Regulations & compliance
Time to validate
Gas process validation guidelines from the FDA have changed significantly. Now is the time to get to grips with new validation expectations for your medical gas equipment, says Ron Ball.
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A clean bill of health
Ron Ball leads us through the shifting regulatory landscape for bulk medical gas systems.
Maintaining food and medical grade gas quality
Pedigree requirements implemented by the FDA for medical gases will be the template for food and beverage grade gases in the near future, suggests Ron Ball.
Expanding sales opportunities overseas
Concoa’s Daniel Cruz looks at practical issues for those targeting world markets.
EPA Protocol Gases move ahead at Pittcon
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Gas Panel Meeting held in Atlanta on March 15 in conjunction with PITTCON saw further discussion on upcoming revisions of the 1997 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Traceability Protocol for Gaseous Calibration Standards
Safe handling of compressed gases: training is an important responsibility
Specialty gas equipment supplier SGD, Inc. has created a two-disc training video to help ensure that you and your employees fully understand the basic principles of handling and controlling compressed gases and cryogenic liquids.
Getting a handle on HAPs
The Clean Air Act depends on our ability to measure hazardous air pollutants - but this is no simple task, as Jim McKinley explains.
Change is in the air
The EPA’s Protocol Gas Verification Program (PGVP) has been evolving over the past few years, and is due to be finalized this year.
Other headline topics
Edwards to demonstrate products at Achema
Live working demonstrations of the company’s advanced vacuum pump technologies for chemical processing applications will be given at the exhibition in June.
Parker Hannifin - piston valve
The Fluid Control Division of Parker Hannifin Corporation has introduced an enhanced model of its 810 Series angle body piston valve that features stroke limitation while maintaining the standard optical valve position indicator.
GAWDA 2012 Spring Management Conference
The Gas and Welding Distributors Association is due to hold its annual Spring Management Conference from Saturday, April 28, 2012 – Tuesday, May 01, 2012.
US analytical instruments could top US$ 7.3 billion by 2014
In the competitive laboratory equipment marketplace, spending on research and development is a key driver - if not the key driver - for growth.
Parker Fluid Control Division – new valves catalog
Parker Hannifin Corporation’s Fluid Control Division has released a new catalog for its Skinner™ and Gold Ring™ solenoid valve product offering.
High Pressure Equipment - website
High Pressure Equipment Company, a leading manufacturer of high pressure valves, fittings and tubing, has launched a new, customer-focused website.
VICI Metronics – Permeation tubes
VICI Metronics’ Dynacal® permeation tubes, are small, inert capsules containing a pure chemical compound in a two phase equilibrium between its gas phase and its liquid or solid phase.
US analytical instruments could top US$ 7.3 billion by 2014
In the competitive laboratory equipment marketplace, spending on research and development is a key driver - if not the key driver - for growth.
Edwards to demonstrate products at Achema
Live working demonstrations of the company’s advanced vacuum pump technologies for chemical processing applications will be given at the exhibition in June.
The perfect package
Modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) in the food processing industry has facilitated major shifts in the consumer experience, says David Bell.
