Treating compressed air as a design element is the key to unlocking the next generation of manufacturing innovation.

My love affair with compressed air started a number of years ago when I got an entry level oil-less air compressor for Christmas. Looking like a bloated red fire hydrant lying on its side, it made a ...

Compressed air is critical in many industrial and nonindustrial applications, including powering pneumatic tools and conveyor systems, cleaning equipment and airfilling amusement park objects. While ...

Compressed air is vitally important to all power plants. Although in some cases it is used simply for convenience, such as when operating certain pneumatic tools, in other cases, compressed air is ...

It's no longer news that the growing emphasis on sustainability is leading the charge for higher efficiency. When discussing energy use in manufacturing environments, the Big Three - water, ...

Keith Barron from Atlas Copco Compressors advises plant managers to give priority to pressure and flow when specifying compressed air systems in order to optimise performance and energy consumption.

How can an 8%-10% efficient utility be Green? The answer is that it can't, but improvements to Compressed Air Systems represent the single largest opportunity to reduce carbon emissions by reducing ...

The compressed air system at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) Cologne site can be used for various purposes thanks to its unique design, consisting of ...