Compressed Air Quality: Which Type of Compressor Wins?
Three contaminants define compressed air quality: solid particles, water and oil.
Compressed Air Safety: Which Type of Compressor Wins?
Compressed air systems are one of the safest industrial sources when properly operated and maintained.
Compressed Air Performance: Which Type of Compressor Wins?
Most readers think of compressor performance as “How many CFM does it make?” That’s important, obviously, but it hides the three performance dimensions that separate a good installation from a bad one.
Compressed Air Cost Efficiency: Which Type of Compressor Wins?
Get two compressor salespeople together, and they’ll argue about whose machine is more cost efficient.
Compressed Air Energy Efficiency: Which Type of Compressor Wins?
Most companies today find that the energy costs make up the lion’s share of an air compressor’s total cost of ownership.
Tallgrass Energy
Tallgrass Energy is a midstream energy supplier, transporting natural gas over 10,000 miles of pipeline between producers and end users in rural areas of the western U.S. Its Glenrock, WY, compressor station had two 50-HP rotary screw air compressors running 24-7 to supply instrument air and utility air to operate the emergency shutdown system.
Southeastern Container
Every day, Southeastern Container makes $9 million worth of PET plastic bottles for Coca-Cola and other national brands, relying on compressed air for injection molding and blow molding.
Outlaw Woodworks
Outlaw Woodworks makes custom and standard cabinets for residential and commercial customers, using advanced woodworking technology, including CNC machines, edge banders, pneumatic guns and sanders, all powered by compressed air.
Leslie Controls
Leslie Controls, a CIRCOR International brand, makes catapult valves used by the U.S. Navy to launch fighter jets.
Latex Occidental
Látex Occidental, the world’s largest balloon manufacturer, has 14 machines making its flagship product at subsidiary, Látex Mexicana.