StraightLine HDD
Encyclopedia
StraightLine HDD, formerly StraighLine Manufacturing, Inc., is an American
corporation
which designs and builds tooling and equipment for the Directional Drilling
industry. The company's products include directional drills, mud mixing systems, air hammers and a full line of down hole tools, wear parts and accessories for all brands of directional drill rigs.
Established in Wichita
, Kansas
on January 1, 1984 the company was called "StraightLine Manufacturing, Inc." for its first 19 years.
Today StraightLine HDD has directional drilling equipment, tools and accessories operating in the United States
, Canada
, the United Kingdom
, Singapore
, Malaysia, China
, Australia
, India
, Poland
, Ukraine
and the Russian Federation.
s and introduces a dry bore solution.
, Kansas
, and opened a new 9000 square feet (836.1 m²) engineering/technical support facility on the 13 acres (52,609.2 m²) grounds.
Source: HDD in 2003. Finco Inc. rebranded the company as StraightLine HDD and relocated the company to a new 70000 sq ft (6,503.2 m²). manufacturing
plant in Hutchinson, Kansas
.
s:
United States
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corporation
Corporation
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which designs and builds tooling and equipment for the Directional Drilling
Directional boring
Directional boring, commonly called horizontal directional drilling or HDD, is a steerable trenchless method of installing underground pipes, conduits and cables in a shallow arc along a prescribed bore path by using a surface launched drilling rig, with minimal impact on the surrounding area....
industry. The company's products include directional drills, mud mixing systems, air hammers and a full line of down hole tools, wear parts and accessories for all brands of directional drill rigs.
Established in Wichita
Wichita, Kansas
Wichita is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kansas.As of the 2010 census, the city population was 382,368. Located in south-central Kansas on the Arkansas River, Wichita is the county seat of Sedgwick County and the principal city of the Wichita metropolitan area...
, Kansas
Kansas
Kansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...
on January 1, 1984 the company was called "StraightLine Manufacturing, Inc." for its first 19 years.
Today StraightLine HDD has directional drilling equipment, tools and accessories operating in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
, Malaysia, China
China
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, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
, Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
and the Russian Federation.
1984 to 1988: The early years
StraightLine Manufacturing, Inc. is founded in Wichita, Kansas. During this time the company launches its family of rotary toolRotary tool
A rotary tool is a hand held power tool with a variety of rotating accessory bits and attachments that can be used for cutting, carving, sanding, polishing and many other applications....
s and introduces a dry bore solution.
1989 to 2002: Entering the HDD market
StraightLine entered the HDD market with the introduction of its line of DirectLine drills in 1989. In 1991 the company moved to a 36000 sq ft (3,344.5 m²). facility in NewtonNewton, Kansas
Newton is a city in and the county seat of Harvey County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 19,132. Newton is located north of Wichita and is included in the Wichita metropolitan statistical area...
, Kansas
Kansas
Kansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...
, and opened a new 9000 square feet (836.1 m²) engineering/technical support facility on the 13 acres (52,609.2 m²) grounds.
2003 to Present: Acquisition by Finco Inc.
StraightLine was acquired by privately-held Finco Inc. d/b/aDoing business as
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Source: HDD in 2003. Finco Inc. rebranded the company as StraightLine HDD and relocated the company to a new 70000 sq ft (6,503.2 m²). manufacturing
Manufacturing
Manufacturing is the use of machines, tools and labor to produce goods for use or sale. The term may refer to a range of human activity, from handicraft to high tech, but is most commonly applied to industrial production, in which raw materials are transformed into finished goods on a large scale...
plant in Hutchinson, Kansas
Hutchinson, Kansas
Hutchinson is the largest city in and the county seat of Reno County, Kansas, United States, northwest of Wichita, on the Arkansas River. It has been home to salt mines since 1887, thus its nickname of "Salt City", but locals call it "Hutch"...
.
Patents
StraightLine HDD has been awarded four US PatentPatent
A patent is a form of intellectual property. It consists of a set of exclusive rights granted by a sovereign state to an inventor or their assignee for a limited period of time in exchange for the public disclosure of an invention....
s:
- US Patent 5231899 for a drilling rig breakout wrench system on August 3, 1993.
- US Patent 5253721 for a directional boring head on October 19, 1993.
- US Patent 5709276 for a multi-position directional drill on January 20, 1998.
- US Patent 5921331 for a backreamer on July 13, 1999.