Hoffer Flow Controls has been awarded a contract to supply turbine flowmeters to a major U.S. space agency. The turbine flowmeters will be used to test large propulsion engines. We are pleased to be a part of this program.

The customer specifying the turbine flowmeters has been playing a key support role since the early 1960's with work on the Saturn program. Upon completion of the Apollo and Skylab programs, this customer's role in engine testing moved to the next step in space travel -- the Space Shuttle. Using its three large Apollo era test stands with thrust capability to 15 million pounds, this location's primary mission is to test and flight certify the Space Shuttle's main engines, which power the vehicle during its eight and one-half minutes of flight prior to orbit. This particular location began testing the main engines in June, 1975.