All Air Gases articles
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FeaturesPlant mechanisation
Linde Europe North is close to finishing a 15-year journey to complete automation which has seen the Swedish industrial gases company not only automate its filling and cylinder handling, but also redesign its whole supply chain for the packaged gas business. Heavily driving an innovation and digitisation agenda, the company ...
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Maximising margins
The air that we breathe into our air separation unit (ASU) costs money in the form of electrical power. Our return comes from selling the oxygen, nitrogen and argon that we compress. Whilst the oxygen and nitrogen have contracted customers with pipeline supplies, the profitability of modern ASU operations is ...
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Gasification
Gasification is a long-established technology with a fascinating future. As an early example at industrial scale, the Seattle Gas Light Company coal gasification plant in the State of Washington came into operation in 1906. At its peak 40 years later, it was producing 7,000 Nm³ per hour of town gas ...
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Getting into technical gases
IJsfabriek Strombeek describes a 40-year journey in the nitrous oxide business to gasworld’s Rob Cockerill.
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In focus… Industrial gases and space exploration
Driving down the American freeway it was the 10-story tall NASA insignia adorning the side of the space agency’s iconic Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) that signalled I had arrived at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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Carbon dioxide purity and CCS
Stephen B. Harrison explains the essential link to a safe and sustainable CCS sector.
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Aquaculture
Aquaculture is again in focus in Singapore as the country prepares to scale up local food production against a backdrop of coronavirus-driven disruptions to global supply chains.
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“Oxygen demand up to 40 times greater than usual”
An insight into medical cylinders from Cylinders Holding, by Rob Cockerill.
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10 minutes with… James (Jim) Flaherty
Take 10 minutes out with James (Jim) Flaherty, President and CEO of Adsorptech, as he discusses the company, its VSPSA oxygen portfolio and current prospects in the aquaculture sector.
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10 minutes with… Lawrence J. Hughes
Take 10 minutes out with Lawrence J. Hughes, Vice-President/General Manager of AirSep, as he discusses the company’s role in fighting Covid-19 and AirSep’s plans for 2020.
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Atlas Copco offers to simplify ordering
Atlas Copco Compressors has bundled some of its most popular air and nitrogen products into five packages to make ordering and financing easier.
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Japan extends state of emergency
Japan has extended its nationwide state of emergency over Covid-19 (coronavirus) until 31 st May, as the country continues its battle against the virus and looks to another uphill challenge ahead in reviving its economy.
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Pakistan struggle with Covid-19 continues
The ‘significant and tragic human cost’ of Covid-19 taking hold in Pakistan sadly appears to be crystallising after the Asian country saw its confirmed cases of the virus move past the 20,000 milestone.
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TNSC among new investors in VELO3D
VELO3D, a California-based metal 3D printing company, has raised $28m in a Series D funding round, with Japanese industrial gas manufacturer Taiyo Nippon Sanso (TNSC) among the new investors.
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Additive manufacturing: Explained
It was one of the hottest new applications for the gases industry prior to the outbreak of Covid-19 and it will remain so once the pandemic has passed, so what is additive manufacturing?
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Challenges of acquiring 70,000 tons of liquid argon…
Maura Garvey has included some information on US argon capacity and supply in her accompanying article ‘Steady growth for the air gases business’.
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Steady growth for the air gases business
Announcements of domestic air separation unit (ASU) and liquefaction builds and expansions for startup through 2023 indicate that the US air gases business has steadily been improving.
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Talent management
The topic ‘Future of Work’ has become a mainstream talking point over the last 5-7 years, principally driven by the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and its potential impact on the workforce in the not too distant future.
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Mixing it up
Onsite gas mixing for welding shield gases continues to grow, according to Thermco Instrument Corporation President Dennis Richardson.
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Onsite, in demand
Increasing numbers of high-volume nitrogen users are considering swapping their supply method from cylinders, microbulk or bulk to onsite gas generation as it is claimed to be cheaper than buying from the major gas companies.
