Founded in 1926, Everson Tesla today provides coils, motors, magnets, superconducting magnets, and superconducting systems to a variety of markets with ever-changing needs. For over seventy years, Everson Tesla's commitment to applying the most innovative technology and problem-solving capabilities have kept our customers at the forefront of their industries. Read about key advances throughout the history of Everson Tesla:
1920s - 1960s
The First 40 Years
- 1920s - Everson Electric founded by Walter Everson
- 1930s - Everson Electric becomes a wholesale supplier of electrical apparatus
- 1940s - Everson Electric manufactures electro-mechanical components during World War II for the US Navy and begins repairs of motors for mass transit authorities
- 1950s - Manufacture of stator coils for the power industry
- 1960s - Manufacture of dipole magnets used in splitting the atom
1970s
Navy & Nuclear Submarines; Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Water booster pump stator coils for Navy nuclear submarines
- Manufacture of some of the first coils used for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Development of new insulating taping, laminate, and resin systems to provide more reliable DC traction motors
1980s
Advancements in Cancer Treatment and Large-Scale Motor Production
- Manufacture of magnets for Proton Beam Therapy, used at Loma Linda University Medical Center to eradicate cancerous tumors with a proton beam
- First large-scale production of AC and DC traction motors
- Manufacture of experimental, water-cooled generator stator windings for utilities
1990s
Advancements in Mass Transit, Superconducting Magnets, and Nuclear Research
- Manufacture and design of superconducting magnets and systems
- AC and DC motor production for SEPTA, MARTA, New Jersey Transit, Washington Metro, LA Metro, Baltimore and others
- Large-scale production of superconducting magnets for Brookhaven's Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider
- Development of poloidal superconducting cable-in-conduit coil for the Tokamak Physics Experiment and the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) for fusion research
- Construction of a 64'0" diameter coil using cable-in-conduit technology for the Gamma Electron Muon Detector
- Manufacture of magnets for the semiconductor processing/plasma handling equipment
- Manufacture of the 60 Tesla High Phase Magnet for Los Alamos Laboratory and Florida State
- Design and development of superconducting magnet systems and cryo-free superconducting magnet systems for commercial and laboratory use
2000s
Everson Tesla at the Turn of the Millennium
- In 2003, Everson Tesla Incorporated is formed as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tesla Engineering, LTD, UK
- Present Manufacture of AC traction motors for Phoenix, Seattle, LA Metro, SEPTA, and Denver Light Rail Systems
- Manufacture of key components for the US Navy's EMALS and AAG programs
- Collaborated with several National Labs for the design and manufacture of Dipole and Quadrapole Corrector magnet systems
- Partnered with several key OEM's to design and manufacture superconducting and resistive magnetic systems for use in MRI and Proton Beam Therapy devices as well as semi-conductor processing