Such is its abundance and properties, nitrogen is a key product throughout various markets and applications. Steelmaking and metal cutting, food processing and freezing, pulp and paper processing, glassmaking, oxyfuel combustion applications, medical procedures, and...
Deep cold liquefied (cryogenic) gases like nitrogen, oxygen, argon, hydrogen and helium are used in industry – for example in the fields of chemistry, aerospace – as well as in medicine and research. In order...
The industrial gas and hardgoods distribution business across the United States has been searching for growth since the economic downturn that began with the recession in late 2008. Welding and Cutting (W&C) gases and hardgoods...
In this article we examine the use of vacuum swing adsorbtion (VSA) oxygen generator producing 95.4% purity in cutting applications in the scrap industry. Typically, cylinder oxygen with 99% purity is used. However, this practice...
In his book Wealth of Nations, Economist Adam Smith described “an invisible hand” of the market that guides the action of individuals, but produces an unintended economic benefit for society.
Inside the robotic and hard automation applications of manufacturing plants across the world, there are imperfect methods used to try and create a perfect, repeatable processes. Think about the ideal situation in an automated welding...
Since 3D printing was introduced there have been continuous developments to the process. One of these, the use of fusion welding as a deposition source, has opened up wide ranging possibilities in manufacturing.
The economic downturn that began with the Great Recession has impacted the industrial gas and hardgoods distribution business across the United States, particularly in the welding and fabrication sector. This is a story of a...
Natural gas is the most environmentally sound of all of the fossil fuels, both plentiful and geographically dispersed and in the form of LNG combustion, producing fewer harmful emissions than other fuels like diesel.
The composition of natural gas varies with the locality of the gas wells from which it was produced. After removing the water, carbon dioxide and any hydrogen sulfide (H2S) – if any is contained in...
