G&I: Presenting the Best
of Gases Technology in 2010
PAUL NESDORE, PUBLISHER/EDITOR
Welcome to the January/
February 2010 edition of Gases
& Instrumentation International
Magazine. We are looking forward to a technology-packed
year for G&I. With this year’s
issues, we hope to present
information on the technologies that are critically important
to the gases industry. As per our
charter, G&I will provide a mix
of technology articles, case
studies, tutorials, emerging
technologies and the applied
technology of leading products to help businesses find
solutions to their 2010 challenges. Augmenting the feature articles, our new products
section will display domestic
and international products as
well as news. But we feel that
technology excellence needs
its recognition, which is why
we conduct the Golden Gas
Awards, to let others read about
the best technology around.
This current issue exemplifies
all of these aspects. To wit:
Pure Technology: Orbital
welding of semiconductor
process gas lines. Welding is an
important part of the technolo-
gy. Orbital welding has become
a precision process that must
take into account both leak-
age and contamination issues,
In addition, sophisticated
power supplies are necessary
to control the complex weld-
ing process. Our current weld-
ing feature is a detailed view
on what is required to make a
good, clean orbital weld.
case s Tudy: Wireless cyl-
inder monitoring and control.
Our case study this month is
important for anyone having a
fleet of gas cylinders that needs
to be constantly monitored and
controlled. Described is the cost
savings for the implementation
of a non-intrusive method of
cylinder monitoring.
new Fron Tiers: Photovol-
taic manufacturing. Although
PV has been around for quite
a while, its momentum has
increased rapidly in the last few
years as an emphasis has been
placed on renewable energy
sources. Estimates have indi-
cated that gases contribute as
much as 20% of the cost of PV
manufacturing. Our photovol-
taic section includes an Execu-
tive View that describes the
position of a major manufac-
turer regarding their pro-active
move to set stainless steel
standards for the PV industry,
as well as industry news and
products related to PV.
new ProducT Tech
nology: Steam generation
for thermal oxidation of silicon.
Focused on MEMS device fabri-
cation, this technology shows
how pyrolytic steam genera-
tion requiring hydrogen, can be
replaced by a new hydrogen-
John Baxter
Manager, Product & Technology
Swagelok Semiconductor Services
Company
Lloyd Brown, Ph. D.
Semiconductor Process Gases
R&D Manager
Praxair
Robert Ford
Bulk Specialty Gas Manager
Air Products
Editorial Advisory Board
Richard Green
Manager of Business Development
CONCOA
Carter Hall
VP / GM
Capitol Area Business Solutions
J. V. Martinez De Pinillos, Ph.D.
Director,
Office of Microelectronics Programs
National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST)
Kavita Murthi
Sub-Atmospheric Gas Products Marketing
Manager
Matheson Tri-Gas
Dr. Edward Naranjo
Product Manager
General Monitors
Bruce Nasser
Analytical Chemist/Industrial Scientist
Oxygen Service Company
Patrick G. Smith
Vice President and Director of R&D
Sensor Electronics
Andrew Tipler
Senior Staff Scientist, Chromatography
PerkinElmer
Stephen Vaughan
President
Custom Gas Solutions
