Editorial

Compressed air, a major source of industrial energy, is being used increasingly in both the manufacturing and process industries where its distinct advantages of cleanliness, flexibility, safety and economy of use, compared with other energy sources, are fully exploited.

Modern process equipment, pneumatic controls and instrumentation, however, demand a supply of clean, uncontaminated air and this has necessitated the development in recent years of more advanced designs of compressors and ancillary equipment.

Maintenance of the cleanliness of this air, from source right up to the point of use is obviously essential. Hence air mains and branch lines are also required to be of an advanced design.

BEKO Technologies, one of Europe

Ingersoll Rand has launched a new range of compressed air system control products.

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The Challenge: Walkers Shortbread has grown from strength to strength, with their products being sold in more than 60 countries over the world. The Company has built a new 70,000 ft factory to support its four existing Speyside factories, which last year manufactured over 50 million packets
shortbread.

The new facility needs a reliable, energy efficient air compressor system to power pneumatically operated bakery machinery and instrumentation. Airchannel

The new dimension of process reliability for compressed-air users: the Oil Control residual-oil monitoring system alerts air users to any increase in the concentration of contaminants in the compressed-air flow during operation, online and with high precision.

Compressed air contaminated by oil is the horror of every compressed-air user. Depending on the application, there is a risk for production plant, the environment, or even for health. In the majority of cases, some residual oil content cannot totally be avoided, but needs to be monitored to ensure recommended levels aren

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Factair, the market leader in breathing-air quality testing instruments, will be launching its latest generation of instruments at this year

Antwerp, Belgium, April 2, 2008. Atlas Copco has yet again proven its world leadership in air-compressor manufacturing with the introduction of the new GA range of oil-injected compressors. Every component in the new GA range has been carefully evaluated and designed to provide Atlas Copco

The innovative Medbac breathing air control system (Medical Breathing Air Control) protects patients against impure compressed air and complies with the monitoring requirements of "Aer medicalis".

A stay in hospital can be a worrying experience. Many people find it particularly hard to depend on technical systems, such as the breathing air supply in an operating room or intensive care unit. The demands on the operation of the life-saving systems are correspondingly high. Therefore, the "European Pharmacopoeia" stipulates exact limit values for the composition of the so-called "Aer medicalis", meaning the compressed air which, in Medicine, is applied as breathing air.

MedBAC from Beko is a compressed air monitoring system which constanly observes the content and delivery of medical compressed air.