User:Dualveewheel/Bishop-Wisecarver Corporation

Bishop-Wisecarver Corporation, or BWC, is the original inventor of the DualVee® guide wheel, and is still a world leader in guide wheel technology since the 70s. "DualVee Motion Technology (DMT) has continued to evolve into the ideal technology for today’s cutting edge industries such as medical, packaging, aerospace, electronic, and semiconductor."

DualVee Motion Technology integrates three main components; the DualVee guide wheel, its DualVee mating track with patented mounting shoulder, and the DualVee support bushing. This product line includes components, linear guides, linear systems, rotary guides and systems, and aluminum machine framing. Stainless steel, high temperature, and clean room compatible products are among Bishop-Wisecarver's more recent product introductions.

Incorporated in 1950, this family owned manufacturing company specializes in guide wheels and guided motion technologies. DualVee was designed as a problem solver for automotive, machine tool, paper processing, textile, and general industrial automation applications where traditional guidance technologies were ineffective.

Products
Bishop-Wisecarver's more popular product offerings include the following trade names; DualVee®, LoPro®, UtiliTrak®, and GV3. Other products include; MadeWell®, MinVee®, QuickTrak®, DAPDU, DLS, DTS, HDCB, HDCS, HDLS, HDRT, HDS, HTS, MHD, MCS, PDU2, PRT, PSD, SBD, Simple Select and SL2.

"New product development continues to be an ongoing process at the Bishop-Wisecarver Corporation, with innovative designs being introduced at regular intervals."

Much more information can be found online through websites such as GlobalSpec.com, DesignWorldOnline.com and ThomasNet.com

Partnerships
Bishop-Wisecarver has been the exclusive North and Central American Partner and Distributor for HepcoMotion® products since 1984. HepcoMotion is the worldwide identity and trading name for Hepco Slide Systems, Ltd.

Sponsorships
Bishop-Wisecarver feels strongly about supporting STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics).

Proud sponsor of FIRST Robotics Competition since 2007.

Quick Facts
Located in Pittsburg, CA

The company tag line is "Motion Without Limits®"

The company is celebrating sixty years as of 2010

Website, www.bwc.com

In 1968, Bishop-Wisecarver purchases property in Pittsburg, CA

The Bishop-Wisecarver headquarters is located on a Historic California Post; Camp Stoneman. "The Camp Stoneman site is located in Northern California, in Contra Costa County, in the City of Pittsburg, 40 miles northeast of the city of San Francisco. The site was used as a staging area and rifle range for troop training by the United States Army, and was established as a Class I installation (later used as a personnel replacement and reclassification depot). The site was also used as a facility of the San Francisco Port of Embarkation, known as the West Garrison Area of Camp Stoneman."

A patent is issued for DualVee in 1972

Bud Wisecarver started the company sixty years ago as of 2010.