Solutions now lead the way in the compressed air market. The manufacturer seeks to satisfy the challenges of the customer with novel and ever more complex equipment. As a result of this there has to be a real partnership between the manufacturer and the customer. The need to innovate is seen as the way to ensure a high level of compressed air efficiency and reliability.
More widespread and demanding applications of compressed air have governed the requirements concerning compressed air quality to become more critical. Compressed air is applied in many sectors of technology, for example in the pharmaceutical industry, when manufacturing vaccines or antibiotics, in the food and beverage industry, in hospitals and also manufacturing in the electronic industry. All these compressed air users depend on purified compressed air.
From providing simplistic filters as a common solution in the early days of industrial, construction and mining applications to today's array of filtration, drying and separation techniques have been developed to provide the solutions to the demanding applications required by the customer.
So instead of a simple bed of 'salt' to act as a means of drying air there are refrigerant systems, desiccant systems and membranes to remove water and then there are devices which separate oil/water mixtures before disposals and sophisticated devices for discharging the water. Filtration systems which are described as surface and depth filters as well as absolute filters are offered for the many applications needing a solution.
It is also now possible to generate gases such as nitrogen directly from a compressed air supply rather than bring it in as a bottled product.
Innovation helps to move the boundaries of technology forward and it is ever the case in compressed air treatment. With all this innovation the customer needs a confidence that the performance of the product lives up to expectation which brings the discussion back to standards.
For an interesting presentation about the industry of the Pneurop committee please click here (4.6Mb PDF opens in a new window).
Sustainability projects and low carbon initiates need compressed air, gas and vacuum equipment
Increasing concern about the environment and the need to foster energy efficiency are addressed by the European Climate Change Programme and its subsequent legislative measures. Pneurop supports the overall sustainable energy policy objectives of the European Union within the sphere of its responsibilities. Its members companies actively promote energy efficiency for the benefit of their customers as part of their daily business activity.