News & Press Releases

The OPW Makers' Meet is an annual competition among OPW employees who team up to identify a customer challenge and propose a new, breakthrough product or process to solve that challenge. The winning team members Bryan Clever, Matt Lauber, Mike Schubert and Hugues Seumo selected the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center to receive its $2,500 OPW donation.

A Romanian oil company approached OPW for an easy to install, reliable above ground fill point solution including associated internal equipment (pipework and fill caps) that would perform for the life of the site, allowing safe, quick fuel delivery.

OPW, in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, has issued a voluntary recall of OPW 241TPS,OPW 36S and OPW 20S Hose Swivel Connectors. Visit https://opwswivelrecall.expertinquiry.com/ to see if your swivels are affected.

OPW announced today the name of its local winner of the Dover Sons & Daughters Scholarship Program. The Dover Sons & Daughters Scholarship recognizes outstanding high school seniors and current college students who are the children of Dover employees and who have demonstrated excellence through their academic record, test scores, leadership abilities and through their extracurricular activities and work record.

Congratulations to OPW’s Elizabeth Gubrud-Howe who was recently named one of Manufacturing Institute’s 2017 STEP Ahead Award honorees.

OPW was approached by a membership-only wholesaler to develop fuel piping solutions for a number of unique site configurations. Learn how OPW manufactured customized solutions that optimized safety and efficiency.

OPW, in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, has issued a voluntary recall of OPW 241TPS and OPW 36S Hose Swivel Connectors. Visit www.OPWSwivelRecall.expertinquiry.com to see if your swivels are affected.

OPW, a Dover Company (NYSE: DOV), announced today that it has named Kevin Long as the company’s new president.

Preferences varies when it comes to choosing between straight pipes and pipe coils. Some find pipe sticks easier to handle on site, while others prefer coils and having joint-less pipe runs.

Especially when using pipe coils it is a good idea to always start by laying out and installing the longest pipe run, then proceed with the second longest and so on. This way, if a mistake is done, either when measuring and cutting the pipe, or when welding the termination and end fittings, the pipe can be used for one of the shorter pipe runs instead.

Permeation is the process where hydrocarbon molecules from the fuel escapes through the pipe wall to the outside. This happens in all unlined plastic piping and is the reason why unlined piping is no longer in use - at least not for product lines

First of all: Our purpose with this list is not to make a laughing stock out of anyone, but rather to kindly remind everyone that even with a durable high quality product, everyone involved in transportation, storage, on-site handling, installation and testing, needs to understand that there are limits and that the recommendations we publish as a manufacturer and supplier of retail fueling piping are for everyone's benefit.

OPW, a Dover company (NYSE: DOV) and a global leader in fluid-handling solutions, is proud and honored to announce that it will observe a year-long celebration of the company’s 125th anniversary in 2017. OPW was founded as the Ohio Pattern Works & Foundry Company in Cincinnati, OH, and was officially incorporated in 1892, a year in which several other very significant events occurred: the first official basketball game was played, the Pledge of Allegiance was first recited in schools and John Philip Sousa began a 12-year tour as director of the U.S. Marine Band, during which time he premiered many of his most famous marches.

When tanks are buried more shallowly than normally, sometime piping designers or installers face issues with the piping. The reason is that at a filling station all piping should have a gradual slope to the low point, which is at the tank lid.

Minimizing the amount of chemicals lost during the connection and disconnection of coupling systems is a significant benefit to the health of the environment and operators, but it can also provide substantial cost savings.

Fleet administrators are increasingly relying on advanced fuel management software and technology to measure inventory, manage expenses and monitor usage more carefully. In this Public Works magazine article, OPW domestic sales manager Bobby Hayes explains how card lock systems enable fleet managers to account for every drop of fuel, from the time it’s loaded into the storage tank to the time it’s pumped into an authorized vehicle. He also discusses the benefits of partnering with a manufacturer that designs equipment with upgradeable components, which can help cut costs by increasing efficiency.

This case study written by OPW Fuel Management Systems Commercial District Manager Jim Desautels outlines how OPW’s integrated fluid-transfer, tank-monitoring and fuel-control systems have helped Simple Energy eliminate its dependence on third-party fuel suppliers. By using these systems to run a bulk storage operation and fuel its own fleet vehicles, Simple Energy has resolved its immediate supply issues and tapped into a new revenue stream that wouldn’t have been possible otherwise.

Following today’s announcement from Dover [link attached] on the completion of the acquisition of Wayne, former OPW President David Crouse has been named president of Dover Fueling Solutions (DFS). DFS will be comprised of Tokheim, ProGauge, Fairbanks, Wayne and OPW’s FMS business.

All polyethylene fuel piping is joined by electrofusion welding. Here is a quick tutorial to explain how it works!