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Advanced Solutions for Oil-free Compressed Air

Dry, dust-free, and oil-free compressed air plays a very important and often underestimated role in numerous applications. Industries such as food and beverage, pharmaceutical, automotive, and electronics often rely on especially high process safety utilizing the highest quality compressed air. In many production facilities, compressed air comes directly or indirectly into contact with production lines, products or packaging materials. Contamination through residual oil content, micro-organisms, and germs then have significant consequences for product quality, consumer safety, and your market reputation.

BEKOKAT® Oil-free and Germ-free Conversion Systems

Hydrocarbons are present in every compressed air stream even if you use oil-free compression due to the re-entry of hydrocarbons from the ambient air. Additionally, oil-free compressors are costly and not without potential failures (e.g. main crankcase seal failure) that can be catastrophic to an application. The only way to truly guarantee oil-free air (ISO 8573-1, Class 1) is through supplementary processing and assistance from a catalyst to break down hydrocarbon molecules in the compressed air stream.

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CLEARPOINT® V Activated Carbon Adsorption Systems

The activated-carbon adsorbers of the CLEARPOINT® V series are particularly suitable for large volume flows and high pressures. They are a convincing solution on account of a minimum residual oil content of only 0.003 mg/m³ and low differential pressure with extremely low energy costs.

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Applications of Interest

Safe oil-free compressed air for pharmaceutical production

For the production of medicaments, the strictest hygienic standards apply to the production conditions. This of course also applies to the required compressed air. It must be absolutely free from oil in order not to contaminate the sensitive products. In its factory in Singen, Germany, drug manufacturer Nycomed relies on a comprehensive system solution provided by BEKO to treat the process air in a reliably oil-free manner.

Compressed air treatment in the beverage industry

Every hour, 150 cubic meters of purest mineral water are produced by the 14 wells of RheinfelsQuellen in Duisburg-Walsum. Enough to fill 883 bathtubs every 60 minutes – or more than 207,000 bottles. To add sparkle to the water, there is only one solution: oil-free compressed air fed to state-of-the art bottling plants and peripheral systems. The company uses an innovative catalytic process for the total oxidation of hydrocarbons in the compressed air system.

Compressed air in direct food contact at MEGGLE

Powdered lactose is pumped through pipes at Meggle AG using compressed air. The utilized conveying air has to be absolutely dry and oil-free in order to prevent clumping. This is guaranteed by EVERDRY adsorption dryers and activated carbon adsorbers from BEKO TECHNOLOGIES.

Oil-free compressed air at LAVAZZA

Two installed BEKOKAT from BEKO TECHNOLOGIES in Neuss guarantee LAVAZZA a constantly oil- and germ-free compressed air of the highest quality, which even exceeds the extremely strict requirements of ISO 8573-1, Class 1 oil content.

Surface cleaning at HELLA

Blowing of high-performance electronics via pulsating rotary jets, and tracing of plastic housings with cleaning plasma jets: At the German automotive supplier Hella, compressed air takes over the central tasks in the surface cleaning of safety-relevant components. The most important requirement in this respect: the reliable, complete absence of oil.