Gases & Instrumentation - March/April 2011

of compressed air or inert gas ensures complete and even blending between heavier and lighter liquids - or to prevent product oxidation. Linde www. linde.com

Bios Celebrates 20 Years of
Service to Flow Community

Bios International marked 20 years of serving the gas flow community in January 2011. BIOS was founded in 1991 by CEO Harvey Padden and Scott Calvert, President of Bios. Padden had spent years developing prior to that, developing the DryCal® dry-piston prover, with the aim of producing calibrators that were more accurate, more reliable and easier to operate than other products on the market. Bios will be celebrating its 20th birthday with a variety of special events and promotions throughout the year. BIOS International www. biosint.com 973-492-8400

Servomex Americas
Upgrades Customers’
Training Center

Servomex has upgraded
its facilities at the company’s
American Business Center in
Sugar Land, Texas. New class-
room facilities have been
opened for training for use of
products including the SER-
VOTOUGH Laser cross-stack
monitor, SERVOPRO MultiEx-
act multigas analyzer and the
SERVOTOUGH Oxy oxygen
analyzer. The training room
is stocked with a full range of
Servomex analyzers, including
training units which can be dis-
assembled so customers can
view and understand the tech-
nologies inside. Operational
analyzers are also available
that are used for sales train-
ing for Servomex’s distributor
network. Servomex’s labora-
tory has also received new
testing equipment to service
and repair analyzers in-house.
Servomex www.servomex.
com 281-295-5800

Brooks Instrument Opens
New Cleanroom

Brooks Instrument, a manufacturer of advanced flow, pressure and level solutions, opened the doors to its new cleanroom manufacturing facility with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at its headquarters in Hatfield, Pa. The new Class 100 cleanroom will serve primarily as the production area for Brooks’ GF Series ultra high-purity mass flow controllers for the high tech and electronics industry. Brooks Instrument www.brooksinstrument.com 888-554-3569

Gas Innovations Plans
Expansion

Gas Innovations, an inde-
pendent gases wholesaler and
provider of equipment and ser-
vices to industrial gas producers
and distributors, announced the
purchase of four acres adjoining
the firm’s La Porte, TX headquar-
ters. The acquisition doubles
the size of Gas Innovations’
facilities strategically located
at the mouth of the Houston
ship channel. Expansion plans
include additional high pres-
sure filling of hydrocarbons and
carbon monoxide, tube trailer
storage, cryogenic storage of
methane or liquefied natural
gas (LNG), and increased activ-
ity of hydrogen chloride cylinder
filling and services. Gas Innova-
tions www.gasinnovations.com
281-471-2200

Gasco Adds QA Manager,
Expands Facility

Gasco Affiliates, LLC, a
producer of precision cali-
bration gas, has announced
the appointment of a new
quality assurance manager
and further expansion of its
26,000-square-foot produc-
tion facility, warehouse and
corporate offices. Bill Miller, a
23-year quality control man-
agement veteran, has been
named quality assurance
manager. Also, Gasco has
completed a 4,100-square-
foot expansion of its ware-
house facilities in Oldsmar, Fla.
The new addition will house
Gasco’s quality assurance
department. The Gasco facil-
ity now spans 30,000 square
feet. Gasco www.gasco.com
813-343-5631

MOCON Installs
Permeation Units

MOCON has installed oxygen and water vapor permeation units in a Lhasa, Tibet pharmaceutical testing laboratory. Located at 11,450 feet (3490 meters), the two-mile plus, above sea-level location, represents MOCON’s highest altitude installation. The units will be used to measure package permeation for traditional Tibetan herbal remedies and conventional pharmaceuticals. MOCON www.mocon.com 763-493-7228

RASIRC Appoints
Engineering Manager

RASIRC, a steam purification company, announced that David Neuschuler joined its team as engineering manager. Neuschuler brings over 30 years of engineering and management experience, most recently as director of technology development at Teledyne Advanced Pollution Instrumentation. He is responsible for development of RASIRC products for semiconductor, photovoltaics, nanotechnology and other manufacturing applications. RASIRC www. rasirc.com 858-259-1220

CORRECTION:

Please note that in the feature article “The Material Science of Seals: Part I” that appears in the January/ February issue of Gases & Instrumentation, should read: Figure 2: FEA showing internal stress on a seal (Source: Fred Freerks Consulting)