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Posts Tagged ‘gas cabinets’
Thursday, November 26th, 2009
In the medical field, the proper storage of gas within gas cabinets is one of our most important safety concerns. In order to meet all state regulations and building codes, gas must be properly stored in gas cabinets. All medical facilities must adhere to guidelines set forth by both state and federal governments regarding the proper storage of gas containers.
Gas storage is an important safety concern for all medical facilities. The following guidelines will help you to select gas storage options that will ensure that you meet all codes and regulations and maintain a safe facility for your employees.
Gas cylinders should always be stored in well ventilated areas and separate from other gases. They should always be clearly labeled and protected against tampering. This is why it is imperative for medical facilities to purchase gas cabinets to store gas cylinders.
Storage area selection is another important factor to consider. While you want ventilation, you also want your cylinders to be protected against the elements and moisture since these can elements can cause corrosion. You will also want to keep your cylinders out of direct sunlight and away from heat sources.
Cylinders must always be kept secure in place. If a cylinder was to fall over and potentially sheer off its valve there are many dangerous hazards that could result from this situation. Always make sure that cylinders are chained or clamped into place to prevent injury.
Cylinders should never be stored in areas that reach above 125 degrees. Regardless of the cylinders composition do not take the chance of improperly storing your cylinder. It is easy to mistake aluminum cylinders for steel and vice versa. It is just a good general rule of thumb to keep storage temperatures always below 125.
Always make sure to set aside a designated area for empty cylinders and make sure that they are clearly labeled. Its is also important to keep some pressure inside of these containers to keep out moisture and to protect against corrosion. Do not leave containers sitting empty for extended periods of time for this will weaken them.
Finally, some reminders: if a cylinder is not labeled do not use it under any circumstances. Also, always make sure that a cylinder is secured in place when you are going to use it. If you regularly use cylinders to disperse gas make sure that you familiarize yourself with the proper techniques and signs of damage to the cylinder.
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Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
The biotechnology firm that I worked at was recently in the market for a new gas cabinet. We had recently opened up a new addition to the company, so we needed to purchase some equipment to furnish this new branch. We were in search of a suitable gas cabinet for an affordable price. I was placed in charge of finding the necessary cabinets at the lowest prices possible. We were mainly looking for recently decommissioned cabinets that were still guaranteed to meet regulation.
We needed to make sure that whomever we purchased the cabinets from had a proven track record for providing trustworthy products. We did not want to purchase used products from them simply to find that the products were defective and would not last for us. I contacted one company that I had found online that claimed to have one of the largest collections of used cabinets. They claimed to go through a thorough cleansing process that eliminates the entire remaining residue from the previous chemicals and gases used in the past.
Once they cleaned these cabinets, they decommissioned them and put them in a secure storage facility. In this facility, they were protected from any external forces, so I could be rest assured that they cabinets were still free of any contaminants. I was able to speak with a customer service representative that answered all of my questions about this process and was happy to talk with me about their products.
I liked the fact that even though we were purchasing used merchandise at discounted prices we were still able to receive top-notch customer service. This company was very eager to meet all of our needs and committed to providing us with high quality gas handling products at affordable prices. I also liked the fact that they had a very informative and professional website that I could refer to for other information. It was a true sign that we were doing business with a professional company that had a good reputation.
The company shipped the gas cabinet that I ordered directly to our location. Once the cabinet arrived, the company also sent a team to install them in our facilities. This alleviated us from the risk of damaging the cabinets during installation. Then the cabinets were fully tested and we were able to make sure that they were in working order. This came at no extra cost to our company, so this was a great deal for us.
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Tuesday, September 8th, 2009
The manufacturing processes and practices required to produce to solid state technology are far more complex than the deceptively simple science that underpins semiconductor technology. But as Moore’s Law predicts that processing increases exponentially while price decreases inversely, so too does the return on investing in the new production technologies that make smaller and more efficient transistors and semiconductors. Of these technologies, new gas cabinets in particular have had an immeasurably positive effect on production safety and efficiency; in fact, many of the semiconductors produced for technologies like solar power and hand-held devices could not be feasibly produced without gas delivery anchored by automated cabinets.
A contemporary gas cabinet used in semiconductor manufacturing, in short, houses gas cylinders, along with a gas panel that automatically orchestrates all of the measuring, dispensation, mixing, and monitoring of gasses that would otherwise be overseen by individuals controlling each step of the process – someone to measure dispense gas through a first-stage regulator, another to oversee the creation of a precise mixture, another to monitor sensors for leakage, another to hold a fire extinguisher, and so forth. By incorporating on-board computing with a touch-screen interface, operators can control dispensing, mixing, and purging processes with the touch of a virtual button and automate even the most complicated processes.
