Guides
Know-how from people who run the equipment
Practical guidance on operating acetylene plants, handling cylinders and choosing grades — written from operating experience rather than from a brochure, with a named author and a review date on every page.
- 28
- Guides published
- 1947
- Operating since
- BIS
- Technically reviewed
| Guide | Published | Subject | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acetylene decomposition | Aug 2026 | Acetylene can explode with no oxygen present at all. | Read |
| Choosing an acetylene grade | Aug 2026 | Industrial acetylene to IS 308 at 98 %, high purity at 99 %, ultra high purity at 99.99 % in DMF. | Read |
| Acetylene supply across the North-East | Aug 2026 | Acetylene supply across Assam and the North-East: what the terrain does to delivery, why cascades beat single cylin… | Read |
| Acetylene pipelines | Aug 2026 | Acetylene pipelines are governed by IS 15190: 155 kPa g, DN 50 bore, and a pressure class set by your widest pipe. | Read |
| Acetylene or LPG for cutting | Aug 2026 | Acetylene pierces faster and cuts thin plate cleaner; LPG costs less per cubic metre and suits long straight cuts. | Read |
| Buying acetylene | Aug 2026 | What to check before you accept an acetylene cylinder, what a test certificate should say, and the questions that s… | Read |
| Calibration standards and welding mixtures | Aug 2026 | A calibration standard and a welding mixture are both gas mixtures and nothing else alike. | Read |
| Choosing a shielding gas | Aug 2026 | Argon, CO2 or a mixture? | Read |
| PSA nitrogen | Aug 2026 | PSA nitrogen at 95 % and at 99.999 % are very different machines. | Read |
| Plant air, instrument air and breathing air | Aug 2026 | Plant air, instrument air and breathing air are different products. | Read |
| Cylinder supply or on-site generation | Aug 2026 | At some volume, generating gas on site beats buying cylinders. | Read |
| Indian gas cylinder colour codes under IS 4379, and their limits | Aug 2026 | The full IS 4379 colour table for Indian industrial gas cylinders, and why colour alone must never be how you ident… | Read |
| Handling and storing acetylene cylinders | Aug 2026 | Storing, moving and drawing from an acetylene cylinder safely: upright storage, the 0.62 bar g limit, the one-seven… | Read |
| Helium | Aug 2026 | Helium is finite, imported and expensive. | Read |
| How a PSA oxygen plant makes oxygen out of air | Aug 2026 | Pressure swing adsorption makes oxygen from air using a zeolite sieve and two vessels alternating. | Read |
| Why hydrogen leaks behave unlike any other gas, and what to do about it | Aug 2026 | Hydrogen leaks behave unlike any other gas: a nearly invisible flame, collection at ceiling level, and ignition fro… | Read |
| Designing an industrial gas pipeline | Aug 2026 | Sizing, materials, pressure drop and safety devices for an industrial gas pipeline, and the rules that change entir… | Read |
| Industrial oxygen and medical oxygen | Aug 2026 | Industrial oxygen to IS 309 and medical oxygen to IP are not the same product. | Read |
| Medical gas pipeline systems | Aug 2026 | A medical gas pipeline system is a regulated installation, not plumbing. | Read |
| Nitrous oxide | Aug 2026 | Nitrous oxide is an oxidiser, a medical gas and a controlled substance. | Read |
| Cleaning a pipeline for oxygen service, and why it matters so much | Aug 2026 | An oxygen line must be clean for oxygen service: no oil, no grease, controlled velocity. | Read |
| Sizing an acetylene plant against real demand, not peak demand | Aug 2026 | Match plant capacity to real cylinder demand, not to peak. | Read |
| What acetylene is used for, and why nothing else does the same job | Aug 2026 | Acetylene burns near 3,100 °C with oxygen, the hottest common industrial flame. | Read |
| What carbon dioxide is used for, and why it is sold by weight | Aug 2026 | Welding shield, beverage carbonation, food freezing and pH control. | Read |
| What nitrogen is used for | Aug 2026 | Purging, blanketing, laser cutting and food packaging all use nitrogen for the same reason: it displaces oxygen wit… | Read |
| What causes a flashback, and what a flashback arrestor actually does | Aug 2026 | A flashback travels back up the hose toward the cylinder. | Read |
| Why acetylene is dissolved in acetone, and what the porous mass does | Aug 2026 | Acetylene decomposes explosively under pressure alone. | Read |
| Operating and maintaining an acetylene gas plant | Apr 2026 | Operating parameters, daily checks and maintenance schedules for an acetylene gas plant, from a manufacturer that b… | Read |