World-Class Reciprocating Gas
Compressor Solutions
Introduction to Knox Western
86 years as a Compressor Solutions Provider
OEM
Major OEM 2016
Distributor 1998 Design &
1992 Introduction Build of
of “Lube- Company’s
OEM Product first
Repairs & 1973 Line Free”
Upgrades to Compression complete
Knox Western expanded to CNG
All OEMs Group include Technology
1960 refueling
formed as a Pressure- Station
Becomes gas Lube “Eagle”
Top OEM compressor Series gas
1930 Distributor compressors
OEM with the
Earl E Knox for major Internal
Company founded US OEMs development
to fill demand for including of the “TP”
quality compressor Chicago Splash-Lube
rebuilds in the US Pneumatic, Compressor
Joy and line
Quincy
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Compression Solutions
• Begins with thorough Solution Customer
review of Customer’s Delivered Need
application and needs
• Solution is developed,
configured and
engineered Assemble &
Test
Engineered
Solution
• Manufacturing Cycle
• Assemble & Test
• Solution Delivered
Manufacture
Entire process completed in-house
Solution Cycle typically 2-10 weeks
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Global Reach • Extensive Installed Base of Over
3,000 Operating Reciprocating
Gas Compressors in 45 Countries
• Including Natural Gas, Nitrogen,
Helium, CO2 and others
Angola China Georgia New Zealand Taiwan
Argentina Chile India Nigeria Thailand
Armenia Columbia Indonesia Pakistan Trinidad Tobago
Azerbaijan Denmark Italy Peru Turkey
Bangladesh Ecuador Japan Poland Ukraine
Countries with KW CNG Refueling
Belgium Egypt Kazakhstan Russia United States
Countries with KW Nitrogen Compression Bolivia England Malaysia South Korea Uzbekistan
Brazil Finland Mexico Spain Venezuela
Countries with KW Hydrogen Compression
Canada France Netherlands Sweden Vietnam 4
Product Capabilities
TP Series Eagle Series
Discharge Pressures up to 7,800 3”, 3.5” & 4.5” Strokes
PSIG Discharge Pressures up to 7,200
3”, 3.5” & 4.5” Strokes PSIG
550 to 1,800 Continuous RPM 1,200 to 1,800 Continuous RPM
30 to 560 Horsepower 200 to 1,400 Horsepower
6,000 to 9,000 lb. Combined 24,000 to 60,000 lb. Combined
Rod Loads Rod Loads
Splash Lube Frame to 60 H.P. Pump-to-Point, Progressive Lube
or Non-Lube
Single to Eight Stage
1-3/4” to 18-1/2” Cylinders
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Applications
• Compressor Applications are principally derived for the
Oil & Gas industry
• Along with many other industrial segments
• Field Separation & Processing
• Sweetening • Pipeline Transport & Storage
• Liquids Separation • Citygate & Local Distribution
• Gas Lift • Gasification
• Nitrogen Injection • Boosting
• Gas Gathering • Pipeline Testing
• FPSO
• FLNG
Upstream Midstream
Other
Downstream
Industrial
• Vapor Recovery • Refineries
• Refrigeration • Petrochemical
• Landfill Gases • Power Generation
• Fuel Production • Basic Materials
• CNG • Syngas
• LNG • Plastics, Pharmaceuticals, … 6
Gases
• Knox Western has a long & successful history of
compressing a wide variety of gases including:
• Natural Gas
• Methane • Associated Gases
• Butanes • Nitrogen
• Ethane • Helium
• Propane • Hydrogen
• CO • Syngas
• CO2 • Landfill Gas
• Argon
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CNG Compressors
• Pure CNG Compression Technology
– Knox Western’s first complete
turnkey refueling station
– With our time-tested OIL-Free
– TP145 compressors at the heart
• Providing high-quality Pure CNG Fuel
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Engineering
• Over 100 years of design
experience
• Including a myriad of applications
and processes
• Sophisticated, Proprietary Design
Software
– Uses experiential data base with
thousands of applications to
ensure an optimum solution
including compressor and skid
designs
• Rapid Engineer-To-Order
capabilities for non-standard or
emerging applications
• Sophisticated Engineering tools
– Solid Works®
– AutoCAD®
– FEA
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Logistics
Forgings
Dekalb, IL
Bar
Aluminum
Stock
Castings
Erie, PA
Iron Oil City, PA
Castings
Niles, OH Lubricators • All raw materials & major
Pittsburgh, components supplied from
PA regional suppliers
• Ensuring reliable, high quality
and efficient material supply
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Manufacturing Facility
• All manufacturing is completed
in our dedicated factory using
locally sourced materials
assuring:
– High Quality
– Dependable Deliveries
• 36,000 sq’ manufacturing space
– 14 CNC machining centers
– 23 Manual work centers
• Lean Manufacturing Enterprise
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Spare Parts & Service
• Millions of dollars invested
in inventory to ensure
rapid availability of high-
quality OEM replacement
parts
• Short-Run Machining
capability for rapid
response to special orders
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Thank You
• Time-Tested Gas Compressor Designs
• Experience in Virtually Every Application With
Every Gas
• Extensive Breadth of Reciprocating Compressors
• Rapid Engineer-To-Order Capabilities
• Vertically Integrated Production With Full US
Materials and Manufacture
Rapid Extensive High Post-Sale Reliable
Response Experience Quality Support Solutions
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