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The Rogersville Review
Kingsport Branch of Airgas Wins National Branch of the Year Award
A local gas, welding and safety distributor has earned the National Branch of the Year award from its headquarters, Airgas, an Air Liquide company. Selected among more than 900 Airgas branches across the country, the Kingsport branch was selected as one of four national branches of the year, an award in its 18th year celebrating excellence in customer service, safety and financial performance...
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Bristol Herald Courier
Kingsport Company Earns National Honor
Airgas, an Air Liquide company located in Kingsport, Tennessee, has earned the national branch of the year award from its headquarters. Selected among more than 900 Airgas branches across the country, the Kingsport branch was selected as one of four national branches of the year, an award in its 18th year, celebrating excellence in customer service, safety and financial performance...
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Airgas Company Donates Equipment to KHS Welding Program
Airgas, an Air Liquide company, selected Keokuk High School to receive welding education program support as part of the Airgas High School Welding Education Initiative. Airgas is providing material donations and educational support to KHS as part of an effort to support underserved high school welding programs...
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Airgas Opens Altec Engineering Solutions Center in Ohio
Airgas has opened a new facility in Twinsburg, Ohio. The multifaceted Altec Engineering Solutions Center brings the company’s Altec Engineering Solutions and Advanced Fabrication teams together to develop products and technologies for the manufacturing, metal fabrication, construction, food production, and heat-treating industries...
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The Fabricator
How the Welding Cobot Changes the Metal Fabrication Shop
Collaborative robots have come a long way during the past decade, particularly in metal manufacturing. They began as a curiosity. Some shops purchased a cobot or two just to see what they could do with them. Yes, they could perform light pick-and-place tasks, but that has limited applicability in sheet metal and plate fabrication...
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Airgas Opens Welding and Packaged Gas Retail Store in Lakeville
Airgas has opened a new retail facility in Lakeville at 21229 Hamburg Ave. This facility enables a step-change improvement in capabilities and service reach to key markets in the south metro and southern Minnesota and will encompass a variety of Airgas customer service avenues....
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G.I. Jobs
Making it in America
Like most industries, US manufacturing took one in the chops from COVID-19. While manufacturing employment increased by 38,000 in December and gained ground over the last eight months of 2020, employment in manufacturing was 543,000 below its February 2020 level...
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Bechtel Recognizes Nine Supply Chain Partners
Recognition celebrates performances that contribute to project success despite impacts of COVID-19 Bechtel recognized nine subcontractors and suppliers as key contributors to the success of its projects in the oil, gas and chemicals business...
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Metal Forming Magazine
Cobots Keep Stamping Presses Fed at WI Manufacturer
There’s a shining, shooting star in the world of industrial automation. Collaborative robots, commonly called cobots and designed to work safely, economically and productively alongside humans in a variety of applications, are exhibiting impressive market growth as manufacturers employ them in new ways on a daily basis...
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Airgas awarded Silver Recognition
Airgas has earned Silver Recognition and been named by VIQTORY to the 2021 Military Friendly® Employers list for the second year in a row...
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Bulk Transporter
Airgas among winners of Trimble's 2020 Ovation Awards
Trimble announced the winners of its Ovations Awards during the virtual in.sight user conference. These customers achieved remarkable performance improvements with Trimble Transportation solutions, the company said....
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Cherry Hill Courier-Post
Truck parade marks retirement after more than 50 years behind the wheel
When Joe Morales Sr. retired as a driver, he got two little trucks as mementos of this time with Airgas. And as special salute, a parade of actual Airgas trucks, their horns blaring as they rumbled past the 50-year employee. A handful of private vehicles also took part in the surprise tribute Friday...
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Salina Tech, Airgas offers free welding class for teachers
Educators always want to learn what they can do better in the classroom for their students. Salina Tech and Airgas is making that possible for agriculture and technology teachers by offering a free two-day welding class for those teaching that subject...
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New Jersey Herald
SCCC receives donations to welding, automotive programs
Sussex County Community College praised area businesses and the local community for donations that will allow students to receive valuable experience in programs at its McGuire Technical Education Center...
