In 1996, Chart Industries put its first Orca™ MicroBulk Delivery System into service with the aim of making distribution of cryogenic gases to smaller accounts much more feasible. And it worked. 27 years later, Chart is still witnessing high demand for the innovation and is having to open new manufacturing sites to keep up.
Today, the Orca truck is one of Chart’s core products. Since 2020, in fact, the US cryogenic equipment manufacturer has seen record orders and shipped a record number of Orca units. At the time of writing, Chart is building over 100 units per year at its manufacturing facilities globally.
“Demand for Orca units has really grown over the past few years,” Meagan Widmer, Orca Product Manager at Chart Industries, tells gasworld. Chart has responded to this demand with additional manufacturing sites. In the US, there are three Chart manufacturing sites that support Orca production, with the final Orca units all being completed in New Prague, Minnesota.
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