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Gasworld Profile of UIG - Changing the Industry An article in Gasworld's August 1, 2019 edition profiles UIG as both a supplier and operator of air separation plants, and as a provider of kindred equipment and services. As summarized by Sam Piazza, the CEO and President of UIG, "Our goal is to create exceptional value for our customers, value that they aren't able to access elsewhere." UIG, as a supplier and owner/operator of on-site industrial gas plants, is able to tailor its offerings to specific customer needs, to allow them to realize the lowest long-term cost for the industrial gas supplies which they will need. See PDF version of the Gasworld article. Significant Milestones Achieved in Supply of a New UIG Air Separation Plant in Southeastern USA Cryogenic air
separation plants, which produce oxygen, nitrogen and argon in gas and
liquid form, are complex systems, which require very high quality
components to ensure efficient, reliable and safe operation.
The heart of these systems is a tall, well-insulated tower,
called a “cold box”, in which super cold air is liquefied and distilled.
Metallurgy and quality specifications for cold boxes and other
components are tight.
This photo shows a cryogenic cold box, fabricated by E.S. Fox, leaving its facility in Port Robinson, Ontario, Canada, before being placed on a barge to begin its journey to a steel plant in the southeastern United States. The unit measures nearly 50 meters long and eight meters wide, and it weighs about 300 metric tonnes. (A meter is a bit more than 3 feet). This is the biggest cold box produced to date by E.S. Fox; which has been a proven supplier of similar equipment to UIG for well over a decade.
(February, 2019
update)
UIG has erected its most recently constructed, physically quite
large, air separation cold box. Here are two photos of this internally
complex process system being placed on its foundation and supports.
Work is continuing to complete the installation and startup of the plant. This involves interconnecting the cold box to the air compression and pretreatment systems, and to the product distribution and backup liquid storage and vaporization systems; all of which will be followed by check out and commissioning of the overall plant control and quality assurance systems.
(September, 2019 update)
UIG's recently installed oxygen plant has been a bright performer
UIG's Latest Company Owned and Operated Air Separation
Plant is now in Operation - in Georgia, USA
UIG Article Comments on Make vs. Buy
UIG Moved its Headquarters in October, 2015
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Industrial Gases, Inc.
Universal Cryo Gas, LLC
3001 Emrick Blvd, Suite 320
Bethlehem, PA
18020, USA
Phone (610) 559-7967 Fax (610) 515-0945
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