The
British first developed the idea of individually
replaceable cooling tubes held in
headers with rubber seals during WWII desert
tank warfare.
The concept had these advantages:
 The
flexible seals would allow
damaged tubes to be removed
and replaced even under
combat conditions.
The
seals would absorb vibration, pounding and thermal
shock that would cause conventional radiators to
leak. |
Following WWII, Rolls-Royce motor cars
and commercial vehicles were equipped with these
radiators.
 In the early ‘50s, the radiator core first
appeared on haul trucks in Canadian ore mines in
Labrador.
In
1957, LYM acquired the
rights to the concept and brought the radiator to
the Minnesota Mesabi Iron Range. With rapid acceptance
of the “Mesabi® Radiator” in the
mining industry, the concept grew in popularity worldwide
as both an |
OEM and aftermarket product for all
mobile and stationary
heavy-duty equipment.
Today the MESABI® replaceable
tube concept, first developed for engine cooling,
has been applied by
LYM to all types of heavy-duty equipment
heat transfer. MESABI® is the world standard
for heat transfer reliabilty. |
