Cylinder Tracking System

General Air - Gas Products - Cylinder Tracking Label

General Air Service and Supply has developed and fully implemented a computerized, serial number and delivery verification system, designed for tracking compressed gas cylinders. Our system offers some of the finest features available anywhere in the Compressed Gas Distribution Industry.

One of the cylinder industry's greatest problem areas, and a source of irritation for cylinder customers, has been inaccurate, unverifiable, cylinder delivery and rental invoices. Common "human errors," such as those generated by erroneous input in daily cylinder exchanges, transposition of ships and returns on the delivery ticket, and those generated by loss or theft at customer facilities, have been a serious concern to us for years. Our cylinder control system, utilizing bar code identification, and direct computer input of the ship and return cylinder serial numbers, realistically addresses this problem. This system tracks each cylinder individually through our plant, to your facilities and back again.

Each cylinder has affixed to either the neck ring or cylinder identification collar two bar code stencil numbers. These stencil numbers are alpha numeric and five digits in length. This stencil number directly crosses to the serial number stamped on the shoulder of the cylinder. We have chosen to use the bar codes stencil number instead of the serial numbers stamped into the shoulder of the cylinder because these serial numbers are variable in length and have no fixed alpha numeric relationship. With the five digit stencil number, we can use a number of computer cross checks to further insure the accuracy of the bar code scans and dramatically increase the accuracy of our cylinder tracking system and resultant cylinder rental billing.

Misplaced Cylinder Policy

If a cylinder is misplaced or stolen, contact us and we will limit your liability to the replacement cost of the cylinder. This cylinder will then be flagged using the bar code number. If the cylinder is returned within 18 months, a partial credit may be applicable.