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Salina Area Technical College Partners with Airgas: Students and Teachers Benefit
Activity at the Salina Regional Airport and Airport Industrial Center continues to return to pre-COVID19 levels. United flights operated by SkyWest Airlines will resume nonstop service to both Chicago and Denver on Tuesday, September 8...
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Targeting the Skills Gap in Forming and Fabricating (Part One)
Manufacturing Engineering COVID-19 has been a major challenge for manufacturers, not only in dealing with the economic fallout but also in how to keep operating while maintaining employee safety...
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How Manufacturers Can Cope with COVID-19 While Becoming More Resilient
Manufacturing Engineering COVID-19 has been a major challenge for manufacturers, not only in dealing with the economic fallout but also in how to keep operating while maintaining employee safety...
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Compressed Gas Association recognises safety award winners at annual meeting
The Compressed Gas Association (CGA) has announced the winners of its industry-leading safety awards on a virtual 2020 Annual Meeting...
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Airgas keeping up with oxygen demand in New York City
Airgas, an Air Liquide company, has been delivering an average of 2,700 oxygen cylinders daily to customers in New York City as the coronavirus pandemic continues to unfold at a staggering pace...
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Chemical Engineering Online
Air Liquide and Solidia reaffirm partnership
After a successful pilot phase, Air Liquide (Paris; www.airliquide.com) has renewed its partnership with Solidia Technologies, a developer of solutions to reduce the environmental footprint of precast concrete manufacturing...
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Airgas to present at IPPE
Airgas will showcase its food innovations to reduce waste, avoid recalls and add sustainability elements to operational, transport and waste management processes at the International Production and Processing Expo (IPPE)...
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Reflecting on FABTECH's record-breaking 2019
Early November weather wasn’t kind to Chicagoans, who endured snow, sleet, and single-digit temperatures. The mess arrived Nov. 11, just in time for FABTECH®, North America’s largest industry event, which began just as the flight cancellations that day mounted...
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Airgas, a distributor of industrial, medical and specialty gases, has filed permits to build a location in Spokane Valley. The company filed plans to build a more than 9,700-square-foot building near the southwest corner of Fancher Road and Desmet Avenue…
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Walking the Talk on Workforce Development
When we talk about the skills gap, it sounds like one monolithic issue. In reality, it’s thousands of individual issues; every U.S. manufacturing company, each with unique needs and issues, must solve the riddle of attracting and retaining new talent…
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Food Technology Magazine
Packaging Solutions for Baked Goods
The United States has the highest sales volume of prepackaged bakery products. Japan, Europe, Brazil, and China are large secondary markets for prepackaged baked goods. For baked goods, packaging can extend shelf life by decreasing…
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Refrigerated and Frozen Foods
Challenges of cost-effective food freezing
Selecting a quality system that preserves food in the most economical amount of time is one of the biggest challenges facing frozen food manufacturers. From TV dinners to organic gourmet meals, the frozen food industry has...
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Welding Journal
Choosing Wisely When Welding Aluminum
Due to its lightweight strength and corrosion resistance, aluminum is a popular material in general industrial applications.–Fig. 1. These characteristics make aluminum a desirable material when the reduction of weight leads to lower vehicle emissions...
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Welding Productivity
Gas Supply Strategy
Plans are falling into place —you've got the most productive team of welders available to work on your next construction project and you're coming in under budget...
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The News-Review
Students become certified welders at Umpqua FFA District Shop Skills Career Development Event
Roseburg, Oakland, Sutherlin and Glide students became certified in welding during the May 22 Umpqua FFA District Shop Skills Career Development event at Glide.
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9and10 News
High School Welders Sparked Competition at Ferris State University
Ferris State University is sparking some friendly competition as high school students came from around the state to show off their welding skills. Friday, the Ferris State Welding Engineering Technology Program hosted its 16th annual Welding Competition......
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Gasworld
FABTECH Provides a Window Into the Future
More than 35,000 attended the trade show where there were 1,500 exhibitors at the Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta on 6th to 8th November. They battled through stationary traffic around the city to see what the most popular and trend-setting products.....
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Bulk Transporter
Airgas Reinforcing Supply Network with New ASU Facilities
Airgas, an Air Liquide company, says it plans to build two air separation units (ASUs) that increase bulk gas production in the Midwest and Northeast, and complement Airgas’ independent supply network throughout the United States.....
