# Cooper-Bessemer

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{{Short description|American brand of industrial engines and compressors}}
thumb|World War II poster promoting Cooper-Bessemer engines
'''Cooper-Bessemer''' was a brand of industrial engines and compressors manufactured in [Mount Vernon, Ohio](/source/Mount_Vernon%2C_Ohio). The '''Cooper-Bessemer Corporation''' was formed when the C. & G. Cooper Company (founded in 1833) and the Bessemer Gas Engine Company (founded in 1899) merged in 1929. In 1965, the company was renamed to [Cooper Industries](/source/Cooper_Industries) and relocated to [Houston, Texas](/source/Houston%2C_Texas).<ref name="cooper">{{cite book|author=Keller, David N. |title=Cooper Industries 1833-1983|publisher=Ohio University Press|year=1983|isbn=0-8214-0751-1}}</ref> In the 1990s, Cooper Industries' Petroleum and Industrial Equipment Group was spun off to become Cooper Cameron Corporation, known as the [Compression Systems](/source/Compression_Systems) group of [Cameron International Corporation](/source/Cameron_International_Corporation).<ref>[http://c-a-m.com/content/company/history.cfm&bunit=cs Cameron History]{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Cooper Machinery Services is the current [original equipment manufacturer](/source/OEM) for Cooper-Bessemer engines.

==Products==
===Engines===
In 1929, Cooper-Bessemer products included gas engine-driven compressors, stationary and marine diesel engines, and gasoline engines. During World War II, Cooper-Bessemer contributed to the war effort by manufacturing diesel engines for troop and cargo ships, as well as warships, tugboats, and rescue and patrol boats. Cooper-Bessemer gas engines were widely used in the production of rubber, alloys, light metals, high-octane aircraft fuel, and synthetic ammonia for munitions, and in refineries, chemical plants, shipyards, and petroleum pipelines.<ref name="cooper" /> Many early [GE diesel locomotives](/source/List_of_GE_locomotives) had Cooper-Bessemer engines.

===Compressors===
From the 1920s to the 1980s, the company manufactured thousands of Cooper-Bessemer integral engine-compressors, including the GMV, GMW, and GMX series, and the V-250, V-275, W-330, Z-330, and QUAD compressors. These compressors used a "compact, V-angle engine design with an articulated connecting-rod arrangement, allowing power piston connecting rods to drive onto one master compressor rod for each throw of the crankshaft."<ref>[http://www.asme.org/Communities/History/Landmarks/240_CooperBessemer_Type_CMV.cfm American Society of Mechanical Engineers]</ref> "The GMV integral-angle gas engine-compressor was a major contributor to the world’s economy for more than a half century, providing compression energy for natural-gas transmission, gas treatment, and petrochemical, refinery, and power industries in the United States and 44 countries around the world."<ref>[http://files.asme.org/asmeorg/Communities/History/Landmarks/10378.pdf C-B Engine Wins Heritage Landmark Award] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928064719/http://files.asme.org/asmeorg/Communities/History/Landmarks/10378.pdf |date=2011-09-28 }}</ref>

==Current ownership==
Thousands of Cooper-Bessemer engines continue to operate today. General Electric bought this product line from Cameron in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.geoilandgas.com/sites/geog.dev.local/files/gea31391_recip_overview_brochure_r6_11515.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-06-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150614054759/https://www.geoilandgas.com/sites/geog.dev.local/files/gea31391_recip_overview_brochure_r6_11515.pdf |archive-date=2015-06-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Cooper Machinery Services is the current [original equipment manufacturer](/source/OEM) for Cooper-Bessemer engines.

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.cooperservices.com/engines-and-compressors/brands/cooper-bessemer/ Cooper Machinery Services - Cooper-Bessemer]

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