Driven by over 50 years of expertise and innovation, GCE delivers precision-engineered solutions for specialty, high-purity, and ultra-high-purity gas control
GCE, part of ESAB Corporation (NYSE: ESAB), is a leading global manufacturer of gas control equipment. The company is driven by innovation across its brands, including druva® and GASARC, and is committed to delivering the highest quality gas control products and services.
Its portfolio provides market-compliant, industry-leading solutions for the medical, industrial, and specialty gas industries. With international manufacturing, sales, and supply capabilities, GCE ensures that customers worldwide have access to cutting-edge gas control equipment.
The company’s vast capabilities mean it can operate across several specialist sectors. In the industrial field, the company provides equipment for welding, cutting, heating, and industrial gas supply systems. Within healthcare, its medical gas systems support oxygen therapy, emergency care, hospitals, and homecare applications. For specialty and high-purity gases, GCE delivers precision gas control equipment designed for laboratories, pharmaceuticals, research, and the semiconductor industry.
Above all, GCE’s original and core focus is still industrial gas control equipment. It produces high-quality industrial regulators, cylinder valves, centralised gas supply systems, and flashback arrestors, along with torches and accessories for welding, cutting, heating, and similar industrial applications. The company has also recently acquired DeltaP, in Italy, enabling GCE to now add Nitrogen Generation Source Equipment as part of its industrial portfolio.
An exciting addition to its portfolio is the emergence of FloCloud, GCE’s new Cloud-based gas monitoring technology that is transforming how industries manage gas usage.
FloCloud comes as the result of GCE’s continuous commitment and focus on innovation, safety, and digitalisation in gas control solutions. Michaela Klepetková, Business Area Marketing Specialist explained more.
“FloCloud connects smart gas sensors to a powerful digital platform, allowing users to monitor consumption in real time, track usage trends, and receive instant alerts if parameters are exceeded or potential leakages occur. With customisable notifications, detailed consumption reports, and the ability to set and track flow-rate limits, FloCloud empowers organisations to build their own digital gas system tailored to their needs.
“With FloCloud, GCE is combining its expertise in gas control with the power of digitalisation to deliver smarter, safer, and more sustainable solutions.”
FloCloud is an innovative digital solution, enabling customers to take control of their gas consumption. Designed to help welders, fabricators, gas companies, and other gas consuming organisations, FloCloud allows for a better understanding of gas consumption and helps to reduce costs through data analytics.
GCE’s digital solutions provides powerful gas consumption reports through easy-to-use dashboards that deliver actionable insights from system-wide usage analysis. Users can set and track flow-rate limits to ensure gas parameters remain within the specified range, with real-time alerts triggered if issues arise. What’s more, customisable notifications can also be sent instantly via app, email, or phone, keeping users informed at all times.
The platform also allows the creation of virtual gas manifold systems for real-time tracking and accurate data analysis. Designed as an excellent tool for both distributors and end users, it enables process optimisation and cost reduction with simplicity and efficiency.
FloCloud includes a combination of robust, battery-powered sensors that digitally tracks the pressure, temperature, consumption and gas flow from the manifold to the point of use, then automatically communicates this data via wireless technology. The software sends all the information directly to the cloud, which can then be accessed via a computer, tablet or other mobile device. Because the information is transmitted directly from the end points, there is no chance for misinformation or need to manually check data. FloCloud’s easy-to-use dashboard and reporting system tracks every end user point and sends notifications if gas pressure drops (indicating a potential leak) or if the flow is outside the process parameters (such as weld procedure specification).
“FloCloud has helped large end-users save more than €1 million in gas spend by detecting leaks and stopping over-consumption,” says Dr Küster, Director Spec Gas Equipment, GCE. “By tracking gas consumption in real-time, cylinder swap-out can be planned, uptime is improved and gas use per station is easily documented for QA and cost tracking purposes.”
Now under the umbrella of ESAB Corporation, GCE has recently expanded its global presence through strategic acquisitions in the medical gas sector: Aktiv Technologies (India) and Delta P Gas Equipment (Italy). These acquisitions, along with previous ones such as Ohio® Medical and Therapy Equipment, strengthen GCE Medical’s position as a global leader in medical gas solutions.
“The expanded portfolio now includes a comprehensive range of products and services, from central gas pipeline systems to homecare oxygen solutions, all adhering to critical safety and regulatory standards.
“As we continue to focus on growth, innovation, and sustainability across our divisions, GCE plans to continue expanding our specialised divisions, introduce more digital solutions like FloCloud, strengthen partnerships with distributors, enhance our online services, and pursue ambitious sustainability goals to reduce our environmental impact.
“In addition to our global operations and innovative product portfolio, GCE actively participates in international trade fairs and industry exhibitions to showcase our latest solutions in industrial, medical, and high-purity gas technologies. Anyone can meet our experts here and see our latest portfolio. In the near future, you can see us at the following trade fairs: Semicon in Munich, ERS in Amsterdam, IHEEM in the UK, Arab Health in Dubai,” said Michaela.
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