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RegO: Working with customers to develop new solutions

2020-07-01T05:00:00+01:00By Molly Burgess

Created by combining the two words “regulator” and “oxygen” in 1920 when it split off from a Chicago-based soda fountain manufacturing company, RegO now stands as a global manufacturer of specialty valve and control parts.

Greater-Stronger-Better (GSB) Master Valve

2020-07-01T05:00:00+01:00By Joshua Ralzman

Industrial gas producers and distributors around the world today rely on high-pressure shutoff hand valves for processing and filling industrial gas cylinders. These heavy-duty valves are used on manifold systems, fill plants, tube trailers, and other high-pressure piping systems.

Fully automated manifolds for a continuous gas flow

2020-07-01T05:00:00+01:00By Molly Burgess

Gas control manifolds are key products for many involved in the gases industry. The concept of a manifold has been around in the welding, gases and hardgoods industry for a number of years, but as markets develop, companies have kept up with the trends.

Floating Piston Valve

2020-07-01T05:00:00+01:00By Kevin Pollard

Spectrum Specialty Valves, a division of C-Suite Services, LLC, has introduced its innovative new valve, the Floating Piston Valve, to North American markets. This NASA-patented valve, which was licensed by Louisiana-based Spectrum, is believed to be the first new, major valve design in 70+ years.

Fast forward to the future

2020-07-01T05:00:00+01:00By Nick Parkinson

Automation companies are reporting more interest in their cobots, which they claim are a solution to the restrictions and challenges created by the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.

The pandemic’s digital silver lining

2020-07-01T05:00:00+01:00By Eric Wise

Ever since the coronavirus pandemic, digital technology has become our lifeline and link to continuing business. We’ve all had to become familiar with the ins and outs of new technologies to keep moving forward, and it is impressive to see how quickly people are adapting their work to their current ...

Using Covid-19 to improve cylinder management

2020-07-01T05:00:00+01:00By Tim Fusco

As I write this in early June 2020, the world is still reeling from coronavirus (Covid-19), but with the initial economic shock behind us, companies are finding ways to work in the new normal. Below are some observations of how companies are using technology to both weather the crisis and ...

AI, Machine Learning, and the future of the gas industry

2020-07-01T05:00:00+01:00By Richard Boyd

There are those who think Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its subset of technologies called Machine Learning (ML), are simply new ways to do the old things. There are others who think AI, especially Machine Learning, are much more than that and represent a new way to solve new problems. I ...

A fresh perspective on MAP

2020-07-01T05:00:00+01:00By Rob Cockerill, published in gasworld magazine

Rob Cockerill unpacks the story of HTK Hamburg GmbH and gets a fresh perspective on the modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) business in an interview with Managing Director Gunnar A. Baumert.

A trio of trends in gas analysis instrumentation

2020-07-01T05:00:00+01:00By Stephen B. Harrison, published in gasworld magazine

All good things come in threes. Digital solutions, innovative services, and step-changes in hardware are teaming up to transform the world of gas analysis instrumentation. This trio of trends is resulting in three significant benefits: simpler operations, lower CAPEX and a reduction in the cost of owning gas analysis instrumentation.

Top five label technologies

2020-07-01T05:00:00+01:00By Rob Freeman

As the compressed gas industry continues to adapt to the “new normal” of doing business today, it’s no surprise that gas suppliers and distributors continue to face a host of unanswered questions as they adjust their forecasts for the second half of 2020.