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Future-proofing industrial gases

2020-01-06T06:00:00+00:00By Rob Cockerill, published in gasworld magazine

One of the big topics of the last year for the global industrial gases business has been the future-proofing of the industry, as it simultaneously comes up against and leverages the opportunities of various external trends.

Privatising the US Federal Helium Programme

2020-01-06T06:00:00+00:00By Samuel Burton, published in gasworld magazine

This article complements previous articles and describes the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) declining role in providing helium to worldwide markets. It provides further transparency to the helium industry and the public at large on the plans to offer for sale the Federal Helium Programme real property, and all US ...

Helium

2020-01-06T06:00:00+00:00By Rob Cockerill, Nick Parkinson, published in gasworld magazine

Change: an act or process through which something becomes different; change may be used for such a difference in a thing that it becomes something else; change may also be used for substituting one thing for another.

Helium in South Africa

2020-01-06T06:00:00+00:00By Joanna Sampson, published in gasworld magazine

Emerging helium and LNG producer Renergen broke ground at its flagship gas project in South Africa at the end of November (2019).

Forerunner of the future

2020-01-03T06:00:00+00:00By Agnes H. Baker

With the motto Praenuntius Futuri (Forerunner of the Future), the USS Albacore was commissioned in 1953 as an experimental vessel to test submarine hydrodynamics and ended up revolutionizing submarine design.

Controlling gas surge

2020-01-03T06:00:00+00:00By Curt Rocha

Is that “whoooshhhh” sound the start of gas shielding pre-flow, or is it the sound of flushing money down the drain?

The era of the cobot is here

2020-01-03T06:00:00+00:00By Nick Parkinson

Automation can ease labor shortage, attract younger workers – but will it also take jobs?

Who likes a low-down, lousy, leaking pump seal?

2020-01-03T06:00:00+00:00By Keith Hall

Last month, in part one of this article, we discussed the first three of five simple, yet critical things operators can do to extend the life of the pump seals on the external cryogenic centrifugal pumps they operate.

Making a success of online retail

2020-01-03T06:00:00+00:00By Nick Parkinson

Indiana Oxygen Company’s e-commerce business is thriving. Here’s how they do it…

Oxy-fuel cutting process automation

2020-01-03T06:00:00+00:00By Martin Roubicek

There is still significant potential for increasing the efficiency of oxy-fuel cutting technology. The higher level of process automation is a prerequisite.