About The Western States Machine Company

The Western States Machine Company was founded in 1917 to develop and manufacture improvements for centrifugals in the sugar industry. In 1950, Western States expanded its centrifugal line to include centrifuges for non-sugar industries including separation of fine chemicals, agricultural chemicals and pharmaceuticals. Since its inception, Western States has grown to become a world-wide supplier of centrifugals for both the sugar and non-sugar industries, with more than 6,000 centrifugals installed.

• 2007  Western States celebrates its 90th Anniversary and continues to provide extraordinary equipment and service to its customers.
• 2005  Second Generation TITAN Centrifugals are most efficient and reliable in class.
• 2002  First 1400 mm continuous centrifugal developed.
• 2001  First 2,425 kg batch centrifuge developed.
• 1999  The Ultrasonic Load Control is patented.
• 1995  The TITAN self-supporting batch centrifugal is developed.
• 1994  The CC-8 (a.k.a. TITAN 1300) continuous centrifugal is developed and incorporates improved feed control and operator interface.
• 1991  Capitrol Load Control system is developed.
• 1988  The Con-Cent (Continuous Centrifuge) is developed for chemical and non-sugar food applications.
• 1985  Western States develops the first USDA Approved continuous centrifugal for processing Lactose.
• 1984  Programmable Controls are added to automate batch centrifugals and improve productivity.
• 1982  The Quadra-Clean chemical centrifuge incorporates Clean-In-Place (CIP) technology.
• 1977  The larger CC-6 continuous centrifugal is developed and incorporates many improvements in feed control.
• 1974  The Sludge-a-Tron decanting centrifuge is developed for waste water treatment.
• 1974  The range of continuous centrifugals is developed including the CC-2, CC-3, CC-4 and CC-5.
• 1969  The Quadramatic chemical centrifuge is developed and incorporates link-suspension and under-driven technology.
• 1961  The first continuous sugar centrifugal, the CC-1 is installed in Puerto Rico.
• 1953  Western States diversifies and develops centrifugals for chemical and food processing.
• 1947  The automatic discharge centrifugal is conceived and is incorporated in the “G8” batch centrifugal.
• 1942  Western States helps the war effort by producing auxiliary engines for submarines, lathes for turning 13” shells and speed governors for ship propellers.
• 1936  Western States acquires the Columbia Machine Tool Company in Hamilton Ohio.
• 1934  The Stevens Mingler is patented. The automatic water cooled brake is developed which reduced non-productive process time.
• 1926  The first direct drive (non-belt driven) batch centrifugal is installed at the Pennsylvania Refinery in Philadelphia.
• 1921  The Sugar Centrifugal Discharge Company is acquired by Western States.
• 1917  The Western States Machine Company is incorporated in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Trademarks

• Monocut
• Posilatch
• Quadramatic
• Roberts
• Stevens
• TITAN
• Western States
• WS
• WSMC