Industrial Gas Manifold

A central distribution system for gases must fulfil the following requirements:

Gases in cylinders are used for many applications in factories, workshops, laboratories, hospitals, universities, etc. The gases used have many different physical and chemical properties and they may cause dangerous situations if not handled properly. The best solution is to locate gas cylinder outside the working area and distribute the gas by pipeline to the point of use.
Apart from safety, this approach offers quite a few advantages over using single cylinders at the point of use. This is an internationally accepted practice and offers many advantages to the user as below :-

Safety

1. Leaking gas cylinders may create dangerous situations (flammable gases: fire, explosion, toxic gases: injuries, suffocation etc.,
2. Cylinders may drop and cause damages or injuries, as compressed gas cylinders can fly like rockets in case they are damaged at the valve area.

Reliability

1. Uninterrupted gas supply by pressure monitoring and/or automatic change-over of the manifold systems.
2. Stable working pressure of the gases on a continuous basis.

Gas Purity

1. The purity of the gas is maintained by using specially designed and cleaned - equipment with integrated purge valves.

Cost savings

1. Gas cylinders at a central location are easier to handle.
2. You can save on cylinder rentals by having lesser no of cylinders.
3.Cylinder control panels ensure more efficient use of the gas cylinders.
4.Due to better control of the gas purity, all related equipment have a much longer life time.

Other advantages

1. Manifolding provides more space at the working place.
2. Less damage to pressure regulators, hoses and other fittings.
3. Easier control of leak tightness.