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Industrial Supply Magazine
Airgas to Acquire Tech Air
Airgas has signed a definitive agreement to acquire TA Corporate Holdings Inc., a distributor of industrial gases and welding supplies. The transaction is expected to enable Airgas to strengthen....
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Airgas Brings Philadelphia High School Welding Students on a Tour of New Advanced Fabrication Center at the Air Liquide Delaware Innovation Campus

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Welding Productivity
Helping America's Veterans Establish Successful, Sustainable Careers in Welding
Ask any American to describe a veteran and you'll undoubtedly hear a huge assortment of positive attributes:Veterans are brave, strong and selfless...
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Welding to Compete
Welding Productivity
From one customers to the next, equipment suppliers notice a handful of common inefficiencies that customers tend to walk right by on their very own shop floors.
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Equipped Brewer
Don’t Let Your Craft Brewing Production Go Flat – Top Tips for Staying Afloat with Carbon Dioxide
From bottles, hops and labels, to specialty bar stools and décor for your new brewery, it is surprisingly common for a new brewer to overlook a key component to the brewing process and business: finding a reliable supply of carbon dioxide (CO2).
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Hydrocarbon Engineering
The Role of Industrial Gases in Reducing Sulfur Emissions
The reduction of sulfur emissions in crude refining operations has been a foremost environmental initiative over the past 25 years. Rules and standards focused on lowering emissions relate to both direct crude refining operations and to the fuels they produce.
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Compressed Air Best Practices
Pure & Enriched: The Advantages of Using Oxygen in Wastewater Treatment Processes
Wastewater treatment processes have come a long way in the past century, but demand continues to grow for more reliable and efficient treatment technologies. As a result, industry professionals are searching for an all-encompassing solution to enhance their treatment plants and processes.
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Grays Harbor Talk
Aberdeen Retail Location Wins Airgas’s National Branch of the Year Award
A local gas, welding and safety distributor has earned a national award from its company, Airgas, an Air Liquide company. Out of 900+ branches across the country, the Aberdeen Airgas branch was selected as one of four national branches of the year.
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Inside Business - Hampton Roads Business Journal
Business Notes for week of Aug. 13
Five new members have recently joined the Chesapeake Regional Health Foundation Board of Directors. Christopher Crouch, Michael J. Kos, C. Ross Morgan, Tara Preston and Woody Warren began their appointments July 1. Their terms will last through June 2021.
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Washita Valley Weekly
Airgas of Chickasha Wins National Award
Airgas of Chickasha was just awarded National Small Branch of the Year for 2017. Chickasha was recognized as being one of the best branches in communities nationwide based on customer service, safety, and financial performance.
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Hydrocarbon Engineering
Face Up to the Challenge
New regulatory requirements from the Environmental Protection Agency are set to bring operating and compliance challenges to refinery flares. K. Herman Holm, Spectrum Environmental Solutions LLC, USA, and Andy Shurtleff, Airgas, an Air Liquide company, explain.
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Gasworld
Airgas Merchant Gases Supports Guard and Reserve Members
Airgas Merchant Gases, a division of Airgas, an Air Liquide company, signed a Statement of Support for the Guard and Reserve with the Texas Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), a Department of Defence programme, on 15th May, at the company’s West Little York Road Offices in Houston.
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The Welding Journal
Quality vs. Quantity: How to Train and Retain the Best in the Business
It’s no secret the welding industry continues to face a shortage of skilled labor year after year. In fact, the American Welding Society (AWS) estimates there will be a shortage of almost 400,000 welding operators in the industry by 2024.
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Hose + Coupling World
An interview with Fred Schweighardt: National Projects Leader for Airgas
Hose + Coupling World was happy to speak with Fred Schweighardt, an international expert in welding and cutting, and Chairman of the upcoming Hose + Coupling World Americas Conference & Expo in October 2018. He describes...
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Central Valley Business Journal
Airgas to expand CO2 operations to Port of Stockton
The Port of Stockton will soon be home to a new Airgas facility that will produce liquid carbon dioxide (CO2).
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The Welder
4 Ways Welding Distributors Can Help Weld Shops
Welding distributors are equipped to help you in more ways than you might think. From process analyses and safety audits to hands-on training and equipment demonstrations, many distributors can offer expertise and...
