Editors Note: This post was originally published in 2015 and has been updated for accuracy, comprehensiveness, and new information. Let’s talk weather for a moment. If you’ve paid attention over the past few years, you’ve probably noticed that each season is become more and more extreme. Springs a

If you’ve been in the compressed air and gas industry for any length of time, chances are that you’re familiar with industrial chillers (or process cooling chillers) as well. Chillers, while not directly related to compressed air, are a type of industrial

It’s hard to imagine a life without plastic. It’s everywhere you look, from the disposable coffee cup sitting on your desk to the plastic baggie holding your favorite midday snack. Given the prevalence of plastic in our daily lives, it’s not a surprise to learn that the plastics industry is the thir

Compressed air dryers are essential elements of your compressed air system. While moisture in your compressor installation is unavoidable, the problems this moisture creates downstream can be large. From contamination of end products to damaging pneumatic machinery and other components, leaving this

Episode 1: Refrigerant Dryers Introducing the Compressed Air and Gas Vlog Series! This series focuses on bringing the fundamentals of compressed air and gas to life, but in an interactive way! The Atlas Copco team of Product Managers will guide you through key working principals and highlight s

If you’ve been in the compressed air industry for any amount of time, you know that the variety of compressors available can be overwhelming. From oil-free to oil-injected, dynamic to displacement, fixed-speed to VSD (Variable Speed Drive), the options can make your head spin. And we haven’t even me

Just as the rotary screw compressor is one of the backbones of the industrial world, so has the rotary screw blower evolved into one of the mainstays of the low-pressure world. Screw blowers are truly multi-faceted. They can be trusted to deliver large volumes of oil-free air, even in the roughest o

A properly sized and designed piping system is a necessary component of any distribution compressed air system. Without this key component in place, the delivery of air from the compressor to the specific points of use will be inefficient and costly, both in the short term as well as in the long ter

Often called “The Fourth Utility” because of its role as an essential element to businesses around the world, compressed air is the power behind virtually every application, product, and process you can see or think of. The same goes for air compressors, or the equipment that creates compressed air.

Episode 2: Rotary Screw Air Compressors Welcome to Episode 2 of the Compressed Air and Gas Vlog Series, where we bring the fundamentals of compressed air and gas to life through video! The Atlas Copco team of Product Managers guides you through key working principals of compressed air, as well a

Editors Note: This post was originally published in 2014 and has been completely updated for accuracy, comprehensiveness, and new information. Both nitrogen and oxygen gas are used by a variety of manufacturers for a wide range of industrial applications. From chemical manufacturing and food packagi

Editors Note: This post was originally published in 2015 and has been completely updated for accuracy, comprehensiveness, and new information. For compressed air systems to perform properly, the air must be dry; this means that the air must be free of liquid moisture and at a low relative humidity p

While you may not be as familiar with low-pressure blowers are you are typical air compressors, you can rest assured that they are essential pieces of equipment in many key industries! Low pressure technologies are used in a variety of applications for an array of purposes. Let’s explore how eight d

Piston compressors are the oldest and most common type of industrial air compressors, relying on the principle of positive displacement to increase the pressure of the enclosed volume of gas or air. While found in a wide variety of places, these compressors are most often in DIYers garages, hobby wo

Machines are oftentimes a marriage of straightforwardness and complexity; this certainly holds true for the rotary screw air compressor. Simple in design, yet precision engineered to deliver with great efficiency, rotary screw air compressors are the workaholics of the industrial world. They deliver

Need clean, dry air? A compressed air dryer can do the trick! Like their name would suggest, dryers are very common pieces of compressed air equipment that play an essential role in drying your compressed air. Designed to reduce the amount of moisture in the compressed air, desiccant dryers in parti

Were you aware that pressure is one of the main factors that determines a compressed air system’s capacity and power? This means that it is essential to understand the pressure requirements of your facility, process, and/or application, and to design your compressed air system accordingly. If the co

The mining industry, whether underground or surface mining, never sleeps. Mining work is completed in harsh conditions, and mining processes run 24/7 – often in remote locations miles away from the nearest town. Two key pieces of equipment that are used to power these processes are air compressors a

Like with the food packaging and the chemical industries, the pharmaceutical industry relies heavily on nitrogen in its various applications. In fact, pharmaceutical companies require a reliable source of high purity nitrogen and can benefit by generating their own nitrogen in-house to reduce cost w

Did you know that air compressors are used to compress different types of gases? That’s right! Reciprocating (piston) and screw compressors are utilized in gas compression, including CO2 compression. Applications that use compressed CO2 include fertilizer plants, grain treatment, sugar processing pl