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Dave and Julie Drimmel Find Alternative Use For Smith Bandanas
Dave Drimmel has been selling LP-gas equipment for Teeco Products in the Northwest since 1999. His wife Julie is an elementary school teacher that is also a long distance runner having completed twelve marathons including the infamous run in Boston…twice. While Dave is not working, he enjoys the great outdoors, fishing and kayaking. Dave, Julie, […]
Read moreJohn Ives Celebrates 40th Year with Smith Precision Products Company
Smith Precision Products Company Sales Manager, John Ives (left), was recently acknowledged by the company President, Walter Smith and staff, for his forty years of service. John began his career at Smith as an assembler and eventually became the supervisor in charge of the entire assembly/test group. His intimate knowledge of Smith products became invaluable […]
Read more“Positive-Displacement Pump Efficiency And Insufficient Static Head Pressure”
Butane-Propane News September 2010 issue.
Read more“How Temperature and Pressure-Drops Affect Pump Transfer Rate”
Butane-Propane News July 2010 issue.
Read more2012 Exhibition Schedule
/Smith Precision Products Company will be exhibiting at the following events: M-PACT March 13-15, 2012. Indianapolis, Indiana Indiana Convention Center NPGA Southeastern Convention and International Propane Expo April 14-16, 2012. Atlanta, Georgia Georgia World Congress Center 63rd Annual Western Propane Trade Show & Convention May 17-19, 2012. Reno, Nevada Silver Legacy Hotel and Reno Events […]
Read more2013 Exhibition Schedule
/Smith Precision Products Company will be exhibiting at the following events: NPGA Southeastern Convention and International Propane Expo April 13-15, 2013. Atlanta, Georgia Georgia World Congress Center 64th Annual Western Propane Trade Show & Convention May 16-18, 2013. Reno, Nevada Silver Legacy Hotel and Reno Events Center OFA Short Course July 13-16, 2013. Columbus, Ohio […]
Read moreWalter Smith – “Manufacturing Challenges”
Walter Smith writes as a guest columnist for Butane-Propane News in the May 2006 issue.
Read moreSmith Pumps Sponsors the Propane Centennial Celebration
Propane celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2012! The Propane Centennial Celebration, hosted by the NPGA, will commemorate the role and contributions of propane to the industry and nation. Propane has played a vital part in the history and development of Smith Precision Products Company. We are delighted to sponsor this event. Please visit www.propane100.org for […]
Read moreReuben Stanley Smith
Reuben Stanley Smith, or Stan as his friends and family called him, was a remarkable American inventor. Stan is known as the inventor of record for various machines and equipment because of patents he filed during his lifetime. However, he also worked on many other projects whereby patents were either not filed or the U.S. […]
Read moreSmith Motor Wheel Party Favor Survives
/On January 16, 1915, the A.O. Smith Corporation hosted a party in the Red Room at the Hotel Pfister in Milwaukee to honor those directly involved with the Smith Motor Wheel. To commemorate the occasion, a party favor was handed-out as a keepsake. The gentlemen seated at the table in the above photograph at […]
Read moreThe Smith-Milwaukee Motor Truck
R. Stanley Smith was the designer of a heavy-duty truck manufactured by the A.O. Smith Corporation during the years 1912 through 1915. The Smith-Milwaukee motor truck was offered in three models: 2-ton, 3-1/2 ton, and 6 ton. It incorporated several unique features, some of which included a herringbone geared transmission, worm-gear “final drive,” and […]
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