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Air Liquide Industrial U.S. LP
Performance Through Innovation
For more than 100 years, Air Liquide has been a leading expert in the metal fabrication industry. Air Liquide provides a comprehensive offering to meet the needs of an entire global industry and is focused on improving each of our customer's competitive advantages through the use of our welding and cutting technology: Advanced Shielding Gases, BIFOCAL Laser Cutting Technology, LASAL Pioneer Brand of Lasing Gases, and CAP Optima Analysis, Monitoring and Control
12800 W. Little York Road
Houston, TX 77041
Phone: 713-896-2359
Sales Contact
Charles Caristan
Business Development Manager-Welding and Cutting
Email: charles.caristan@airliquide.com
Sales: 713-896-2333
Recent Content on The Fabricator for Air Liquide Industrial U.S. LP
- From The Fabricator
How machine learning helps perfect welder skill
- By Charles Caristan
- Nov 18, 2023
- Manufacturing Software
- Article
In the years to come, artificial intelligence and machine learning will spur significant changes, welders and metal fabricators who embrace them will reap the benefits.
- From The Fabricator
How laser cutting aluminum changed the rules of metal fabrication
- By Tim Heston
- Oct 3, 2019
- Laser Cutting
- Article
Laser cutting aluminum has never been a cakewalk, considering the material’s high thermal conductivity and optical reflectivity. But in many ways, the fiber laser has changed the game.
- From The Fabricator
Laser cutting basics: The science of burr-free laser cutting
- By Tim Heston
- Jan 25, 2017
- Laser Cutting
- Article
Attaining a burr-free laser cut is about setting up the beam parameters and gas flow dynamics right. Learn the laser cutting basics from the experts at FMA.
- From The Fabricator
Forming new possibilities with laser blanking
- By Tim Heston
- Sep 16, 2010
- Laser Cutting
- Article
If high-speed fiber lasers replace the traditional mechanical blanking press, they would open up new possibilities of blank designs optimized for the forming processes downstream.
- From The Fabricator
Say goodbye to hard tooling
- By Charles Caristan and Jay Finn
- Nov 2, 2009
- Laser Cutting
- Article
The high-powered fiber laser now can take on the work of the blanking press.
- From The Fabricator
Smooth wire feeding, smooth welding
- By Viwek Vaidya and Ed Cooper
- Mar 24, 2009
- Arc Welding
- Article
A recent study analyzed wire feed practices, tested variables, and took initial steps at developing a scientific knowledge base that ultimately could take the trial and error out of wire feed setup.
- From The Fabricator
Choosing shielding gases for arc welding
- By Fred Schweighardt
- Sep 11, 2007
- Consumables
- Article
Proper selection of the shielding gas for gas metal arc welding (GMAW), flux-cored arc welding (FCAW), and gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) processes can dramatically improve speed, quality, and deposition rate of a given weldment.
- From The Welder
Air Liquide appoints president/CEO
- Jul 10, 2007
- Consumables
- News Release
Air Liquide USA LLC, Houston, has named Michael J. Graff as president and CEO and as a director of U.S. subsidiary businesses. Graff leads the company's industrial gas operations and business activities. He has a master's degree in chemical engineering from Purdue and a bachelor's degree from...
- From The Welder
American Air Liquide presents President's Safety Awards
- Mar 13, 2007
- Consumables
- News Release
American Air Liquide recently presented awards for exceptional safety achievement at its annual senior management team meeting in Houston. For 2006, the company's President's Safety Awards honored one team from each of its primary subsidiaries for outstanding commitment to safety:Air Liquide...
- From The Welder
Air Liquide appoints distributor network director
- Jan 9, 2007
- Consumables
- News Release
Air Liquide America L.P., which provides packaged and specialty gases in the U.S., has appointed Michael (Mike) Stoddard as director of its ALNET distributor network, effective Jan. 1. Stoddard reports to President Kim Denney and is responsible for leading a team of sales managers, business...
- From The Welder
Get the most out of your laser
- By Jeremy Barr
- Aug 29, 2002
- Automation and Robotics
- Article
To be competitive in today's market, a laser user must be sure that equipment is operating at an optimum level. Maintaining your gas source and gas distribution system, installing properly sized pipe, and choosing the right gas supply system are some practical steps to take that can help develop the right gas supply system for a laser.
- From The Welder
Targeting gas cylinders to improve safety, reduce costs
- By Helen Gallagher
- Apr 15, 2002
- Consumables
- Article
This article tells the story of a specialty chemical company and how it handles cylinder-gas challenges.
- From The Fabricator
The importance of lasing gas purity
- By Jeremy Barr
- Feb 14, 2002
- Laser Cutting
- Article
Here's some food for thought on lasing gases: How are they created? What are their potential impurities? Which impurities and how much of them are of concern? What lasing gases should be used? How do you protect yoiur high-quality lasing gases from contamination? Giving these items some attention could save you some trouble down the road.
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