Compressor Innovation and Product Development

Cook Compression is committed to ongoing innovation and product development to advance reciprocating compressor performance and capabilities for our customers, in both new and developing applications.

Through customer partnerships and industry monitoring, we identify and develop proprietary products and technologies that have practical application in the deployment of state-of-the-art machinery.

Delivering Breakthrough Performance

Our long history of R&D is reflected in numerous technology patents and breakthrough valve and sealing technologies, including:

Vortex Cooling^® packing cases
MOPPET^® and Ring Damped compressor valves
TruTech^® high-performance sealing materials
Proprietary systems and techniques for component repairs and reconditioning

To support such developments and prove out our solutions, Cook Compression uses in-house accelerated life cycle testing, flow testing, and fully instrumented test compressors. An in-house materials laboratory is dedicated to the ongoing development of advanced materials and ensuring the quality of our materials processing and manufacturing.

Innovation Lab and New Product Development

The Dover Precision Components Innovation Lab provides world-class testing capabilities to test and validate new products, materials and processes under real-life conditions.

Located next to our Houston manufacturing facility, the Innovation Lab features a large, two-stroke reciprocating compressor; a small, high-speed reciprocating compressor frame, as well as special test set-ups and component level test rigs to measure:

Valve flow dynamics, performance parameters and leakage rates
Impact resiliency of materials for valve plates and sealing elements
Wear resistance of piston and rod ring materials
Component life and performance

Innovation Lab Opening

Advanced Materials Development

The Dover Precision Components Materials Technology program integrates materials research with our engineering expertise and practical experience in reciprocating compressor operation.

At our Materials Laboratory, a dedicated team of materials scientists works to develop next-generation polymeric materials, as well as optimize process parameters, enhance product quality and perform failure analysis.

State-of-the-art mechanical, chemical, optical and thermal analysis equipment, as well as advanced friction and wear testing is used to identify, differentiate and evaluate materials by their signature properties, such as filler ratios and composition, mechanical performance over a wide temperature and frequency range, mechanical and thermal characteristics, and transition points.

New materials receive intensive laboratory analysis and undergo comprehensive testing before release to the field.

Cook Compression products

Rod Rings

Cook Compression - Rod Rings