Air Compressor for Food and Beverage Industry

Oil-free air is essential for food and beverage applications. In the food and beverage industry, oil-free air compressors can be used for a variety of purposes, such as conveying/transporting products, blowing bottles/containers, automation, fermentation, and pneumatic tools.

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The Importance of Air Compressor for the Food Industry

Putting aside “food additives”, the importance of compressed air quality is easily overlooked in the food safety production process. Food-safe air compressor, as the second largest source of power energy and process gas after electricity, is widely used in the production processes of beer, beverages, food fermentation, packaging, liquid transportation, bottle blowing, and other food industries. All pneumatic instruments, pneumatic components, cylinders, solenoid valves, and processes used in production require compressed air solution, which is the reason why air compressors for food processing are widely used.

In the food and beverage industry, the food-safe air compressor is needed to control valves and brakes in automated production lines for filling, packaging, and bottling. The transportation, blasting, ventilation, fermentation, cooling, and spraying of powdered materials also require deep drying and cleaning of compressed air. And if the compressed air contains oil, water, or other impurities, it will cause pollution.

Air Compressors Used in the Food Industry

Food Safety–compressed air contaminants. Oil pollutants in compressed air mainly come from three sources. One is the oil contained in the atmosphere itself, the other is the lubricating oil of the food air compressor during the compression process, and the oil stains formed due to time precipitation in the system pipelines.

At present, domestic technology for removing oil and dust impurities has been relatively mature and widely used (such as using oil-free air compressor and dust filters). However, effectively removing water during air compression for food processing remains a challenge, making it difficult to meet the stringent requirements of food production.

CM/PV Permanent Magnet Variable Frequency Oil-Free Screw Air Compressor

CM/G Medium Pressure Industrial Frequency Oil-Free Screw Air Compressor

CM/GPV Medium Pressure Permanent Magnet Variable Frequency Oil-Free Screw Air Compressor

Related Application Scenarios:

Food Processing

Air compressors are used for a variety of purposes in food processing. For example, in the baking process of bread, cake, etc., air compressors are used to produce stable compressed air to drive equipment such as dough mixers and flour delivery systems. In addition, compressed air is also used to control pneumatic operations in food processing equipment, such as pneumatic cutting, pneumatic conveying, etc.

Packaging and Encapsulation

Air compressors play an important role in the food packaging and packaging process. They are used to supply compressed air and drive pneumatic components in packaging equipment, such as pneumatic grippers, pneumatic cutters, pneumatic sealers, etc. The use of compressed air in packaging and packaging helps to improve efficiency and product quality.

Bottled Beverage Production

Air compressors play a vital role in the production of bottled beverages. They are used to provide high-pressure gas to fill the beverage into the bottle to maintain the freshness and quality of the beverage. Compressed air is also used to drive various operations on the filling line, such as pneumatic valves, pneumatic transfer systems, etc.

How to Choose the Right Air Compressor for Food Industry?

(1) Food safety standards: The food and beverage industry has very high requirements for product safety and hygiene. Therefore, it is important to choose an air compressor that meets food safety standards. Ensure that the air compressor is made of food grade materials and design to avoid factors that can lead to food contamination.

(2) Gas quality requirements: In the food and beverage industry, some products may require the use of high purity or oil-free compressed air. According to the specific application, choose the air compressor suitable for the requirements. Special gas filtration and handling systems ensure that the desired gas quality is achieved.

(3) Production requirements: Understand the scale and needs of your own production, including gas flow, pressure requirements, etc. Select the appropriate compressor capacity according to the size of the production line and the use of the equipment. Ensure that the air compressor can meet the production needs, while having a certain degree of redundancy.

(4) Energy saving and reliability: Consider the energy efficiency and energy saving characteristics of air compressors and choose products that can provide efficient and stable compressed air. At the same time, make sure to choose a compressor with high reliability and simple maintenance to reduce failures and downtime.

