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Compressed Air Cost per m³: Why Compressed Air Is One of the Most Expensive Operating Resources in the Plant
For electricity, gas, and water, there is an invoice at the plant. Not for compressed air. It is available at...
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Two screw compressors in parallel operation: How weekly rotation distributes operating hours
In practice, anyone with two compressors standing side by side rarely uses them equally. Usually one machine runs continuously, while...
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Compressed air station in the attic: VI-LO realizes the installation of a STRONG compressor
Sometimes, the biggest challenge with such an installation is not the technology itself, but in the process of getting it...
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Three screw compressors in cardboard production: System status at a glance, service informed faster
In cardboard production, manufacturing often runs in multi-shift operations, and compressed air is involved at many points in the process....
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Compressed Air Treatment: Components, Design, and Compressed Air Quality
A compressor generates compressed air – but it does not determine the actual compressed air quality that reaches the point...
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Oil-Free Scroll Compressor in Water Treatment: Why Preventing Oil Contamination Matters
When compressed air does not merely drive a tool but comes into direct contact with a medium, the requirements change...
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Two-stage screw compressor: Why 55 kW is not always 55 kW
On the datasheet, it often looks clear-cut: 55 kW here, 55 kW there—apparently the same machine. However, rated motor power...
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Refrigerated Dryers vs. Desiccant Dryers: Which Compressed Air Dryer Suits Your Application?
A winter morning, minus five degrees: A valve on an externally routed compressed air line is stuck. Overnight, the condensate...
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Compressed Air Audit: Process, Measurement Points, Results – the basis for sound decisions
In many plants, it is not known exactly how compressed air demand changes over a full production day. Compressors run...
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Oil-free compressor for the food industry: AQUARIUS in the plant expansion
A plant expansion in food production almost always brings with it a question that is easily underestimated: How should the...
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