Safe and energy-efficient compressed air application in the pharmaceutical sector

Compressed air plays an important role in maintaining quality standards. This is because it comes into direct contact with the product at some points during the manufacturing process and thus has an influence on its quality. The Sinphar Group uses compressed air, for example, as transport air and for drying bottles. Contaminants in the compressed air such as oil aerosols, moisture and dirt particles must be prevented at all costs, otherwise they can transfer to the product.

Since the Sinphar Group placed particularly high demands on the oil and sterility of the compressed air, it installed a highly efficient oil-lubricated compressor with BEKOKAT CC-720 catalytic converter instead of the conventional standard solution of an oil-free compressor with downstream filter or activated carbon adsorber system. The TÜV-certified catalytic converter from the compressed air specialist Beko Technologies converts hydrocarbons completely into carbon dioxide and water by total oxidation. lt produces a constantly oil- and germ-free compressed air with a maximum residual oil vapour content of hardly measurable 0.001 milligrams per cubic metre - regardless of whether an oil-free compressing or an oil-lubricated compressor is used.

With this performance, BEKOKAT technology even exceeds the strict requirements of ISO 8573-1, Class 1 oil content - a quality that is required in particularly demanding processes.