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Calculate Your Shielding Gas Waste
How Long Can You Wait to Reduce Your Shielding Gas Waste?? *Argon Prices* *have* *more than doubled recently. Three Eeuropen companies now own 76% of the US Argon production. Air Liquide (France) purched Airgas and Linde Germany purchased Praxair. AIR PRODUCTS is the* *only US owned* *largest prodcer with 15% of the production. Argon is in short supply, it's less than 1% of the air so new gas liquefaction plants cannot be justified until Oxygen and Nitrogen demand increases. Expect more increases!* *Isn't it time to reduce waste?* There are simple ways to calculate how much shielding gas your wasting. Our customers find that by using our low cost patented products they reduce total gas use by 40 to 50% (or more) while improving weld start quality. Welders appreciate the benefits and don't feel constrained by devices that limit their ability to make quality welds and often save little gas!
	*Two published articles* by knowledgeable welding authorities indicate the average MIG user consumes from 2 1/2 to 6 times the amount of shielding gas they should. We have found similar values.

You can calculate your gas waste using a simple approach.

What % of Total Welding Cost is Shielding Gas?

It Could Be as High as 30%!!

The method often used to calculate shielding gas cost does not consider gas waste !

Using a theoretical use calculation with 30 to 40 CFH gives erroneous results. SEE WHY