Industrial chillers are essential pieces of equipment in your facility, providing heat transfer from internal to external environments. In other words, chillers work to move unusable heat from one place to another in your process in order to protect the integrity of equipment, quality of end product

It’s no surprise the chicken processing industry continues to scale upwards on an annual basis, the popular protein is a dietary staple in most homes these days as it’s a leaner alternative to beef and pork, is rich in vitamins and minerals, and has very few religious restrictions. With an average o

Clean, dry compressed air is key to maintaining an efficient and productive process. On the flip side, one thing that can quickly derail an efficient process is contamination within your compressed air supply caused by microorganism growth. As you might have guessed, microorganisms like bacteria and

Editors Note: This post was originally published in 2017 and has been updated for accuracy, comprehensiveness, and new information. When you have a compressed air system that uses more than one compressor or dryer, it can be difficult to determine which machine to run when. This is especially true i

Did you know that breweries have traditionally relied on CO2 as the essential gas for all brewing processes? That’s right; from tank purging and bottling to inerting, carbon dioxide has historically been a brewery’s gas of choice. However, this may not be the case for much longer! Enter nitrogen, an

Episode 4: Piston Air Compressors Welcome to Episode 4 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 as high

Air compressors are the power behind a business’ production; whether its food packaging, CNC machining, wastewater treatment, or any other application, they play an essential role in making sure your production continues without issue. But what if your compressor(s) unexpectedly break down? Even the

What Does It Mean? What’s Happening? The Safe Quality Food Institute (SQFI) will introduce a new Safe Quality Food Manual (ISO 22000) in the U.S. on May 24, 2021. It includes a significant change regarding compressed air and other compressed gases such as nitrogen and carbon dioxide. Previously, the

Air compressors are the workhorses of the industrial world, ensuring that production and application needs are met in facilities across the globe. However, compressors are only machines – they’re not infallible. This is what makes compressor system maintenance incredibly important! Instead of waitin

Variable Speed Drive, often abbreviated simply as VSD, is a hallmark of the compressed air world. Air compressors equipped with VSD are automatically able adjust their operating speeds to precisely match compressed air demand in real time. Pretty nifty, right? This is especially important in terms o

Cincinnati, Ohio-based Searen is revolutionizing the performance and efficiency of wastewater treatment with the Vacuum AirLift system (VAL). A new and patented approach to wastewater treatment, VAL is the sole technology that improves and simplifies impurity removal through water circulation, fine

About 75% of a compressor’s total lifetime cost is energy. Thats the reason that compressor providers constantly work to improve compressor designs and controls to improve efficiency. It’s also why power providers offer financial incentives for users to upgrade to more efficient technology, and why

Episode 5: VSD (Variable Speed Drive) Air Compressors Welcome to Episode 5 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

Many industries and applications are powered by the movement and compression of air; that’s why air compressors, blowers, and vacuum pumps are so essential to businesses! Today we’re focusing on centrifugal blowers, a type of blower that operates via dynamic compression and are well-suited for proce

When was the last time that you really thought about your compressed air piping system? Distribution piping is an essential component of any compressed air solution system, so “out of sight, out of mind” is not an acceptable option. Considering some best practices regarding proper pipe sizing, effic

Editors Note: This post was originally published in 2017 and has been completely updated for accuracy, comprehensiveness, and new information. When it comes to compressed air systems, pressure and flow are two of the most common terms you’re sure to encounter. This is true whether you’ve just start

Episode 3: Scroll Air Compressors Welcome to Episode 3 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 as

Heard of desiccant? Desiccant is a drying agent (silica gel is an example) that is used not only to keep products like shoes and electronics dry, but also to dry compressed air! In a compressed air system, desiccant beads are used in desiccant dryers (a.k.a. adsorption dryers), where compressed air

Quick! Can you name the oldest type of low-pressure blower? If you guessed the lobe blower, you’d be correct. Lobe blowers, also referred to as rotary lobe blowers or Roots blowers, are a type of positive displacement blower originally invented in the 1800s by the Roots brothers. Even over a century

It’s hard to believe, but another year is coming to an end. As things are slowing down and we begin to prepare for 2021, let’s celebrate the closing of 2020 by revisiting the year’s five most popular blog posts! We covered a wide variety of compressed air and gas topics, and we especially made a poi