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Showdown: Cylinders vs. Generators
Showdown: Cylinders vs. Generators
The Facts
Cylinders vs. Generators
- Cylinders
- 1. A standard laboratory cylinder contains between 8000L and 9000L of compressed gas.
- 2. Unsafe Pressures used are often in excess of 250 bar (3600 psi).
- 3. Regular cylinders when full can weigh between 143.3 lb - 209.44 lb.
- 4. Specific pricey regulators are required for different gases.
- 5. Repetitive Costly Delivery, rental and filling fees
- 6. Purities differ from Cylinder to Cylinder
- 7. Storage locations for most cylinders are remote & not easily accessible
- Generators
- 1. Never again will you suffer interruptions to analysis due to your gas cylinders running out.
- 2. Generating your laboratory gas, only on demand, at safe low pressures eliminates the risks to your staff and your instruments.
- 3. Installing a gas generator removes the need for time-consuming safety inspections.
- 4. Guaranteed purity at point of use removes the effects of cylinder to cylinder purity variations on analysis.
- 5. A gas generator will eliminate delivery, rental, refilling, order processing and downtime costs associated cylinders.
The benefits of generating as much gas as you need when you need it far outweighs the outdated method of ordering, managing, and carrying heavy cylinders. For more information on the benefits of generation your own nitrogen call specialist, Tania Leisure at 805.907.9706