Intercon Enterprises, Inc.
Passing Quality Control
Requires Purging of Pipe
Intercon Enterprises Inc. (est. 1978) supplies high quality products to the welding industry by delivering on its motto of providing "Leading performance through innovation and quality." The attributes of this motto apply to the unique products and sales philosophy that is Intercon.
Intercon is a world-renowned supplier of TiG welding accessories for the stainless steel and titanium industries, i.e., mechanical purging units, oxygen indicators, electrode grinders, aluminum tape and pipe-alignment clamps, to name a few.
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Standard Jumbo Purging Unit
(plexiglass pipe for display only) |
Previously, purging was done with homemade or in-house fabricated tools that welders built to address a particular need. Using Intercon's purging dams, welders rely on a high quality, well-thought-out design that makes the pipe fitter's task easier, faster and better. Intercon's dams cover pipe sizes ranging from 3/8" to 40+" diameter and reduce purging times dramatically, from 30-90+ minutes in the past to just 2-3 minutes. Chemical, computer chip, pharmaceutical, nuclear and food/dairy industries are looking for this technology, and distributors can profit from this. Intercon complements the purge dams with dissolving purge paper, purge paper tape, and fiber backing tape – all available from one source.
Welding distributors can tap into Intercon’s great products and technical support. When it comes to "purging pipe," Intercon is a world leader. And though they may appear specialized, purging-related inquiries are becoming more common with the ever-increasing quality standards, as well as the proliferation of stainless steel. Now, distributors not only have the source, but the ability to become an expert for picking the right purging equipment for their individual customers' needs, every time.
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Intercon Oxygen Indicator and
Jumbo Purge Unit in use on a
30" stainless pipe application.
(Indicator is reading at 4ppm.) |
All a distributor needs is his customer's pipe size and schedule. By bundling ready-made units, Intercon has made the ordering process simple. These ready to "plug and play" units reflect a cost savings of approximately 10 percent over individually priced components. Intercon also can help the distributor secure the order with technical expertise through a variety of media.
Intercon prides itself on excellent customer service combined with a large inventory, quick order execution and a line of unique and specialized products. While the coming years will bring more challenges to the welding industry, delivering on what has been promised has always been a formula for success.
| For a complete Master Catalog and for distribution inquiries, please contact us at: |
| 1-800-665-6655 |
| www.intercononline.com |
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BREAKING NEWS
Linde Helps Create Clean Vehicle Fuel
With gas prices constantly rising, Linde North America is taking action to offer fuel alternatives. Linde and Waste Management, North America’s largest waste management company, are creating the world’s largest facility to convert landfill gas into clean vehicle fuel. The companies will install systems that purify and liquefy landfill gas, converting it into liquefied natural gas or LNG. The LNG produced from the landfill gas will be a virtually zero-carbon transportation fuel. The facility, located at the Altamont Landfill near Livermore, CA, will begin operations in 2009. It is expected to produce up to 13,000 gallons of LNG a day, making the plant the largest of its kind. The garbage in California landfills is expected to help produce more than 200 million gallons of clean transportation fuel each year.
Propane Tank Recall
A product safety recall was issued by American Welding & Tank in cooperation with the Consumer Product Safety Commission on Conversion Underground Propane Storage Tanks. The propane contains an added odorant meant to forewarn consumers of gas leaks. However, the odor can fade due to rust, particularly in some converted aboveground to underground tanks. Odor fading results in a fire and burn hazard from the consumers’ inability to detect the smell of propane if a leak occurs. Two individuals sustained first and second degree burns in a tank-related incident. The recall affects 11,000 underground propane storage tanks converted from aboveground tanks, ranging from 120 gallons to 1,000 gallons in size. The tanks were sold to propane retail dealers in the eastern U.S. from January 2005 to April 2008.
NEW MEMBERS
GAWDA welcomes new Supplier Member Gerhart Gas Technologies of Allentown, PA.
INDUSTRY BEAT
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WESCO Opens Store in Calvert (Prichard, AL) • A new store in Calvert, AL, was opened by WESCO Gas & Welding Supply on July 15. The store’s location will take advantage of its proximity to a new steel mill being built by ThyssenKrupp AG of Dusseldorf, Germany. The company expects the Calvert location to create 20% to 30% growth. The address of the new store is
22087 Hwy. 43, Lot #1, Calvert, AL 36513. The phone number is (251) 829-9099.
Keen CEO Celebrates 50 Years in Business (Wilmington, DE) • CEO of Keen Compressed Gas Company J. Merrill Keen is celebrating 50 years in business this year. Keen Compressed Gas was founded in 1919 by Stanley H. Keen. Merrill Keen started working at his father’s business in 1958. Bryan Keen, youngest son of Merrill, is president of the family-owned and operated company.
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Michael Rawitz |
Dana M. Read |
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New AWISCO Employees (Maspeth, NY) • AWISCO hired Michael Rawitz to the company’s newly created position of rental/repair manager. Dana M. Read has been hired as credit analyst. Rawitz previously worked in satellite communications, legal research and mortgage, while Read spent 2 years in the welding and industrial supplies industry and 8 years in credit and collections.
Air Liquide Contributes to Hydrogen Research (Houston, TX) • Air Liquide Advanced Technologies, a division of Air Liquide America Specialty Gases, and Hydrogenics Corporation, a manufacturer of hydrogen electrolyzers and fuel cell systems, are creating a hydrogen electrolyzer and fuel cell for the Renewable Hydrogen Research and Demonstration Centre in Wales. The Centre will explore hydrogen as a fuel of the future and show how hydrogen can be produced from local sources. Dedicated to sustainable development, Air Liquide is responsible for integrating the hydrogen solution, including hydrogen plant compression, storage and dispensing integration.
Matheson Tri-Gas Acquires Cedar Rapids (Parsippany, NJ) • Matheson Tri-Gas completed its acquisition of Cedar Rapids Welding Supply located in Cedar Rapids, IA. Cedar Rapids is a distributor of industrial, specialty and medical gases along with retail sales of welding equipment, safety products and supplies. Cedar Rapids, along with its assets and employees, will become a part of Linweld, a wholly owned subsidiary of Matheson Tri-Gas.
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Butler Gas Promotes Ferrand (McKees Rocks, PA) • GAWDA Eastern Zone Regional Chair Heather Ferrand was promoted to executive vice president of sales at Butler Gas Products. Formerly vice president of specialty gas sales, Ferrand will oversee all of the company’s sales sectors.
Hypertherm Featured in "World’s Greatest" (Hanover, NH) • Hypertherm was selected to be in an episode of the television show "World’s Greatest." World’s Greatest highlights companies, products, places and people with behind the scenes footage and interviews. Hypertherm will be featured in an episode titled "Maximum Performance." World’s Greatest will air on the ION network July 23-28.
Airgas to Build Liquid Carbon Dioxide Plant (Radnor, PA) • A 450-ton-per-day liquid carbon dioxide plant will be built by Airgas at the First United Ethanol LLC (FUEL) complex in Camilla, GA. Built for refining raw carbon dioxide for food, commercial and beverage-grade uses, the facility will employ 15 to 20 people and will be operational by late 2009. Airgas also completed its acquisition of Energy Safety Services, dba Oilind Safety. A provider of rental safety equipment based in Phoenix, AZ, Oilind Safety generated about $21 million in revenues in 2007.
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