About Nippon Gases
Nippon Gases, one of the leading industrial and specialty gases companies in Europe, is part of Nippon Sanso Holdings Corporation (NSHD). With more than 19,000 employees around the world, NSHD boasts a major presence in 31 countries, including Japan, Southeast Asia, Australia, the United States and Canada.
Although the name Nippon Gases is still young, the company’s global history stretches back a century. In Europe more than 3,000 employees, of which 27% are women, operate today in 13 countries and serve more than 150,000 customers.
Safety is a top priority for our company and we are continuously working to improve it further. Nippon Gases’ commitment to our customers, employees and associates, and to the communities in which we operate is a reflection of our dedication to the environment and to sustainability. Together, we are “The Gas Professionals” and we all have the same goal: “Making life better through gas technology”.
3DPro® – Additive Manufacturing at Nippon Gases
For many years, Nippon Sanso Holdings Corporation has focused its research and development on additive manufacturing processes. During this time, the company has acquired outstanding expertise worldwide in 3D printing processes and their optimization. On this basis, the company develops – in cooperation with external partners – quality-assuring solutions for metallic additive manufacturing processes.
Within this process chain, gases play a key role: from the production of base material by means of powder atomization, through the inerting of the process chamber during component production, to the thermal post-treatment of the additive products.
The use of the right process gas can positively influence building process quality, reproducibility and mechanical component properties. Our “Additive Manufacturing Advanced Room” technology center near Tokyo is equipped with several additive equipment technologies from different manufacturers. This enables us to research and develop new gas mixtures and hardware products for 3D printing.
Oxygen and moisture – precisely regulate with modern technology
Once absorbed, a problem forever! These two pollutants can be extremely harmful depending on the processed material: in case of aluminum or titanium, these will react with moisture to form hydrogen and metallic oxide; in case of steels, local defect could arise. Furthermore, thanks to the study carried on in our laboratories, we demonstrated a synergic effect between oxygen and moisture that can negatively affect the final properties of the object. To respond to the need to control and, in fact, eliminate these two crucial variables, Nippon Gases developed the new, innovative 3DPro® Line hardware to support the entire process. In this way, the reproducibility of an additive metal manufacturing process cannot be compromised by uncontrolled oxygen and moisture levels.
The offer for our partners
All over the world, customers trust their cooperation with Nippon Gases. This is because we strive to always offer our customers the best possible solution for optimizing their processes. We find the key to this in a customer-specific process analysis. Our experts have their roots in additive manufacturing, they analyze your processes, ask questions and provide answers. If you want us to take a look behind your scenes as well, or if you simply have questions about our products and services: Contact us via our website.
