Keeping the pipeline flowing downstream

Downstream processing only adds value when it’s actually flowing downstream. But that added value can quickly evaporate. For instance, when a transformer failure creates a figurative and literal bottleneck in the pipeline that delivers your product to your packaging warehouses! Such was the calamity that hit our customer’s polypropylene plant late one night. Fortunately, Atlas Copco Rental’s local team rose to the challenge and designed, delivered, and commissioned a fully customized back-up system less than 24 hours later. 

Meeting the shortfall in the customer’s blower system required a solution capable of delivering a peak flow of 4000cfm of air at 1.2 bar. And safeguarding the quality of their product meant ensuring that air was extremely dry and 100% oil free. Our team therefore designed a flexible and modular package comprising 2 PTS 1600 and 1 PTS 800 Atlas Copco oil-free compressors together with an array of desiccant dryers, manifolds, and other accessories. 

Our customer originally requested a temporary back-up transformer to replace the one that was out of service. Our in-house engineers, however, calculated that it would be considerably more cost-effective to use autonomous air compressors rather than a back-up transformer to get the pipeline back up and running. As well as being most cost-effective, the solution gave our customer the flexibility to perform maintenance to their compressor park as well as carry out repairs to their transformer. 

Any interruption to our customer’s production would have been costly. But the subsequent damage to their reputation when failing to fulfil their own customers’ orders could have far worse and far longer-lasting consequences. Needless to say, they appreciated a partner who shared their focus on the bigger picture and the bottom line.

• Amelia Hany Kang
  amelia.hany@atlascopco.com

At Atlas Copco, we have been turning industrial ideas into business-critical benefits since 1873. By listening to our customers and knowing their needs, we deliver value and innovate with the future in mind. 

Great ideas reinforce sustainable development. At Atlas Copco Specialty Rental, we team up with our customers to set up state-of-the-art temporary air, flow, steam and nitrogen solutions. Our passionate experts have extensive application and equipment knowledge. We understand our customers' needs and can provide a total solution for any industry, no matter if it is for emergencies or planned projects. We are a division of the Power Technique business area, headquartered in Boom, Belgium and offer specialty rental solutions under several brands around the globe.