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Cooling Best Practices Magazine
Chillers, Vacuum and Compressed Air at the 2018 IPPE Expo
The 2018 International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) projected to bring together more than 1,150 exhibitors and 30,000 visitors to Atlanta Atlanta, from Jan. 30 - Feb. 1, 2018. The tradeshow focuses on...
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Hanford Sentinel
Airgas builds locally, looks for drivers
HANFORD — Airgas Inc. began in January constructing a production and distribution plant in Kings Industrial Park which will employ up to 15 on site and at least two drivers.
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Gasworld.com
Airgas Expands Presence in California
Airgas, an Air Liquide company, is increasing its presence in California with the construction of a new liquid carbon dioxide (CO2) production facility and the expansion of an air separation unit (ASU).
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EquippedBrewer.com
4 Tips to Operating a Successful Craft Brewery
The decision to transition from brewing beer as a hobbyist to running a commercial brewery is a big one. The craft brewing market is booming, with more people than ever before getting into the business. According to the Brewer’s Association, there were more than five thousand breweries...
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Gasworld.com
Houston’s Thanksgiving Parade balloons lifted by Air Liquide and Airgas
Airgas, an Air Liquide company, has been contracted to lift the balloons at Houston’s 68th annual H-E-B Thanksgiving Day Parade, by supplying more than 40,000 cubic feet of helium (He) for the celebrations.
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NBC10 Philadelphia/Phila. Business Journal
Radnor-Based Airgas to Build $47M Facility in North Carolina
Airgas USA, a distributor of specialty gases, will move forward with plans to build a new air separation unit in Mebane, North Carolina, that local officials have previously estimated will cost $47 million and create 35 jobs.
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Midlands Business Journal
Airgas seeks to capitalize on vitality of industrial sector
It’s a dynamic time in the industry and with the recent consolidation of Airgas with Air Liquide, a multinational corporation with a presence in 80 countries, the new entity to be called Airgas (an Air Liquide company), is expected to operate from a strengthened platform in Nebraska and Iowa.
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Taking Control
Flare monitoring and control requirements
Emissions from industrial ares have been under increased scrutiny from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as well as many states over the last five years.
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99 Great Workplaces
Steven Kirby has had plenty of opportunities to move around Airgas, starting in accounting out of college, moving through IT and operations roles...
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TheHattiesburgPost
National Plant of the Year
Airgas fill plant takes top honors he Hattiesburg cylinder gas fill plant has Cylinder Plant of the Year trophy made been named National Plant of the Year by from a three-foot gold cylinder. Addi- Airgas, an Air Liquide company. Selected tionally, each plant associate receives a from among 350 Airgas plants across the country, the Hattiesburg fill plant was the top performing...
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Gasworld Magazine
Transitioning into the future at full speed
It has been a year since Airgas, a venerable US industrial gas producer and distributor, officially became an Air Liquide subsidiary with the finalizing of a $13.4bn acquisition deal by the French- based company.
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Valve World Magazine
Industrial cryogenics: The drilled ball valve advantage in cryogenic application
A native of West Texas, Sumners received an academic scholarship from Texas Tech University that led him to pursue chemical engineering, a slight contrast from his original goals of a career in a laboratory.
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Valve World Magazine
The subtle science of burr-free laser cutting
Quite often, of course, burrs (or dross) remain. Such imperfections may seem like par for the course, but many times operators can avoid them by making the right adjustments to the...
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NASA Tech Briefs
System Recycles & Purifies for Large Volume Helium
Recycling and purifying high-flow helium allows uninterrupted test of high-volume, high-pressure regulators and relief valves. Large-scale helium...
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Industial Safety & Hygiene
Consider Different Eye Protection Options
At the urging of the EPA, the new admin- istration has been asked to support an increase in report- ing violations of the Clean Air Act, and require more frequent inspections to monitor compliance.
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Industial Safety & Hygiene
Respiratory Risks
In a number of industries, one of the most important safety measures an employer must adhere to is taking proper precautions with eye safety. OSHA estimates that over three million...
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EHS Today
When Handling Compressed Gas Cylinders
It comes as no surprise that safety should always be a top concern when using compressed gases. What may be most surprising to learn, however, is that almost all accidents involving compressed gases intially result from not following...
