The Growing Importance of Gas Purity in Manufacturing: nexAir’s Solutions for Clean Production

The manufacturing sector is always looking for ways to be more efficient and productive. Simultaneously, ever-changing environmental regulations force professionals to rethink processes and implement more sustainable solutions.

In both regards, a steady stream of high-purity gas has proven crucial.  

Not only do pure gases help reduce waste and streamline processes, they also preserve the longevity of equipment. This ensures they find various applications across a host of manufacturing sectors — from automotive, to medical supplies, to semiconductor fabrication. Here’s what you need to know about nexAir’s high-purity gas solutions.

Why Gas Purity Matters

When talking about industrial gases, purity refers to the degree with which a gas is free of contaminants, such as moisture, particulates, or hydrocarbons.

The purity of a gas is usually expressed as a percentage, with higher percentage indicating fewer unwanted elements. For example, electronics or food and beverage manufacturers require nitrogen in purity levels ranging from 99.9% to 99.9999%.

This difference, though miniscule, is crucial for a number of reasons: 

• Ensuring Product Quality: Pure gases greatly reduce defects in final products, while improving yield and reducing waste.

• Enhancing Efficiency: Even the smallest contaminant results in teams having to start time-consuming processes over from scratch.

• Protecting Equipment: Contaminants wear down equipment much faster — especially in more sensitive manufacturing processes. 

• Safety and Compliance: Gases are incredibly volatile and contaminants can result in toxic byproducts or explosive mixtures. 

For decades, nexAir has ensured that our custom gas mixtures achieve these goals. Through advanced purification techniques, rigorous quality control, and specialized handling and storage systems, we ensure our clients can enhance safety, and ensure compliance with standards and regulations. 

Applications of High-Purity Gases

In the coming years, the high-purity gas market is expected to witness an exponential rise — touching $48.57 billion by 2029. Much of this growth can be attributed to the growth in manufacturing processes that require high-purity solutions.

Some examples include:

• Electronics: Pure gases like nitrogen, argon, and hydrogen are essential in semiconductor manufacturing — and play a crucial role of the electronics boom.

• Pharmaceuticals: Healthcare industries rely on high purity gas solutions to produce more medicines, vaccines, and advanced medical devices. 

• Aerospace: nexAir’s high purity gases find applications across the sector, from supporting high-precision welding to testing and fueling engines. 

• Energy: High-purity gases are required to produce batteries for electric vehicles as well as enable advanced carbon capture or oil recovery processes.

At the end of the day, high-purity gases can be found in a range of research, laboratory, and factory settings — playing a critical role in preparing, manufacturing, and testing.

Forge Forward with nexAir’s High-Purity Gas Solutions

At nexAir, we leverage over eight decades of KnowHow and experience working with industrial gases and take a clinical approach to ensuring purity. Our advanced purification technologies are renowned for their effectiveness, while our rigorous quality control measures don’t just meet industry standards but exceed them.

Through all these practices, we’re able to maintain gas purity from production to delivery — allowing plants to Forge Forward with enhanced efficiency.

To learn more about our solutions, or our custom gas mixtures for specific processes, get in touch with our team or head down to the nexAir NOW ecommerce platform.