Besides storing and automating the many complicated processes involved in creating finished chips – from creating silicon with thousands-of-degrees gas to creating an inert gas environment for welding – gas cabinets provide tremendous safety for an environment in which there is no room for error. Integrated leak sensors and fire safety mechanisms make response to any emergency automatic, rather contingent on less reliable human supervisors. By also keeping gas cylinders organized, cabinets allow manufacturers to keep gas inventory away from the production area, adding another element of protection to people, plant, property, and equipment.
As demand for semiconductors grows at a double-digit rate annually, the demand for cabinets and software that can handle new processes and greater capacities is also skyrocketing. This has created an opportunity for savvy buyers of production technology to scoop up perfectly good, refurbished cabinets at a fraction of the price of new ones.
In the same way that robotics revolutionized mechanical manufacturing processes, the emergence of the gas cabinet as a technology has revolutionized the chemical and thermal processes necessary to produce today’s semiconductors by combining safety with automation. It is safe to say that without this technology, many of the technologies we take for granted today would not be safe or profitable to make.
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Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009
For production processes involving the extensive use of gas, safe, reliable, and effective storage and delivery are crucial. Thankfully for manufacturers of high technology, gas delivery systems have kept pace with manufacturing practices to ensure safety and reliability and facilitate even the most complex production processes involving the use of both volatile and inert gasses.
Reliability in gas delivery can be centered around a gas cabinet. In a word, newer cabinets can automate a number of tasks that, in the past, had to be performed manually, from alternating cylinders to purging spent tanks. Available in various cylinder capacities, a cabinet essentially centralizes much of the automation of gas flow management. Many cabinets are equipped with a screen interface and loaded with customized software that allows flow and transmission to be easily programmed with the touch of a finger through on on-board gas panel, thereby allowing operators to change flows, gasses, and processes. Cabinets can easily accept multiple inputs from production, allowing them to sense in real time the status of work in progress and adjust flows accordingly. And many allow for on-screen management of gas mixtures, mixing with accuracy precise enough to be measured in molecules.
Leak-tested, secure, and fitted with gas detection and fire safety equipment a gas cabinet can also greatly reduce risk in operations. On-board panels can automatically switch from a spent cylinder to a new one and purge spent ones, eliminating the need for human involvement in one of the formerly higher-risk jobs in gas flow management. Valves and tubing can be automatically purged with inert gas to prevent contamination and eliminate the risk of leakage.
Most clean-room operations already employ cabinet systems as the basis for gas delivery because they are safer and add efficiency through various panel features – automatically mixing gas, switching tanks, etc. But not all cabinets are created (or priced) equal. Refurbished gas cabinets offer the same functionality and safety as their new counterparts at a fraction of the price.
Since many operations outgrow their cabinet or require greater functionality from on-screen interfaces, depreciated cabinets are always available at a steep discount. Companies that specialize in repair, administration, and refurbishing are able to buy these cabinets at a fraction of their new price, and perform any necessary maintenance or repairs before testing them for safety as though they were new. The result is a solid foundation for any gas delivery system at a fraction of the cost of new that can be easily customized and configured for the end user.
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Sunday, August 30th, 2009
While the semiconductor manufacturing often evokes images of robotic arms stamping chips, the manufacturing processes of silicon technology is more chemical than it is mechanical. Simply put, creating semiconductors requires impeccably precise placement of materials with special conductive properties onto a silicon wafer to manage the flow of electric current.
Many of the chemical processes needed to create and affix semiconductors to the silicon substrate require an environment free of atmospheric gasses like oxygen or nitrogen that can undermine the reactions necessary to create semiconductor crystals. To create an environment free of these gasses, semiconductor manufacturers use gas argon, an inert gas, to shield certain processes from atmospheric gasses. By purging a closed environment around the substrate with argon, manufacturers eliminate air and are able to form and affix the semiconductor crystals necessary to create processing chips, solar panels, etc.
For affixing semiconductor components, argon is also pivotal. As a shielding gas, it provides an environment in which a weld-head can perform precise and consistently high-quality welds because it keeps the arc length constant, whereas atmospheric oxygen and nitrogen cause inconsistency in arc length that results in fusion defects and porosity.
Because of its safety to human clean-room workers, its affordability (it is a co-product of oxygen and nitrogen production and the third most abundant atmospheric gas), and its availability, gas argon is indispensable in the semiconductor manufacturing process, wherein cylinder, valves, and and other components need to be purged of various gasses.
As a purge gas, argon not only produces the low-oxygen or low-nitrogen environment needed to create semiconductors. It is also useful for keeping operations safe – for purging potentially harmful gasses from equipment so that different gasses can be used in the same delivery system without any reaction or without any fear of potentially harmful gasses finding their way into the production environment.
While we are far more likely to hear about atmospheric carbon dioxide than argon, the latter is just as much an unsung hero of our technological era as the former is a nemesis. Without affordable inert gasses for use in the production of semiconductor crystals and GTA, many of the technologies we take for granted – computers, cell phones, etc. – would be even more difficult and complex to manufacture, if not impossible to create. As an affordable and inert gas, argon makes so many of the technologies we take for granted possible – something we can breathe easily about.
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