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Food & Beverage
From bottling lines and ingredient conveying to packaging automation and CIP cleaning systems, food-grade compressed air is the most safety-critical utility in your plant. Our Class 0 oil-free systems protect product integrity, ensure full regulatory compliance, and keep production running 24/7 — with zero contamination risk.
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Types and selection of air compressors in the food & beverage industry
Selecting the appropriate air compressor for food and beverage applications requires careful consideration of hygiene, air purity, and operational reliability. Compressed air often comes into direct or indirect contact with products, packaging, and processing equipment, making system design and air quality critical.
Bottling, Filling & PET Blow Moulding
High-speed bottling lines for water, juice, beer, and carbonated beverages depend on compressed air for bottle rinsing, product transfer, cap pressing, and label application. PET blow moulding requires high-pressure air at 25–40 bar to stretch preforms at rates exceeding 80,000 bottles per hour. Any pressure deviation causes off-spec bottles and costly stoppages. Our high-pressure blow moulding compressors with integrated heat recovery cover both the volume and quality demands of modern PET lines, recovering up to 35% of energy for preform oven heating.
Pneumatic Conveying of Bulk Ingredients
Flour, sugar, salt, dried spices, powdered dairy, cocoa, and starch are all transported through dilute-phase or dense-phase pneumatic conveying systems. These systems demand consistent, dry, oil-free air to prevent ingredient clumping, bacterial growth, and pipe blockage. Our low-pressure blowers and screw compressors with refrigerant dryers maintain the dew points needed to keep ingredient quality consistent from silo to mixer, batch after batch.
Packaging Automation & Form-Fill-Seal
Automated packaging lines — including vertical form-fill-seal machines, tray sealers, flow wrappers, and thermoformers — are driven by pneumatic actuators, grippers, and vacuum generators that require a clean, stable, and continuous air supply. Pressure fluctuations cause mis-seals, product giveaway, and increased film waste. Our variable speed compressors with smart pressure management hold setpoints within ±0.05 bar even under rapid demand cycling, maximising packaging line output and reducing film reject rates.
CIP & Sterilisation Systems
Clean-in-Place systems rely on compressed air to actuate valves, drive product pushing, and purge pipework between cleaning cycles. Any oil contamination in this circuit renders the entire cleaning cycle void and requires a full regulatory re-validation. Our oil-free compressors are the only acceptable solution for CIP supply air in HACCP-controlled environments. Our systems are fully traceable to ISO 8573-1 Class 0 and carry third-party food-grade certifications accepted by FDA, BRC, and FSSC 22000 auditors.
Fermentation & Controlled Atmosphere Storage
Breweries, wineries, and fermented food manufacturers require precise gas blending — CO₂, nitrogen, and sterile air — for tank blanketing, carbonation, and yeast management. Our oil-free compressors supply the sterile instrument air needed to control fermentation vessel pressures and dissolved oxygen levels with accuracy critical to flavour consistency and product shelf life. Integrated nitrogen generators paired with our compressors eliminate reliance on bulk gas deliveries, cutting gas costs by up to 60%.
Cooling & Refrigeration Support
Cold chain integrity across blast freezing tunnels, chilled storage, and refrigerated dispatch areas depends on reliable pneumatic control of refrigeration valves, dampers, and automated doors. Moisture in the compressed air supply to these control circuits causes valve freeze-up and system failure in sub-zero environments. Our heated regenerative dryers achieve dew points of −70°C PDP, guaranteeing freeze-free operation in the harshest cold store conditions and protecting refrigeration equipment from costly moisture-related failures.
- Selection Guide
Types and selection of compressors in the food & beverage industry
Selecting the correct compressor technology for each application is essential for achieving the lowest total cost of ownership, maintaining food safety compliance, and maximising production uptime.
Oil-Free Screw Compressors
The backbone of paint shops and precision assembly. Water-injected or dry-running twin-screw elements deliver Class 0 oil-free air to ISO 8573-1. Available from 15 kW to 500 kW with variable speed drives for energy matching to production demand cycles.
Oil-Free Centrifugal Compressors
For plants consuming 1,000+ Nm³/h continuously, centrifugal technology delivers highest efficiency at large scale. Inherently oil-free by design with no contact elements. Ideal for central compressor houses supplying entire plants via ring mains at 7–10 bar.
High-Pressure Booster Compressors
Dedicated boosters take plant air at 7–8 bar and elevate to 30–40 bar for tire inflation, airbag canister testing, and hydraulic accumulator charging. Our two-stage piston boosters achieve this with 30% lower energy consumption versus standalone HP compressors.
Low-Pressure Blowers (Roots & Screw)
Wastewater aeration, pneumatic conveying of metal chips, and cabin ventilation systems require large volumes at 0.5–2 bar. Tri-lobe Roots blowers and low-pressure screw blowers provide the flow rates needed with near-pulsation-free delivery.
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Bottling & Filling Lines
Class 0 oil-free air for high-speed bottling, rinsing, and capping systems across water, juice, dairy, and carbonated beverage lines.
Requirements
- ISO 8573-1 Class 0 oil-free
- Pressure stability ±0.05 bar
- Continuous N+1 redundancy
Benefits
- Weaving speed increase
- Fabric quality
- Energy savings up to 40%
Packaging & Form-Fill-Seal
Precision pneumatic air for automated packaging machines, vacuum gripper systems, tray sealers, and flow wrappers in high-hygiene zones.
Requirements
- Clean dry air (+3°C PDP)
- Rapid demand response
- Low oil vapour (<0.003 mg/m³)
Benefits
- Yarn uniformity
- Higher production rates
- Quality consistency
CIP & Sterilisation
Ultra-pure instrument air for CIP valve actuation, pipeline purging, and sterile process air in HACCP-controlled dairy, brewery, and beverage environments.
Requirements
- Certified Class 0 — no oil trace
- Dew point −40°C PDP minimum
- Food-grade material contact cert
Benefits
- No fabric staining
- Process flexibility
- Quality consistency
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