Cabinets for Gas: Argon Storage

In our industry, one of our major safety concerns is having proper storage for various types of gases and other materials. The most common way in which we store various gases that we are not currently using or shipping out is in a temperature controlled warehouse. One gas, argon, was used on a regular basis by our company and we constantly had to reorder more liquid sources and pulled the gas from there. We found we needed less physical space, but more efficient lead time in reordering in order to minimize storage. Despite the fact that we relied on other types of gas, argon was the one that we used on a regular basis and needed to keep in stock.

I was put in charge of finding a more cost effective way to store and order our gases. If we did not find new storage method soon, we might have to slow down production while incurring costs. The business relied on proper storage because if we used incorrect gases or there was a leak, then it would be an extreme risk for the company. One of the purposes of our company was to obtain argon through a process called cryogenic distillation.

Cryogenic distillation requires cooling air from the atmosphere down to a liquid. Then we slowly let it evaporate at different temperatures. This process can isolate the different gases in the air by the variations in temperature. There are different gases at different temperatures because each gas in the air evaporates at different temperatures. During this process, we can also gather oxygen and nitrogen.

As you can see this is a complicated process, so once we secure the gases we need, we have to have a suitable storage environment. If we do not have a suitable gas cabinet to store our gases, then we could lose it back into the air. This makes the expensive cryogenic distillation process almost worthless. In order to reduce our losses, we need proper storage for our gases. I went online to find a company that could offer the proper cabinets for our business.

I found a great website for a company that had access to thousands of cabinets that we could use. I was able to find the type of cabinet that was specific for my gas. Argon is a relatively safe substance, but the gas cabinet was necessary for us to save on our expenses and to give us the additional storage that we needed. We ended up purchasing other gas cabinets because they were newer than some of our currently installed storage cabinets.