Last update January 02, 2008 05:00 PM - John Beierwaltes - webmaster
Plant Tour of Luxfer Gas Cylinders
235 Riverbend Rd, Graham, NC 27253, Map
http://www.luxfercylinders.com/
A member of the Luxfer Group of companies, Luxfer Gas Cylinders serves customers in major gas markets, including medical, life support, beverage, fire, scuba and specialty gases. Luxfer has grown to be a world leader in product quality and in product safety, with innovative programs for the markets it serves. With nearly 40 million cylinders already in service in more than 50 countries, Luxfer Gas Cylinders is truly setting the standard worldwide.
For its all-metal cylinders, Luxfer employs a hydraulic ram to press and shape a solid aluminum billet into a hollow shell, the open top of which is then closed and threaded. The result is a seamless, lightweight aluminum cylinder with a consistent wall thickness and naturally non-corrosive oxide finish that makes it ideal for the high-pressure storage of gases.
For years, there was only one kind of high-pressure gas cylinder: steel. Made of relatively thin rolled stock and welded at the seams, most steel cylinders are heavy to lift and use, costly to transport and prone to rust and corrosion. Luxfer invented a better solution, applying its expertise in cold-indirect extrusion to develop an innovative process for mass-producing seamless aluminum cylinders, which are up to 30 percent lighter than steel cylinders. Today high-pressure gas suppliers around the globe know the Luxfer brand is unsurpassed in providing aluminum and composite cylinders of outstanding reliability and quality.
The Graham plant is the highlight of the US operation specializing in production of high volume product lines with low operation costs. Just-in time manufacturing with rapid tooling changes and press changeovers reduced from days to minutes result in more efficient operation.
Where Map – I-85/40 x148, north & right at SL on Riverbend Rd, past Jay Ln on right, turn right into parking lot, park in 1st lot on right. Enter in front door. 235 Riverbend Rd. Graham, 27253
Please RSVP by noon Mon 1/14 - to John Beierwaltes, JohnB@djquilts.com, 336-675-0559C. Attendees must be 18 plus, no open toed shoes or sandals. We have a 20 person limit, please send rsvp email & I'll reply verification of tour.
