Reporting on the business and technologies
driving today's global industrial gas industry

With this article, we introduce "medical specialty gases" as a new and distinct subset of our definition for specialty gases. In past articles we have broken out the very broad specialty gas market into two large categories: core specialty gases and electronic specialty gases. Medical specialty gases have always been a part of CGI's analyses of the core specialty gas market.

Select:

In the complex world of the industrial gas industry, gases are categorized and discussed in many ways. In this article, we explore the supply chain, history, faclilities & major players, cylinders, trucking, docking, administrative functions, and future of the packaged and compressed gas industry.

Select:

The primary instrument found in the laboratory is the gas chromatograph. Regardless of the analysis being done or the type of detector being used, the common thread is that the chromatograph requires a continuous supply of high purity gas. Autoswitch systems manifold two or more gas cylinders together to provide a primary and reserve supply of gas. This article describes the use and advantages of this system.

Select:

In the last several years, the Department of Transportation and businesses have recognized technological growth in the way of Nondestructive Testing (NDT). Nondestructive testing is a material science that encompasses nearly 30 different methods. Ultrasonic is one of the most recognized NDT methods and has found a role in industrial and medical high pressure cylinder requalification that, for nearly a century, had been dominated by hydrotesting. Since ultrasound technology is relatively new, the emphasis of this article is somewhat informative and educational.

Select:

This article will discuss safety improvements in trailer design, equipment improvements with the shear-off valve as well as other important trends such as the increased use of ISO containers and tube trailers for specialty gases as well as provide some background on the four key players in the tube trailer industry: FIBA Technologies, Specialty Trailer Leasing, Weldship Industries, and Western Sales & Testing of Amarillo.

Select: