After touring a facility where aluminum gas cylinders were being refurbished by employees in hazmat suits using chemicals to remove the paint, Dan knew there had to be a better way for both the workers and the environment. This was what started the idea for ROBO-STAT.

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Soon after, Dan quit his job and with his wife Tammy created ROBO-STAT. Their son Chris decided to come work with them and their daughter Heather joined not long after to help in the office.

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In the beginning, they solely focused on refurbishing cylinders using a patented "green" method. It wasn't long before they realized their customers also needed their cylinders requalified at the time of refurbishment. So they went and got certified to Hydro-test cylinders and started adding employees to help with the increasing business.

 

Along the way, certain customers needed in-house ways to tidy up certain cylinders and ROBO-STAT pulled through by creating machines for them that they now sell. Both a Cryo-Polisher and a larger Cylinder Washer were designed and quickly put to heavy use in factories.