Vibration Specialty Corporation

Employee size

11-50

Organization type

Self-Owned

Headquarters

Philadelphia, PA

Founded

1918

Founded in 1918 by inventor Nicholas W. Akimoff, Philadelphia’s Vibration Specialty Corporation helps industrial operators prevent machinery failures through vibration analysis, predictive maintenance, and precision rotor balancing. Its early work balancing Thomas Edison’s turbines and Henry Ford’s Model T crankshafts grew into modern condition-monitoring technology, including in-house instruments and a substantial portfolio of industrial IoT patents. VSC’s balancing center handles rotors from grams to 20,000 pounds, while its engineers also provide on-site and remote diagnostics for rotating equipment worldwide.

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