Changing Cost Environment Favors Self-Generation of Thermal Process gGases

Users of delivered thermal process gases have experienced several years of missed deliveries, product supply limitations, price escalation, and additional costs. Worst are the missed deliveries and product limitations – issues directly impacting production. Thermal processing requires appropriate atmosphere – atmosphere supply constraints are catastrophic.

Thermal process atmospheres provide functional benefits for thermal processors, enabling material properties to be adjusted and enhanced. While atmosphere thermal processing was considered a mature marketplace, spectacular growth in metal injection molding has created new opportunities for sintering atmospheres. The hydrogen and nitrogen sintering atmosphere gases required can be self-generated on-site.

Self-generation of hydrogen and nitrogen atmospheres can ensure supply, stabilize costs, and reduce carbon footprint. Increasing thermal processors are adopting on-site hydrogen and nitrogen generation to become self-sufficient for atmosphere components. Presentation reviews costs and benefits for both hydrogen and nitrogen.