(5) Noise and vibration levels: Considering the requirements of the food and beverage industry for the production environment, choose an air compressor with low noise and low vibration. This helps to provide a quiet and comfortable working environment with less disruption and impact on the operator.

Oil-Free Screw Air Compressor for Food Industry

Why Choose Our Oil Free Screw Air Compressor?

High Purity Compressed Air

Reliability and Durability

High Efficiency and Energy Saving

Low Maintenance Costs

Oil Free Screw Air Compressor for Food Processing

Food safety – compressed air quality standards.

Food safety is a people’s livelihood issue, and any tiny pollutant may bring health risks to consumers. Therefore, the quality of compressed air should be controlled more strictly. In food production gas systems, gas usage can be divided into two types: indirect contact and direct contact, and their corresponding quality standards are also different.

Compressed air in indirect contact with food

For example, the contact between air and food in the food production workshop environment, as well as bottle blowing, packaging, etc. The quality of this type of indirect contact compressed air should comply with the following standards of ISO8573.1-2010:

Solid particulate matter level: Level 2
Moisture content level: Level 4
Oil content level: Level 2

Compressed air in direct contact with food

Such as food ingredients, fermentation, mixing, bagging, and other technological operations. Just like medical air compressor for hospital use, this type of compressed air treatment equipment must undergo dust removal, water removal, oil removal, sterilization, etc. If the water content of the compressed air exceeds the standard, it will easily lead to the growth of bacteria, which directly affects food quality, safety, and hygiene. Therefore, food production requires clean, dry, and up to standard compressed air. Quality EPG-CMN food air compressors can ensure the safety of food production. This type of food safe air compressor should comply with the following standards of ISO8573.1-2010:

Solid particulate matter level: Level 2
Moisture content level: Level 2
Oil content level: Level 1

When choosing food air compressor post-processing equipment for gas used in food production, an adsorption dryer should be selected to meet the gas standards for food production – deep drying and cleaning (pressure dew point -40°C).

EPG-CMN has no oil-water injected screw air compressor, high-pressure oil-free screw air compressor, oilless scroll type air compressor, and low-pressure screw oilless air compressors for sale, which produce reliable compressed air for food complying with all the standards mentioned above.

As a livelihood issue, food safety is related to people’s lives and health. Therefore, the system equipment configuration should be selected reasonably and correctly for the compressed air used, which is of great importance to ensuring the quality and safety of food.

Relevant Cases:

We are proud to announce that our medium pressure water lubricated oil-free screw air compressors have achieved a remarkable success story in the food and beverage industry. A well-known domestic food and beverage enterprise purchased our 242kW machine in 2018 for the gas supply of beverage bottle production line. Today, these machines have accumulated more than 25,000 hours of operation, providing a steady supply of gas to customers’ production lines and continuing to create value.

Compared to traditional piston machines, our medium pressure water-lubricated oil-free screw air compressors have demonstrated outstanding advantages in the food and beverage industry, allowing our customers to gain a significant advantage in a highly competitive market.

These advantages include:

1. High efficiency and energy saving: water-lubricated oil-free screw air compressor adopts advanced screw technology, which has higher operating efficiency, effectively reduces energy consumption, and saves a lot of costs for customers.

2. Excellent reliability: Our machines are simple in design, have fewer parts and are more compact, thus reducing the possibility of failure. This means that customers’ production lines will receive longer stable uptimes, reducing production disruptions and maintenance costs.

3. Quality air: In the food and beverage industry, air quality is critical to the safety and quality of products. Water-lubricated oil-free screw air compressor completely avoids oil vapor pollution, ensures the high purity of compressed air, meets the strict food hygiene standards, and guarantees the product quality of customers.

4. Environmental awareness: We know that in today’s society, environmental awareness is becoming more and more important. Medium pressure water-lubricated oil-free screw air compressor reduces oil pollution, provides green production solutions for customers’ enterprises, and helps environmental protection.

5. Customized solutions: We are committed to providing personalized solutions for each customer, according to the needs of customers and production processes, to create the most suitable air pressure system for them to improve production efficiency and competitiveness.