Ronan Engineering Company
For more than 60 years, Ronan Engineering has manufactured reliable and leading-edge instrumentation systems. As providers of real-time monitoring and measurements of critical process control points, Ronan has kept some of the world’s largest plants, factories, hospitals and facilities running safely and efficiently. Ronan has established manufacturing, sales and service facilities in Kentucky and the United Kingdom. Ronan has a qualified pool of Representatives in the U.S. and around the world.
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- Business Type:
- Manufacturer
- Industry Type:
- Monitoring and Testing
- Market Focus:
- Globally (various continents)
- Year Founded:
- 1959
About Us
Ronan Engineering Company, a privately held corporation, started business in May 1959 as Ronan Panel Company located on Orion Avenue in Van Nuys in a 2200 sq. ft. building. The main goal of the company was to manufacture instrument control panels for the petroleum, cement plant and power station business.
Some of Ronan’s more significant accomplishments at this facility were to produce:
- Control Panels for the main utilities installed in the Los Angeles Airport.
- All of the control panels to monitor the air-condition system installed in the Los Angeles Museum.
- The main control panels to monitor the air-condition system installed in the Universal Movie facilities.
- Provide one of the first attempted paid TV venture systems.
- Prototype our first product, the X1D3 tricolor indicator.
The name Ronan was chosen because the first landlord’s company was named Ronan Plastic Company and had insisted we use the Ronan name to improve his image by posing as a company that was associated with his company.
Three years later, in 1962 we formed the Ronan Engineering Company since our long term goal was to build a company in the instrument and control field. Since Ronan Engineering Company was now to be our main company name, we obviously wanted to incorporate the name. However, we were unable to do so because of the existing Ronan Plastic Company name. As unfortunate as it was, Ronan Plastic Company declared bankruptcy in the year of 1963 , permitting Ronan Engineering Company to become incorporated in the State of California.
Ronan Engineering has enjoyed continuous growth over the years as a result of innovative management dedicated to the fulfillment of our customers’ needs. We pride ourselves in supplying quality products with excellent mechanical design and state of the art electronic circuitry to monitor and display industrial plant conditions in diverse industries. Our domestic and internationally based engineering and manufacturing capabilities allow us to quickly service our customers’ requirements with a large variety of standard products and customized systems in the most economical terms. Proven product reliability, consistent after-sales service, and our willingness to apply corporate resources to solve problems, has given us recognition in both the material processing and power industries.
Starting with Relay Alarm Systems (annunciators), Ronan made the obvious technological progression by manufacturing the first solid-state integrated circuit type annunciator on the market, assuring a virtually unlimited system life. In keeping with rapidly changing electronic component development, Ronan was the first to introduce a stand-alone microprocessor controlled annunciator, enhancing reliability, mechanical packaging density, and ease of operation. Continuous research and development has kept Ronan’s product line the most advanced in the industry.
As of January 15, 2021, the Displays Division was sold to Ronan Systems LLC.
History
Ronan Measurements Division, located in Florence, Kentucky, was formed to address a growing market need for difficult process measurements using the nuclear technology in industrial plants worldwide. The company is a world leader in the design and manufacture of systems that utilize low-levels of isotopes to provide a range of liquids and solids measurements in a wide variety of processes. Ronan has introduced several technological innovations, which have transformed the market of non-contact radiometric measurement.
Ronan gauges are immune to many of the problems experienced with other technologies because they do not come into contact with the process (non-intrusive), and mount externally to the vessel, mold, pipe or conveyor, often with no modifications required. This technology is ideal for processes: involving high temperature, viscous, non-conductive, hazardous or toxic materials, contained in sealed vessels or pipes, and also for installations where cost is a concern.
With the process of designing new products to be backward compatible, our customers have the confidence of an installed base of thousands of systems. A worldwide network of dealers, 24-hour factory certified Field Service Engineers and an experienced staff of Applications Engineers are ready to assist you with you measurement needs.
Ronan Customers
Wherever you’re located, we are ready with experts and professional staff who will help you solve your most complex monitoring and measuring challenges.
- Manufacturing, sales and service facility in Florence, Kentucky.
- Regional sales and support centers in the UK.
- Representatives Companies around the world.
Ronan products enhance safety and enable more efficient plant operations in industries including:
- Power Industry (Fossil Fuel)
- Mining and Aggregates
- Refining Oil and Gas
- Chemical and Petrochemical
- Metal Processing
- Pulp and Paper
- Dredging
- Cement
- Food and Beverage
- Specialized, Commercial Applications
Certification
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Ronan’s Quality System received ISO 9001:2015 certification from Perry Johnson Registrars in April 2018. Ronan was one of the first manufacturing and design companies to achieve ISO9001 in April 1997. Ronan’s Quality Management System (QMS) maintains effectiveness through internal and external audits conducted by Ronan, PJR, third party agencies and customers. Ronan’s Quality Management System is designed to meet a broad spectrum of quality system standards. The Ronan quality system possesses a solid foundation of implemented ISO policies and nuclear quality requirements. The Ronan QMS has been established and adapted to work at various quality levels to meet the changing needs of customers. Ronan continues to reinvent and change the QMS to meet customer expectations.
Ronan utilizes modern quality assurance techniques and integrates them with a program that corrects and prevents quality problems.
Ronan’s quality system is supported by qualified and experienced employees who have played a vital role in creating a successful quality management system. The Ronan QMS promotes quality consciousness throughout the company and assists employees in contributing to the enhancement of product quality. Through years of continued product performance, Ronan has established a solid history of product reliability. Product surveys and customer input have led to progressive approaches in the design of state of the art products.
Our engineering staff continuously works to improve product designs to meet the changing quality needs of its commercial business, nuclear power and petrochemical customers. Ronan’s extensive in-house and independent test procedures make it possible to produce a certified line of equipment that meet industry standards such a NEMA, SAMA, ANSI, IEEE, ISA, CE, ATEX, IEC, UL, FM, and CSA. Research and development’s approach to creating new products goes beyond meeting design input requirements to satisfy customer expectations. Product specifications and performance characteristics of new products are derived from market research, which in turn is based on perceived customer need and preference.
Continued commitment to producing quality products is Ronan’s ultimate goal. We are grateful to all our employees for the continued support in making the quality system successful.
Ronan Measure
Ronan Measurements Division supplies the process control industry with leading-edge radiometric measurement systems that provide non-contact measurement solutions for the harshest environments. Everything we do is focused on helping you solve your most complex process measurement challenges.
Ronan offers a wide variety of Source Holder and Detector configurations, including Source and Source Holders to meet every need. Detectors configurable to any shape or length, and a Transmitter that is compatible with all the configurations and can be customized for special applications. With a philosophy of designing new products to be backward compatible, our customers have the confidence of an installed base of thousands of systems.
Radiometric measurement, also referred to as nuclear measurement, is a safe and effective non-contact method to measure liquids or solids in harsh process environments. Applications include:
- Continuous level
- Interface Level/Density
- Continuous Weight Measurement
- Point Level
- Density, Mass Flow