John Thomas Crane

Although I worked for what is now known as the John Crane Group for many years, the story of its namesake, John Crane, was not known or, more likely, not discussed by those who knew it.  The only bits of information available were a few patents and advertisements.  I decided to take on the challenge of “finding” John Crane and to write a short history of his life.

I first found patents but some of those patents were granted to “John Crane” and some to “John T. Crane”.  I browsed through many archived newspapers in the Chicago area.  I even searched Ancestry.com and eventually found him.  Along the way, I made contact with some of John Crane’s extended family who supplied me with family lore and newspaper clippings.  All of this “new” (to me anyway) information has been complied into a short history of John Crane – the Person.

My story of “John Crane — the Person” has been given its own page in the History section of SealFAQs.

 

SealFAQs statistics for May 2018

SealFAQs has been officially launched for five months now.  In May, unique visitors picked up from April; in fact, May was the best month so far.  Here are the statistics according to Awstats (Advanced Web Statistics).

SealFAQs had 1263 unique visitors during May and a total of 1872 visits (1.48 visits/visitor).  Visitors averaged looking at 3.56 pages per visit.

Visits per day during May increased from the April average of 57 to 60 with the most visits in a day being 98 – a new record!  As usual, most people visit during the week and the middle part of the day.

By far, the most visitors are from the United States and distantly followed by India, Russia, China, Canada, Great Britain and others.

Visits average about 243 seconds in duration but most visits are still for less than 30 seconds.

Access to SealFAQs via search keyphrases was down a little with 5 different keyphrases including “buffer and barrier fluid” and “mechanical seal company”.  The most common keyword is “seal” of course.

May was a good month for SealFAQs.