Industry | Application | Description |
Analytical Laboratories | Plasma | Supply for Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) units for analyzing non-organic materials |
Electronics | Crystal Growth | Used as an inert atmosphere for silicon crystal growth |
Manufacturing | Body – Welding | Welding processes use argon for steel. |
Manufacturing | Welding | Most commonly used shielding gas, and is the only truly inert gas commonly used in welding. |
Industry | Application | Description |
Biotechnology | Metabolic Gases | Process Requirement, Performance, Reliability |
Chemical | Cooling of Exothermic Reaction | Cooling chemical reactions in a jacketed reactor. |
Food | Injection | Wastewater pH adjustment of discharge cleaning water |
Food | Deboning | Deboning of beef and/or chicken by cooling the meat on the bone to embrittlement temperature and fracturing off |
Food | Cryogenic Grinding | Allows the finest grinding of spices with better retention of organic and aroma. |
Food | Cryogenic Chilling | Enables poultry, beef, mutton based fast food manufacturers maintain a high quality finished products, reduce lost and faster production |
Manufacturing | Welding | CO2 decomposes to CO and O2 at welding temperatures, producing an oxidizing effect similar to a combination of argon plus 0-5% O2. |
Wastewater | Treatment | Allows much more accurate pH control than any acid system |
Manufacturing (Plastic) | Spot Cooling | Allows more accurate and faster cooling imparting finest finishing quality |
Industry | Application | Description |
Analytical Laboratories | Specimen Preparation | Preparation of some specimens prior to testing |
Analytical Laboratories | Cold Traps | Liquid nitrogen is used in a cold trap to capture impurities in a gaseous line. |
Chemical | Inerting | Inerting of chemicals in tanks and in transport |
Chemical | Cooling of Exothermic Reaction | Cooling chemical reactions in a jacketed reactor. |
Chemical | Vapor Recovery | Recovery of volatile vapors from processes by cooling the vapor to below its boiling temperature and turning it to liquid, them recovering the liquid. |
Chemical | Pipe freezing | Liquid nitrogen is put through custom jackets on the outside of a pipeline to freeze the liquid inside and create a plug. These plugs are located on either side of a break to stop flow so the line may be serviced. |
Chemical | Vacuum Breaking | Gas is used to break vacuums in reactor tanks to prevent oxygen from contaminating the chemical |
Electronics | Cleaning | Nitrogen is used to clean the surfaces of fiber optic strands prior to connecting to one another |
Electronics | Soldering | ICB (Interconnecting Circuit Boards) are soldered under a nitrogen atmosphere to prevent oxygen contamination |
Food | Sparging | Sparging non-carbonated drinks with nitrogen to remove dissolved oxygen |
Food | Pressurizing | Pressurizing of non-carbonated beverages in aluminum cans |
Food | Deboning | Deboning of beef and/or chicken by cooling the meat on the bone to embrittlement temperature and fracturing off |
Food | Sausage Cooling | Cooling sausage blending operation so fat does not liquefy. |
Food | Batch Cooling | Batch cooling of ground beef, pork or poultry to retain fat content. |
Food | Cryo-Grinding | Cryogenic grinding of high oil content or difficult to grind spices |
Food | Extrusion Cooling | Cooling of extruded foods to increase production |
Food | Pneumatic Cooling | Liquid nitrogen is injected into a bulk products transfer line to cool products such as flour. |
Food | Mold Cooling | Cooling of molded candy and gum for quick release from mold |
Manufacturing | Vulcanization-Tires | Vulcanization is a curing process that makes natural and synthetic rubber harder and more wear resistant. |
Manufacturing | Body – Heat Treating | Heat treating processes use hydrogen and nitrogen in annealing furnaces to strengthen and improve formability of the steel. |
Manufacturing | Heat Treating | Nitrogen-based protective atmosphere for their furnaces. |
Pharmaceuticals | Reactor & Fluid Cooling | Chemical Synthesis, Process Development, Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients |
Pharmaceuticals | Lyophilization / Freeze Drying | Steriles, Vaccines, Process Development & Manufacturing |
Pharmaceuticals | Vent-gas Recovery | Environmental Compliance, Cost Reduction |
Refining | Production | Used to inert hydrocarbon systems |
Manufacturing (Construction) | Ground Freezing | Allows reliable, quick and cost efficient soil treatment |
Manufacturing (Construction) | Concrete Cooling | Eliminates any possibilities of internal crack initiation and ensures faster curing |
Manufacturing (Plastic) | Injection Molding | Nitrogen assisted injection molding for fine quality finishing and improved productivity |
Industry | Application | Description |
Biotechnology | Metabolic Gases | Process Requirement, Performance, Reliability |
Energy | Production | Cost-effective and reliable means to decrease NOx emissions |
Manufacturing | Body – Combustion | Combustion processes use oxygen to melt scrap, refine the steel, and heat the furnaces that reheat steel slabs. |
Manufacturing | Body – Heat Treating, Welding & Combustion | Welding processes use carbon dioxide for auto bodies. |
Manufacturing | Oxy-Fuel | Oxy-Fuel Conversion of Glass Furnaces |
Manufacturing | Welding | O2 is added to shielding gas, where it helps produce a more stable arc, improves wetting of the weld edges and reduces weld spattering. |
Pharmaceuticals | Fermentation | Productivity, Yield |
Refining | Production | Oxygen is used inside refineries to enhance combustion processes |
Wastewater | Treatment | Respiration of the micro-organisms that convert organic wastes into harmless carbon dioxide and water |