Industries
Alicat® instruments enable advancement of technology in a broad list of industries. Industrial flow, R&D, pilot programs all depend on accurate, repeatable and scalable flow and pressure metering and controls.
Whether leak testing space vehicle parts, dynamically regulating flows into banks of bioreactors, or environmental monitoring of explosive gases at a well cap, our devices help every person in the system, from process designers to maintenance technicians, do their work quickly, successfully and in thorough control.
Professionals from all industries select our products for their comprehensive data collection, versatility, and ease of use. And they love us for our responsive and informed product support.
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Aerospace & defense
Bioreactors & fermenters
Calibration & metrology
Environmental & air monitoring
Food & beverage
Gas chromatography
Gas mixing
Glass & Optical Fiber
Hydrogen
Lab grown diamonds
Leak testing
Research laboratories
Thin film deposition
Aerospace and defense
Manufacture and test mission-critical components and systems
Find our instruments in thruster test stations, environment control systems, exotic atmosphere simulations, or handling coolants. Alicat supports your manufacturing and validation testing for space and flight.
Use cases:
- Characterize flow, and leak test, valves and thrusters
- Breathing simulation
- Space suit leak checking
Bioreactors and fermenters
Fine tune, automate, and scale bioreactor and fermentation systems
Flow systems for every phase of biologics development. Trusted for repeatable and scalable flow control, necessary for achieving high titers from upstream bioprocesses. Relied upon for durability in a buffer spill, and easy swap and replace without recal.
Use cases:
- Back pressure control in scale out and scale down parallel fermentation processes
- Headspace monitoring for real-time control of culture growth
- Inflating single-use bioreactor bags using dual‑valve pressure controllers
Calibration and metrology
In-field and in-house calibration and metrology using portable transfer standards
Portable, NIST‑traceable flow meters simplify the calibration and validation of flow equipment. We’re the preferred choice at both state‑of‑the‑art metrology labs, and remote, outdoor sites.
Use cases:
- Wireless transfer standards used for in‑field calibration and verification without outlets, cables or computers
- Using multivariate meters to fully compensate for ambient conditions
- Calibration, validation, and verification with dependable accuracy, flexibility and durability
Environmental and air monitoring
Measure and analyze ambient air quality and industrial emissions
We’re the standard in particulate air monitoring calibration. Alicat instruments ensure that air is safe to breathe and that industrial emissions meet regulatory standards with high‑accuracy, weather‑resistant flow meters.
Use cases:
- Performing field audits to meet EPA, and CNEMC monitoring requirements of atmospheric methane emissions
- Operating at near‑atmospheric pressures to enable ambient air measurements
- Characterizing ozone production using mass flow control
Food and beverage
Process and package long-lasting food and beverage products
Keeping produce, meat, and packaged goods fresh requires removing oxygen and precisely adding nonreactive gases. Repeatable drink carbonation also requires highly responsive flow control. Alicat has materials options, so your process stays USP Class VI compliant.
Use cases:
- Blanketing with gases mixed on site eliminates the need for expensive pre-mixed gases and enables easy traceability of all packaging elements
- Accurate, low-flow dosing ensures consistent introduction of additives, maintaining quality control
- Aeration, carbonation, or nitrogenation introduce the bubbles and creaminess customers crave
Gas chromatography
Optimizing and verifying gas chromatography processes
Accurately flow helium, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, and other carrier gases with a single instrument in research labs. Or, control carrier gas with stable, repeatable control from compact mass flow and pressure controllers. Optimize your analysis and sample conditioning process with Alicat!
Use cases:
- Carrier gas flow
- GC flow calibration and verification
- Controlling back pressure to run GCs at higher internal pressure
Gas mixing
Customize and dynamically program in-house gas mixing
Mix gases, using some of the most intelligent gas mixing software around. Gas mixing platforms from our FusionFlow™ line provide on-site precision gas mixing. The intelligent, multi-channel brain is perfect for dynamic mixing in ongoing processes too. Systems are capable of up to a 10,000:1 controllable range.
Use cases:
- Gas sensor testing and calibration
- Welding shield gas blending
- Modified Atmosphere Packaging
Glass and optical fiber
Fabricate high-purity preforms and draw low-loss glass and optical fiber
Accurate, repeatable production of high-purity glass optimizes optical fiber production and maximizes transmission, enabling 5G technology. Repeatable and automated blanket gases or fuel gases for furnaces.
Use cases:
- Fuel and shield gas control for preform purity
- Furnace temperature control gases
- Automating glass blowing
Hydrogen
Regulating and control of electrolysis and fuel cell systems processes
From direct regulation of electrolysis and fuel cell system processes, to test benches for membrane and catalyst verification, Alicat offers countless flow and pressure solutions. We have intrinsically safe devices for hazardous locations.
Use cases:
- Electrolysis feed pressure, flow metering, totalizing H2 and O2
- Fuel cell production and testing optimization
- Hydrogen leak testing
- Novel CO2 hydrogenation processes
Lab grown diamonds
High-performance flow and pressure controllers designed for lab grown diamonds
Better diamonds at lower cost. Alicat makes the process of growing diamonds consistent and repeatable. High stability and repeatability gives engineers confidence that the recipe they called for, is what was delivered.
Use cases:
- Controlling mixes of hydrogen, methane, and carrier gas for diamonds
- Pressure control of vacuum plenum and deposition chambers
Leak testing
Faster leak testing with accurate leak rate measurement
Alicat flow and pressure instruments accurately characterize flow and leak test valves and thrusters. Automate your processes and eliminate time-consuming bubble and pressure decay tests.
Use cases:
- Fast accurate leak testing using flow
- Pressure decay testing the easy way
- Maintain pressure while measuring flow with one device
Research laboratories
Scientific discoveries and technological developments begin in the lab
We have a record of staunch support of the scientific experiments our customers in education and industry are conducting. Alicats are cited in peer-reviewed literature on topics from carbon capture to polymer synthesis to surfactant characterization.
Use cases:
- Closed-volume pressure control
- Atmospheric chemistry research
- Sensor development and testing
Thin film deposition
Optimize thin film deposition setups for maximum throughput and film quality
Fast, precise gas delivery into vacuum coating systems is an Alicat specialty. We configure our famous custom-built devices for thin film applications such as synthetic diamond production and photovoltaic coatings.
Use cases:
- Upgrade reactive sputtering systems
- Gas switching into film processes
- Faster vacuum stability
