Cryomech is a recognized leader in new Cryorefrigerator (Cryocooler) design and manufacturing.

We developed and produced the world’s first commercially available 4K Pulse Tube Cryorefrigerator (PTR).

We also manufacture the largest variety of single-stage Gifford-McMahon Cycle Cryorefrigerators available anywhere.


Cryomech was founded in 1963 by Professor William E. Gifford, the inventor of the Gifford-McMahon Cycle and the Pulse Tube Cycle. In 1992, Cryomech developed its first Liquid Nitrogen Plant, the LNP40. In 1999, Dr. Chao Wang developed the first commercially available 4K Pulse Tube Cryocooler. In 2007, Cryomech introduced the LHeP12 and 20 Liquid Helium Plants. In 2010, the first Cryomech Helium Recovery System was installed. In 2013 Cryomech developed the 1K Cryostat and released its second-generation Liquid Helium Plants with increased liquefaction rates and remote monitoring.


Cryomech’s team strives to provide the highest quality products for our customers. We realize that our responses to your requests for information, quotations, and service define us.


Based at our world headquarters in Syracuse, N.Y., our cryoteam is relentless in their pursuit of our customers’ success. Through continual innovation, improvement of our technical expertise, and our pinpoint focus on product quality and reliability, we consistently exceed our customers’ expectations.

From the detail-conscious attention of our skilled engineers and machinists to the rigorous testing by our technicians, each unit receives the attention to detail necessary to ensure consistent, optimal performance. Members of the cryoteam have a combined cryogenics knowledge base in excess of 120 years – knowledge that is available to you.


The members of the Cryomech team are the trailblazers of removing heat at cryogenic temperatures. Based upon the technology developed by Cryomech Founder William E. Gifford and the principles implemented by his son, Peter, Cryomech has enjoyed more than 50 years of cryogenic innovation. We are unafraid of the unknown and inspired by the thrill brought on by new challenges.


A key component of our success is our ability to adapt to our customers’ demands. The principles developed and fine-tuned by Peter Gifford and Rich Dausman have been in practice in the manufacturing and design process at Cryomech for more than 40 years. Our ability to be both open and flexible forges the way to discovering the custom cryogenic solutions that our customers demand.