Safety

Oxygen is a vigorous oxidiser and as pressures, temperatures, and use concentrations have increased, fire incidents have increased — both big and small. Since the early days of oxygen use, historic tragedies like NASA’s Apollo...

Equipment manufacturer Gas Control Equipment (GCE) is encouraging the gas industry to maximise the operational efficiencies newly available in extended packaged gases equipment periodicity. 

Specialty gases of ultra-high purity (99.995% and above) are widely used in a range of applications and industries including, semiconductor, pharmaceuticals, medicine, electronics, aeronautics and petrochemicals.

Industrial safety specialist LifeGuard Technologies has signed a strategic partnership agreement with gas equipment manufacturer Hangzhou Cheng Ying Yi Energy Technology (CYY Energy) to pave the path for “future LifeGuard safety hose development” in China.

The 41st Seminar on Industrial Gases organised by AIIGMA (All India Industrial Gases Manufacturer’s Association) opened today in Istanbul.

The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) has announced a new centre for hydrogen safety. The centre will officially launch on Tuesday 2nd April (2019).

Industrial equipment supplier Fives Cryomec celebrated reaching 500 consecutive days without any accident on 31st December (2018) at its Swiss facility in Allschwil.

Atlas Copco is the first manufacturer to have its vacuum pumps checked for traces of oil by TÜV Rheinland in accordance with the ISO 8573-1 standard.

The Asia Industrial Gases Association (AIGA) reached a new landmark last month when its Technical Committee met for the 50th time.

UK national regulator the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has released a safety alert highlighting new scientific evidence from the International Agency for Research on Cancer suggesting that exposure to all welding fumes causes lung...