Company:Hymatic
Hymatic, also known as Hymatic Engineering, are a British manufacturer of heat exchangers, fluid control technology[1] and cryogenic systems[2] as part of an aircraft's environmental control system (ECS), headquartered in Worcestershire.
History
The company was founded on 27 September 1937.[3][4]
It began making air compressors (pneumatics),[5] anti-g valves,[6] pressure reducing valves, stop valves and fuel system relief valves.[7][8] Most well-known British aircraft in the 1950s and 1960s contained their valves and pneumatic equipment.
It developed the fuel system for Concorde.[9][10] Concorde carried around 22,000 gallons of fuel. Concorde's fuel system had to overcome boiling of fuel at high altitudes.[11]
In 2002, the company had a turnover of £21.7m.
Research
It has worked with the Cryogenic Engineering Group[12] at the University of Oxford, in making linear compressors.
Ownership
The company was bought from 3i in February 2004, with the case referred to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).[13]
Structure
It is situated on the Moon's Moat Industrial Estate in Redditch. The company is registered with the British Cryogenics Council.[14]
Products
- Anti-ice valves
- Cryocoolers[15] for infrared sensors
- Stored energy systems
References
- ↑ Flight International April 1964
- ↑ Technologies
- ↑ Flight International October 1976
- ↑ Companies House
- ↑ Flight International September 1949
- ↑ Flight International August 1952
- ↑ Flight International February 1977
- ↑ Flight International January 1959
- ↑ Heritage Concorde
- ↑ Flight International March 1965
- ↑ Times, 8 October 1964
- ↑ Cryogenic Engineering Group
- ↑ OFT
- ↑ British Cryogenics Council
- ↑ "Products". https://aerospace.honeywell.com/en/~/media/aerospace/files/brochures/n61-1297-000-000_honeywellcryo-bro.pdf.
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