POWER OF ATTORNEY




     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned
Director of Helix Technology Corporation, a Delaware
corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes and
appoints Robert J. Lepofsky, Stephen D. Allison, Beverly L.
Armell, and William Williams, II, or any one of them, his
true and lawful attorney or attorneys and agent or agents to
do any and all acts and to execute any and all instruments
which said attorney or attorneys and agent or agents may
deem necessary or advisable to enable the Corporation to
comply with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
and any rules, regulations, requirements or requests of the
Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder or in respect
thereof in connection with the filing under such Act of the
Annual Report of the Corporation on Form 10-K for the year
1995 including specifically, but without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, power and authority to execute
the name of the undersigned Director as indicated below to
the Form 10-K to be filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and to execute his name with respect to any
amendment to such Form 10-K and the undersigned does hereby
ratify and confirm all that said attorney or attorneys and
agent or agents or any one of them shall do or cause to be
done on his behalf by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this
Power of Attorney this 29th day of February, 1996.




                      R. Schorr Berman
                      (Signature)








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                      POWER OF ATTORNEY




     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned
Director of Helix Technology Corporation, a Delaware
corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes and
appoints Robert J. Lepofsky, Stephen D. Allison, Beverly L.
Armell, and William Williams, II, or any one of them, his
true and lawful attorney or attorneys and agent or agents to
do any and all acts and to execute any and all instruments
which said attorney or attorneys and agent or agents may
deem necessary or advisable to enable the Corporation to
comply with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
and any rules, regulations, requirements or requests of the
Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder or in respect
thereof in connection with the filing under such Act of the
Annual Report of the Corporation on Form 10-K for the year
1995 including specifically, but without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, power and authority to execute
the name of the undersigned Director as indicated below to
the Form 10-K to be filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and to execute his name with respect to any
amendment to such Form 10-K and the undersigned does hereby
ratify and confirm all that said attorney or attorneys and
agent or agents or any one of them shall do or cause to be
done on his behalf by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this
Power of Attorney this 20th day of February, 1996.




                     Frank Gabron
                     (Signature)








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                     POWER OF ATTORNEY




     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned
Director of Helix Technology Corporation, a Delaware
corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes and
appoints Robert J. Lepofsky, Stephen D. Allison, Beverly L.
Armell, and William Williams, II, or any one of them, his
true and lawful attorney or attorneys and agent or agents to
do any and all acts and to execute any and all instruments
which said attorney or attorneys and agent or agents may
deem necessary or advisable to enable the Corporation to
comply with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
and any rules, regulations, requirements or requests of the
Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder or in respect
thereof in connection with the filing under such Act of the
Annual Report of the Corporation on Form 10-K for the year
1995 including specifically, but without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, power and authority to execute
the name of the undersigned Director as indicated below to
the Form 10-K to be filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and to execute his name with respect to any
amendment to such Form 10-K and the undersigned does hereby
ratify and confirm all that said attorney or attorneys and
agent or agents or any one of them shall do or cause to be
done on his behalf by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power
of Attorney this 20th day of February, 1996.




                     Milton C. Lauenstein
                     (Signature)








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                     POWER OF ATTORNEY




     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned
Director of Helix Technology Corporation, a Delaware
corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes and
appoints Robert J. Lepofsky, Stephen D. Allison, Beverly L.
Armell, and William Williams, II, or any one of them, his
true and lawful attorney or attorneys and agent or agents to
do any and all acts and to execute any and all instruments
which said attorney or attorneys and agent or agents may
deem necessary or advisable to enable the Corporation to
comply with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
and any rules, regulations, requirements or requests of the
Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder or in respect
thereof in connection with the filing under such Act of the
Annual Report of the Corporation on Form 10-K for the year
1995 including specifically, but without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, power and authority to execute
the name of the undersigned Director as indicated below to
the Form 10-K to be filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and to execute his name with respect to any
amendment to such Form 10-K and the undersigned does hereby
ratify and confirm all that said attorney or attorneys and
agent or agents or any one of them shall do or cause to be
done on his behalf by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power
of Attorney this 26th day of February, 1996.




                     Marvin G. Schorr
                     (Signature)








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                     POWER OF ATTORNEY




     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned
Director of Helix Technology Corporation, a Delaware
corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes and
appoints Robert J. Lepofsky, Stephen D. Allison, Beverly L.
Armell, and William Williams, II, or any one of them, his
true and lawful attorney or attorneys and agent or agents to
do any and all acts and to execute any and all instruments
which said attorney or attorneys and agent or agents may
deem necessary or advisable to enable the Corporation to
comply with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
and any rules, regulations, requirements or requests of the
Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder or in respect
thereof in connection with the filing under such Act of the
Annual Report of the Corporation on Form 10-K for the year
1995 including specifically, but without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, power and authority to execute
the name of the undersigned Director as indicated below to
the Form 10-K to be filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and to execute his name with respect to any
amendment to such Form 10-K and the undersigned does hereby
ratify and confirm all that said attorney or attorneys and
agent or agents or any one of them shall do or cause to be
done on his behalf by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power
of Attorney this 21st day of February, 1996.




                     Wickham Skinner
                     (Signature)








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                     POWER OF ATTORNEY




     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned
Director of Helix Technology Corporation, a Delaware
corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes and
appoints Robert J. Lepofsky, Stephen D. Allison, Beverly L.
Armell, and William Williams, II, or any one of them, his
true and lawful attorney or attorneys and agent or agents to
do any and all acts and to execute any and all instruments
which said attorney or attorneys and agent or agents may
deem necessary or advisable to enable the Corporation to
comply with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
and any rules, regulations, requirements or requests of the
Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder or in respect
thereof in connection with the filing under such Act of the
Annual Report of the Corporation on Form 10-K for the year
1995 including specifically, but without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, power and authority to execute
the name of the undersigned Director as indicated below to
the Form 10-K to be filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and to execute his name with respect to any
amendment to such Form 10-K and the undersigned does hereby
ratify and confirm all that said attorney or attorneys and
agent or agents or any one of them shall do or cause to be
done on his behalf by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power
of Attorney this 24th day of February, 1996.




                     Mark S. Wrighton
                     (Signature)