SuperFlow History
Who is SuperFlow Technologies Group?
In 2004 SuperFlow Corporation and Hicklin Engineering Group combined to form the SuperFlow Technologies Group, two industry leaders who provide the most complete selection of dynamometers and test equipment for the entire drivetrain.
Hicklin, Inc. dba SuperFlow Technologies Group is a leader in the design, manufacture, and marketing of equipment used for rebuilding and testing drivetrain components found on passenger cars, light trucks, heavy-duty trucks, buses, military vehicles, and off-road equipment. SuperFlow Technologies Group is headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa. The Des Moines facility markets equipment under the brand names Axiline Precision Products, Hicklin Engineering, and TCRS (Torque Converter Rebuilding Equipment)
The SuperFlow headquarters in Des Moines is a 50,000-sq.ft. facility which designs, fabricates, and manufactures transmission dynamometers, torque converter rebuilding equipment, brake dynamometers, data acquisition systems, and driveline rebuilding equipment.
The company's engine dynamometers, chassis dynamometers, flowbenches, and towing dynamometers are designed and manufactured in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in a 25,000-sq.ft. facility. An additional 12,000-sq.ft. facility is used for flowbench assembly and chassis dynamometer development. SuperFlow Technologies Group also has sales and service facilities in Camarillo, California; Detroit, Michigan; and Charlotte, North Carolina, plus a sales, service, and training facility in Pulle, Belgium. SuperFlow Technologies Group employs approximately 120 people overall.
Superflow maintains a well-staffed customer service department of over 10 service engineers available for on-site training and support These engineers travel worldwide supporting our customer base.
Our test systems are used daily by the military, commercial
drivetrain component rebuilders, professional engine builders,
educational institutions, research and development facilities, technical
schools, and professional racing shops.
SuperFlow products have attained wide acceptance in industry due to the company's ability to reduce advanced engineering tests to simple procedures technicians can perform. Virtually all SuperFlow Technologies Group flowbenches and automated dynamometers and emissions systems may be operated with equal success by skilled engineers or novice technicians.
SuperFlow Technologies Group has been providing US and international military maintenance facilities with the best transmission test equipment for over 30 years. With horsepower ranges over 1200 hp, our equipment can test transmissions from tank and truck vehicles including X1100, HMPT-500, XTG-411, XT-1410, X-200, CD-850, CD-500, Allison HT-700, MT-600, AT-500, Allison World Transmissions HD/MD series. Other transmissions tested include Ford, GM, Renk, ZF, and many others.
SuperFlow's Hicklin brand of transmission dynamometers are in use at military bases around the world. Hicklin has installed over 300 test stands worldwide, including 24 cross-drive test stands in military locations 52 transmission test stands at military bases in total.
1957: Hicklin GM Diesel formed as a Detroit Diesel Allison distributor.
1972: Hicklin builds first heavy-duty transmission dynamometer for its own use
1972: SuperFlow began when its founder, Neal Williams, designed and built a product known as a flowbench
1980: Superflow released the world's first computerized engine dynamometer.
1989: Interstate Detroit Diesel purchases Hicklin GM Diesel; spin-off company Hicklin Engineering is formed to design and market transmission dynamometers
1990: Hicklin Engineering is sold to employee managers
1990's: During the 1990s Superflow helped define the nation's vehicle emissions program; many of these systems are still in place today.
1994: Superflow redefines the dynamometer industry with WinDyn™ the first non-DOS computer interface.
1998: Hicklin Engineering purchases the assets of Axiline Precision Products Company of Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Late 90s: Superflow reintroduces the AutoDyn and CyleDyn into chassis dynamometer testing.
2001: Hicklin moves all operations to larger facility in Des Moines, Iowa.
2004: Hicklin Engineering purchases the assets of Superflow Corporation of Colorado Springs, CO.
2005: Hicklin Engineering changes name to SuperFlow Technologies Group and markets products as brands under their former respective company names.
Bob Klingler preparing for a "pull" on an early engine dyno protype in an almond grove in Tulsa, Oklahoma
Neal Williams stands next to Bob Klingler's Formula "V" racer at Riverside raceway.
