The Applied Superconductivity Conference (ASC 2010), held this summer in Washington, DC (August 1–6), brought together over 1,400 leaders in the commercial, military, research, university, and industrial communities from around the world. (www.ascinc.org/article/view/introduction).
CryoGas International is partnering with Robert W. Baird & Co. to provide quarterly reports on the state of the US Gases and Welding & Cutting Distributor segment from the perspective of the broader US Industrial Distribution industry. Baird, an international wealth management...
As most CryoGas International readers know, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) (www.blm.gov) is responsible for managing the United States’ Federal Helium Reserve and for selling crude helium (a gas mixture that’s between 50 and 80 percent helium) to private-sector helium refiners, who market...
Since its start-up in January this year, Linde’s state-of-the-art helium liquefaction plant at Wickham Point, near Darwin, Australia, has been steadily ramping up to full capacity of 150 million cubic feet of helium per annum.
The Global Gases Group (www.global gases.com), a multinational industrial gas company headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, is a leading player in the supply of helium, MRI helium, welding gases, and the offshore gas requirements of customers operating vessels and barges working...
This month we provide our yearly review of helium, a topic in the forefront of the news. A lot has happened in the past year including a decline in helium demand in 2009 due to the recession. In January 2010,...
In this interview, CryoGas International talks with MATHESON’s (www.matheson gas.com) Phil Kornbluth and Bob Lein about their Company’s perspective on the worldwide helium business, the National Research Council’s (NRC) recently released helium study (“Selling the Nation’s Helium Reserve”), and the Bureau of Land...
As a commodity, helium is in increased demand and scarce supply. This situation places pressure on existing helium production capacities and has stimulated the need for developing intelligent technologies that conserve helium resources. There are a number of recycling and recovery methods...
In this issue, CryoGas International focuses on infrastructure development. The building, redesign, and repair of large infrastructure, like transportation networks, municipal water systems, power plants, new energy-generating systems, and even baseball stadiums, all have one thing in common — they require lots of welding...
Nearly half of the nation’s gross national product is related to welding in one way or another. Much of what we use in daily life is welded or made by equipment that is welded. There are welds in everything from...