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Pollution Engineering
Ten Things to Know About Gas
In the wake of the recent changes to 40 CFR Part 60 test methods, there are many things businesses can do to prevent problems with their calibration gases. Here are ten key tips to help ensure accuracy and stability of protocol gases.
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Industrial Safety Hygiene
Reassess Your Fall Protection Program
Anyone who has ever fallen knows the instant feeling of panic and loss of control that takes over in the first few seconds. Unfortunately, it only takes those few seconds to fall, but the resulting serious injuries may last a lifetime
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Utility Automation
Ten Steps to Reduce SF6 Emissions
Sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) is widely used in the electric utility industry for insulating circuit breakers, substations and switchgear in electric power transmission and distribution.
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Chemical Engineering
Optimizing Your Deliveries of Industrial Gases
At the typical chemical process plant, industrial gases rank relatively low on the list of expenditures. But the complexity of choosing the right grades of gas and the optimal supply modes for all the diverse applications at most plants can create
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American Laboratory
Ten Steps to Maintaining Gas Stream Purity
Many problems in gas chromatography follow a cylinder change-out, prompting chemists to buy ever-higher purity grades of gas. Yet, problems such as elevated baseline noise, ghost peaks, and excessive column...
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Hydrocarbon Processing
Shift Gas Procurement & Usage Paradigms
While ranking relatively low on expenditure lists, specialty and packaged gases used in the hydrocarbon processing industry (HPI) usually cause the most annoyances and problems. Why would there be more complica- tions with gases than almost any other lab product?
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LC/GC
How to Buy Gas Calibration Mixes
Questions such as “How is the gas certi- fied?,” “What standard should I use?,” and “What level of uncertainty is acceptable?” are common concerns heard among those tasked with specifying and using mixtures.
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Fabricating & Metalworking Magazine
Do it Onsite
Optimizing the shielding gas for the operation is particularly impor- tant when automating. Certain shielding gases can increase travel speed up to 30 percent – a produc- tivity gain ideally suited for...
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Pollution Engineering
Absolute Zero Defined
Respiratory risks are most prevalent in the construction, shipyard employ- ment, marine terminals and longshoring industries due to workers’ increased chance of being exposed to material...
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Welding Design & Fabrication
Make it MicroBulk
By nature, steel cutters are sharp thinkers. But it was an edgy innovation that...
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National Provisioner Online
Airgas features innovative and sustainable solutions for food industry
Airgas, an Air Liquide company, showcased novel methods to reduce food waste, avoid food recalls and add sustainability elements to operational, transport and waste management processes at IPPE 2020...
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The Fabricator
Manufacturing's skills gap crisis at a critical juncture
Advanced automation is here to stay, but fabricators can’t automate their skilled labor problems away...
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The News Review
Glide High School students get a lesson in welding from the professionals at Airgas
Advanced Skills Teacher Ben Kercher was assisted by three Airgas employees to teach his ag mechanics classes at Glide High School on Thursday...
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3 steps to prepare a fab shop for welding automation
Open communication and proper training go a long way to ensuring a successful technology implementation...
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Front Porch News
Sulphur Springs Branch Wins Airgas’ National Branch of the Year Award
A local gas, welding and safety distributor has earned the National Branch of the Year award from its company, Airgas, an Air Liquide company...
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Airgas Cleveland Area Associates Stuff the Bus
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Airgas opens liquid CO2, dry ice facility in Stockton CA
A local gas, welding and safety distributor has earned the National Branch of the Year award from its company, Airgas, an Air Liquide company...
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Compressed Gas Association
CGA Welcomes Andy Cichocki of Airgas and Marie Ffolkes of Air Products as Incoming Chair and Vice Chair of the Association’s Board of Directors
During the recent Annual Meeting of the Association in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, Andy Cichocki of Airgas, an Air Liquide company, and Marie A. Ffolkes of Air Products, were unanimously elected 2019 Chair and Vice Chair, respectively, of the Compressed Gas Association (CGA) Board of Directors...
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Fabricating and Metalworking
Partners Donate Cutting System to College
Airgas, Hypertherm, and Machitech donate high-definition plasma cutting technology to the Ferris State University Welding Engineering Technology program...
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