Lokring Technology

Lokring Technology
Company typePrivate
IndustryFluid System Technology (Gases & Liquids)
Founded1988
Headquarters,
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
William Lennon (Chairman and President)
ProductsFluid System Components:
Websitewww.lokring.com

Lokring Technology is a privately held international company headquartered in Willoughby, Ohio that serves over 30 countries worldwide. The Chairman and President of the company is William Lennon,[2] the grandson of Fred A. Lennon, founder of Swagelok. Lokring employs less than 100 workers at its headquarters.[3]

Lokring designs patented,[4] weld equivalent pipe and tube fittings such as couplings, flanges, elbows, adapters, and more. The unique technology of the patented[4] Lokring fittings utilize "Elastic Strain Preload"[5] (ESP), and possesses a metal to metal leak-free seal that compresses or swages the pipe/tube wall.

  1. ^ "Company Overview of LOKRING Technology, LLC". Bloomberg Businessweek. Archived from the original on June 16, 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
  2. ^ Meyer, Bill; Dealer, The Plain. "Swagelok estate hauled into court: Founder's grandson says executor is mismanaging the trust". cleveland.com. Retrieved 2019-03-10.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference USCIB was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b https://patents.google.com/patent/US4482174A/en?assignee=Lokring&oq=Lokring&sort=old
  5. ^ Elastic Strain Preload