Lubrication
Water Trucks
Fluid Trans
Fuel & Evac
FLUID TRANSFER SOLUTIONS
BALCRANK PRODUCT RANGE
Air operated oil and grease pumps
Hose reels
Diaphragm pumps
Fluid dispensing guns and meters
Fluid management controls
Diesel exhaust fluid products
ABOUT THE BALCRANK PRODUCT RANGE
Balcrank is one of the oldest manufacturers of automotive lubrication products. Since its beginning, we have been providing our customers with the best products for the ever changing Automotive Commercial and Industrial markets. Our products service automotive quick lubes, dealerships, fleet, and commercial vehicle centers. Our product line has expanded, encompassing the heavy-duty market, which includes: trucking, municipalities, railroad, marine, industrial and mining. Our new line of Lion pumps, large hose reels and high volume control handles allows us to dispense oil products up to 32 gal per minute and grease up to 88 lb per minute.
We provide system solutions for all types of vehicle maintenance facilities and industrial manufacturing. Our goal is to continue our traditions and evolve in markets and applications that make sense for our continued growth.
Balcrank began in 1906 in the heart of Cincinnati, Ohio’s “Machine Tool Colony” as the Cincinnati Ball Crank Company. The first products produced by Balcrank were hand wheels and cranks used by the machine tool industry. That same year Balcrank became the first mass producer of starting cranks for automobiles. In 1908, Balcrank entered the automotive industry with the manufacturing of steering drag links. The steering drag links were an immediate hit. Almost every car manufacturer adopted these drag links and for the first time, steering a car became an easy task.
Always looking forward, in 1922 Balcrank entered the lubrication field. The Cincinnati Ball Crank Company got its name from the production of ball-sockets and hand cranks and was commonly referred to as Ball Crank. In 1933, the Board of Directors voted to change the name Ball Crank to Balcrank, Inc. In 1943, Balcrank received the three-star Army-Navy “E” Award, also known as the ArmyNavy Production Award. This award was presented to facilities doing outstanding war production and construction work. After the war, Balcrank returned to its roots, manufacturing aftermarket lubrication equipment. Over the next 50 years, Balcrank introduced an average of three new products a year including the Pride series pumps, fluid inventory control systems, used fluid evacuation systems, and Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) dispensing systems.
