Atlas Copco oil-free air compressors log 20 years

The weaving plant Orta, a leading denim manufacturer in Bahrain, has six units of Atlas Copco 250kW 2-stage oil-free screw air compressors, out of which three are air-cooled and running since 1998. These often see cooling temperature in excess of 50 deg C in summer, and despite the very arduous site conditions they have clocked close to 100,000 operating hours each with no air end replacement. Atlas Copco Z compressors are built using the knowledge Atlas Copco has gained since 1954 when the first oil free screw compressor was built. Today Atlas Copco uses state of the art manufacturing technology, designing and building units according to ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 22000 & OHSAS 18001, providing highest efficiency &reliability. Decades of partnering with the world’s leading textile manufacturers has given Atlas Copco a keen sense of what is exactly required in the textile industry. Oil-free air protects the users’ equipment from damage, avoids oil contamination of the end-products. The Z oil free screw compressors offer the manufacturer 100 per cent pure, clean air that complies with ISO 8573-1 CLASS 0 (2010) certification. Zia Hassan Khan – plant technical manager at Orta said: “Atlas Copco Z range of rotary screw oil free compressors installed in our plants are live example of reliable and robust products that ensure sustainable and uninterrupted production.” “Compressed air is the heart of our operations; The ZT250 air compressors have clocked close to 100,000 running hours of continues operation without any breakdown or need of Airend overhauling,” he added. Marwan Yaseen, regional product marketing manager of Atlas Copco said: “As a world leading compressor manufacturer, over the past sixty years Atlas Copco has pioneered the development of oil-free air technology, resulting in a range of air compressors and blowers that provide 100 per cent pure, clean oil-free air required for textile industry all over the world and stressed the fact that Atlas Copco Z series of oil free compressors are best in class in the industry.”