Treadwell Corporation - Oxygen Generation Systems

Time Line

1896

Treadwell is founded to offer professional construction, consulting and design engineering services to the metals, chemical and electric industries.

1956

The United States Navy selects Treadwell to design, develop and manufacture an Electrolytic Oxygen Generator (EOG) to provide breathing oxygen for the crew of its newly developed class of nuclear submarines.

1959

Treadwell installs its Model 7L16 EOG aboard USS Nautilus.

1965

Treadwell introduces the Model 6L16 EOG. This unit is used aboard all 637, 688 and 726 class submarines.

1970

Installation of the 100th Model 6L16 EOG in the U.S. submarine fleet.

1988

Treadwell is selected to build a proton exchange membrane fuel cell for the U.S. Air Force.

1993

Treadwell is selected to manufacture the Oxygen Generating Plant (OGP) that provides crew breathing oxygen for Seawolf class submarines.

1995

More than 100 6L16 EOGs remain in service as the primary oxygen generation system for the Navy's submarine fleet.

1997

Treadwell is contracted to convert existing 6L16 EOGs to a micro-processor based digital control system.

2003

Treadwell delivers high pressure PEM hydrogen generators to both Fuel Cell Energy and General Motors.

2007

Treadwell wins the Low Pressure Electrolyzer solicitation to replace existing oxygen generators on both Seawolf and Ohio class submarines.

2010

Treadwell installs the first production LPE on board the U.S. Navy’s most critical submarine, the USS Jimmy Carter.

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