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About Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

Whether you're annealing, sintering, brazing, carburizing, vacuum-treating, thermal spraying, or welding metal parts, Air Products offers high-purity gases, gas handling equipment and technology; international supply capability and - most importantly - unmatched industry experience and technical support to help our customers succeed.

For over 50 years, heat treaters and the metals processing industry around the world have come to rely on Air Products' industrial gases and gas atmospheres to help improve product quality and consistency, plus reduce cost.

Founded in 1940, Air Products has built a reputation for its innovative culture, operational excellence and commitment to safety and the environment. Our aim is to develop lasting relationships with our customers and communities based on human qualities: understanding their needs, doing business with integrity and honesty, and demonstrating a passion for exceeding expectations.

Nitrogen
Nitrogen is valued both as a gas for its inert properties and a liquid for cooling and freezing. Virtually any industry can benefit from its unique properties to improve yields, optimize performance, and make operations safer. Our experienced applications teams across the globe can use their... Read More
Hydrogen
Hydrogen as a gas is valued for its reactive and protective properties. Many industries such as electronics, foods, glass, chemicals, refining and more can benefit from its unique properties to improve quality, optimize performance and reduce costs. Our experienced applications teams across the... Read More
Argon
Many industries can benefit from argon’s unique inerting properties to improve quality, optimize performance, and reduce costs. Our experienced applications teams across the globe can use their knowledge of your industry and application to provide you with an argon supply and technology solution... Read More

Atmosphere Carburizing Using Electric Discharge-Activated Nitrogen-Natural Gas Mixtures By Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
Nitrogen-hydrocarbon gas atmospheres can offer a cost and part quality alternative to the conventional endothermic atmosphere and vacuum processes. Non-flammable, low percentage methane and nitrogen mixtures were activated during furnace injection by a novel, non-thermal electric discharge (cold... Read more
Service Life Extension of Stainless Steel Wire Mesh Belts for Sintering By Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
The service life of stainless steel wire mesh belts in sintering furnaces is limited, because material deterioration results in wire fracture. A newly developed humidification system establishes a furnace atmosphere that maintains a protective oxide scale on the belt surface throughout the... Read more
Automated Substrate Cooling System for HVOF Coating Operations By Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
A new, cryogenic nitrogen gas (-195oC) cooling system has been developed which limits the thermal expansion and substrate softening problems, and enables a non-stop, gun-on-target spraying. Fully automated, the operation of the new AP LIN-Cooling System is based on thermal imaging of the entire... Read more