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LORDSTOWN, OHIO – Integrated Automation Systems has been granted a US patent for its OptiGas method, which first fills an interpane space with argon followed by a precise dose of krypton. The intelligent and computer controlled process allows individual IG units to be custom engineered to reach optimal U-values.

“The timing is pertinent given the new Energy Star and other standards we’re all going to have to meet,” said Mike McHugh, president of OptiGas/Integrated Automation Systems. “With krypton now at much more affordable, the OptiGas system provides window producers a tool to lower u-values by a full point in two pane units and three points in triples at a competitive or lower cost per point when compared to existing options.”

The OptiGas process is unique because it can fill consecutive units with different proportions of argon and krypton without setup changes or wasting […]

LORDSTOWN, OHIO – Ryan McHugh has joined OptiGas/Integrated Automation Systems as vice president of sales. In addition to sales and customer service, he will provide gas filling and testing system installation, training and engineering support.

OptiGas offers a complete range of advanced and affordable gas filling and testing solutions for any operations at all production volumes. In addition to developing the award-winning FastGas, OptiGas and ThermalCHECK systems, the company also sells and supports Helantec GmBH gas filling and testing equipment in North America.

McHugh worked as a manufacturing engineer in the Nuclear Operations Division of Babcock & Wilcox Company and as a technical sales engineer with Dixon Sanitary, which makes hygienic fittings, valves, pumps and accessories for the food, beverage, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries.

For Babcock, he managed the manufacturing of long lead-time heavy components to ensure customer specifications were followed […]

The Helantec Leakfinder

LORDSTOWN, OHIO –The maker of OptiGas, FastGas and ThermalCHECK now offers gas filling and testing solutions for every application with the addition of eight Helantec GmbH systems to its product lineup.

Helantec offers a range of solutions including surprisingly affordable argon filling and quality testing systems for low-volume fabricators along with advanced and sophisticated systems for higher volume and commercial and architectural fabricators such as the a high-volume laminar filling system.

“Whether you make 200 or 2,400 IG units a shift, you can get the right-sized solutions for your needs,” said Mike McHugh, president of OptiGas/Integrated Automation Systems. “From gas filling to quality to sealed IG adjustment without capillary tubes, we now offer the most comprehensive and advanced gas filling and testing system lineup in the industry”

Based in Bruchsal, Germany, Helantec is the leading provider […]

The maker of the OptiGas, FastGas and ThermalCHECK intelligent gas filling and testing systems will now be offering Helantec GmbH’s advanced insulating glass pressure balancing systems in North America.

The Helantec ISO Altimeter Professional accurately and quickly sets the pressure of IG units to the average annual atmospheric pressure of the installation site. Widely used in Europe, the system eliminates bowing and pressure change breakage, enables the use of argon and krypton an requires no on-site adjustment.

“Anytime your IG fabrication location is more than 1,200 feet different than the installation location for a window or door, insulating glass can bow or even break unless you compensate for pressure differences,” said Mike McHugh, president of Integrated Automation Systems. “This system produces perfect flat appearance and high-performing IG at the installation location without special treatment or any additional steps for the installer.”

Current balancing solutions include using a breathing tube, which restricts fabricators to […]

SOLON, OHIO — You can fill standard IG units in less than 15 seconds and keep pace with the industry’s fastest production lines with the new FastGas high-speed argon-only gas filling system, the third groundbreaking gas filling and verification innovation from the makers of the OptiGas intelligent gas filling system.

FastGas uses patent-pending Twin Turbo technology to fill insulating glass made with any spacer system precisely, rapidly and reliably. FastGas provides 100 percent argon retention as the fill is done on the top edge.

“A single operator running a FastGas machine with two stations can keep pace with the fastest Intercept insulating glass production line,” said Mike McHugh, president and founder of OptiGas/Integrated Automation Systems. “Pair FastGas with our ThermalCHECK gas filling quality control unit and you can fill and verify the gas content of your IG at the speed of production.”

McHugh’s […]

Door and Window Manufacturer magazine has awarded a 2012 Green Product Award jointly to OptiGas and Vista Windows for verifying the thermal performance of the insulating glass in its windows while decreasing argon waste. The award is described on page 29 of the November/December issue.

Based in Warren, Ohio, Vista uses Integrated Automated Systems’ OptiGas and ThermalCERT technology to precisely fill and then verify the thermal performance of its IG. Vista Marketing Director Tony Kesicke built the company’s 2012 promotional efforts around verified thermal performance.

“Our customers (window dealers) have been able to close more deals and get more business because it has added more credibility to the sale,” Kesicke told the magazine.

Now you don’t have to wonder or wait to find out if the right amount of argon or krypton is in your insulating glass. With the direct measurement technology in the new ThermalCHECK system, you can know immediately after fabrication.

From Integrated Automation Systems, the developer of the innovative OptiGas gas filling and thermal verification system, ThermalCHECK is an affordable and compact system that first mixes and then directly measures the gas content in IG air spaces.

“ThermalCHECK does not estimate or interpolate and you don’t have to wait a day for the gas to settle to get an accurate reading,” says Integrated Automation Systems President Mike McHugh. “It is incredibly simple to use and the technology has been tested to be […]

You can see new ThermalCHECK and the lastest version of the OptiGas500 at GlassBuild America in Las Vegas. Integrated Automation Systems will be exhibiting in the booths of development and marketing partners Praxair (booth 1455) and FeneTech (booth 1153).

If you have questions about how you can manipulate coatings, spacer systems and intelligent gas filling to create affordable R-5 units and hit other thermal performance targets covered in our recent technical paper, we will be happy to review this with you at the show. If you would like to make an appointment any time during show week, please contact Mike McHugh by email or at 440.220.2159

Vista Windows of Warren, Ohio, has launched a national marketing campaign based on OptiGas and ThermalCert capabilities. Vista has an ad on the inside front cover of May Window and Door Magazine.

In addition, Vista dealer Windows Depot USA has created a video campaign featuring ThermalCERT. See this post to view the video.

Vista dealer Windows Depot USA has created videos for consumers featuring the OptiGas ThermalCERT thermal verification program. Window Depot is one of the fastest growing replacement window networks in the country, serving nearly 90 marketplaces. This is one of the videos.

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