Cascon News

Cascon delivers custom, engineer-to-order, and configure-to-order pumps and related products with a relentless pursuit of superior service, innovation, and performance. These periodic articles highlight some of our product successes, unique capabilities, and perspectives on engineering development.
April 27, 2020

Cascon thus far remains fully operational despite the COVID-19 crisis.  The health and safety of our employees is a priority and responding to the COVID-19 threat receives daily focus from our senior management team.  We monitor websites of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC), World Health Organization (WHO) and directives from state and local […]

October 1, 2019

Cascon was pleased to have participated in the Defense and Security Equipment International show in London September 14th-17th, 2019. Four Maine companies participated as part of a Defense Industry Maine initiative to promote Maine companies to international defense and security markets. Defense Industry Maine helped with event logistics and funding of the shared exhibition booth […]

March 1, 2019

Cascon has a long history developing custom AC, DC and brushless DC electric drive pumps.  With the introduction of our Series 300-100 Hi-Rel Fuel and Coolant Pumps, customers can now take advantage of technology developed for our custom military and manned space flight programs in a flexible package that’s available in a variety of build-to-order configurations.  With […]

Cascon's 25 kW solar array
February 1, 2019

With a staff made up of cyclists, skiers, hikers and lovers of the Maine outdoors, it’s only logical we’d want to do our part for the environment. To reduce our impact, we installed approximately 25 kW of solar panels on our Yarmouth, Maine facility, effectively satisfying the electrical demand for our office and laboratory.  Installed […]

January 1, 2019

Cascon has been working with long-time customer Collins Aerospace (formerly Hamilton Sundstrand Space Systems) to develop an electric-drive, positive-displacement cooling pump for a next generation portable life support system (PLSS) for space suit applications.  Working closely with Collins Aerospace engineering staff, Cascon has participated in trade study activities and delivered several rounds of bench-test pumps to […]

October 1, 2018

Our laboratory in Yarmouth, Maine is operated in accordance with ANSI/ESD S20.20 for electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection and NAS412 for foreign object damage (FOD) prevention.  Many of our aerospace products are assembled, tested and shipped from our Yarmouth facility.   Design verification and failure analysis activities also occur here.    Cascon recently added thermal cycling to our list of […]

July 1, 2018

Cascon delivers custom, engineer-to-order, and configure-to-order pumps and related products with a relentless pursuit of superior service, innovation, and performance. These periodic articles highlight some of our product successes, unique capabilities, and perspectives on engineering development. Cascon has supplied lubrication and scavenge pumps to the gas-turbine industry almost since its inception in 1988.  These multi-circuit, multi-function pumps […]