grease pumps.
- 2003 Introduced Tiger 5:1 pump
- 2004 Introduced mobile cart based 55-gallon drum pump outfits
- 2005 Introduced custom color program for hose reels
- 2005 Introduced Lion 5:1, 10:1 and 50:1 pumps
- 2005 Introduced grease inductor pump systems for Lion and Panther grease pumps
- 2005 Introduced air operated oil evacuation system
- 2006 Introduced pumping systems for bulk grease dispensing
- 2006 Introduced Pump Sentinel pump shutoff control system
- 2006 Introduced Spectrum 1000 Fluid Inventory Control System with simultaneous dispensing capability
- 2007 Implemented structural improvements to Premium Reels
- 2007 Introduced electrically operated e-vac oil evacuation system
- 2007 Introduced fusion Wireless Fluid Inventory Control Systems
- 2007 Introduced complete tank packages for oil and transmission fluid
- 2008 Introduced new generation of truck drain
- 2008 Introduced a full range of Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) dispensing systems
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