Gases & Instrumentation - March/April 2008

GOW-MAC Participates in Polar Expedition

GOW-MAC® Instrument Company has been named as a “Supplier” to the “Total Pole Airship” expedition, providing the Model 20-600 Portable Binary Gas Analyzer for helium purity measurements. The expedition, taking place March - June 2008 and led by Dr. Jean-Louis Etienne, will measure the thickness of the pack ice while crossing the entire Arctic Ocean. The expedition will explore the pack ice in an airship.

Industrial Scientific Releases Gas
Monitor Training Video
Industrial Scientific Corporation announced
that two new online training videos have
been added to the company’s Web site.
A 19-minute online video gives a general
overview of the MX6 iBrid™ multi-gas moni-
tor, as well as its features and operation.
This training tool combines video footage
with voiceover to guide the viewer through
topics like menu navigation, remote sam-
pling, datalogging and calibration. The video
is divided into 17 tutorials for easy naviga-
tion and reference. The video is available on
Industrial Scientific’s Web site at www.indsci.
com/services/ MX6_Video_English.aspx.

Praxair Acquires Packaged Gases Business

Praxair Distribution, Inc., a subsidiary of Praxair, Inc. has acquired Kirk Welding Supply, Inc. of Kansas City, Missouri. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

The acquired company had sales of $28 million in 2007. Through 10 locations in eastern Kansas and western Missouri, the company sells high-pressure industrial and specialty gases, welding equipment and related supplies and services.

Thermo Fisher Scientific Launches Gas Chromatography Packages

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. announced the launch of Biodiesel GC Productivity Solutions for EN/ASTM Gas Chromatography (GC) methods. Designed as a comprehensive set of solutions, the Thermo Scientific Biodiesel GC Productivity Solutions provide integration that can lead to increased productivity for the three most commonly applied GC-based methods: EN 14103 for fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) characterization and linolenic acid methyl ester determination; EN 14105 / ASTM D6584 for free and total glycerine content; EN 14110 for methanol content.

Tiger Optics Awarded Five Patents; Announces National Lab Installations

Tiger Optics LLC announced that it has received patents rights from the U. S. Patent and Trademark Office for five new innovations of the company’s patented Continuous Wave Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy (CW CRDS) technology. The new patents improve analytical sensitivity and increase the range of species that can be measured, allowing Tiger Optics to expand beyond gas analysis into the field of liquid analysis. Tiger Optics is now positioned to develop biological and chemical applications for the needs of Homeland Security and medical research, among others.

In another announcement, Tiger Optics related that eight National Laboratories around the world are using the company’s C W CRDS-based gas analyzers for research and as a transfer standard. National Laboratories using Tiger Optics’ analyzers are those of the United Kingdom, Finland, Holland, Japan, Korea, China, India, and the United States.