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International Standards Organization (ISO) created compressor provides operators with significantly
ISO 8573-1 to provide manufacturers with the ability lower maintenance requirements, including:
to define the level of tolerance for air purity in their • Fewer ancillary air system components to maintain.
compressed air system. This standard outlines the • Longer timeframes between oil changes.
levels of solid particulates, water, and oil allowed • Elimination of expensive oil filters to clean the
based on the classification. compressed air.
• Elimination of oily condensate management.
Class 0, the most stringent of these classes, • Longer desiccant life of downstream air filters.
guarantees compressed air will contain <0.01 • Minimized downstream labor and outage-related costs.
mg/m3 of total oil. The key is to select the
classification most appropriate for your facility. Reduce energy costs
The more energy-efficient the compressor, the more
Manufacturing benefits of oil-free air direct impact the machine will have on lowering
Eliminates risk of contamination operating expenses. Since energy costs are generally
• Delivers Peace-of-Mind – There is always a risk of 60-75% of the total life-cycle costs of an air
contamination when compressed air encounters an compressor, overall cost savings from efficiency
end product; the best way around this is never to alone can result in several thousands of dollars in
introduce oil into your airstream in the first place.
Class 0 air allows manufacturers to avoid life-cycle savings. Oil-flooded machines also require
contamination risks, such as an oil filter breakthrough several oil filters and oil separators in the air path to
from post-filtration, that would lower product quality, clean the manufactured compressed air. Each one of
increase the risk of product recalls and result in these items will cause a pressure drop across the
unnecessary downtime. Contamination risks can filter, resulting in lower air pressure delivery
harm your brand reputation, your bottom line and
even worse, the health of your customers. downstream in the plant. The decrease in pressure
• Protects Your Assets – Oil-lubricated compressors means the compressor must work harder to maintain AD
It’s been long since mechano-textile industry tried to For the very first time, AQUARIA leaves behind the will always have a trace amount of oil in the air they the demand needed for the plant creating lower
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offer machineries that could perform special non-continuous in rope process and focuses on produce. Trace oil can build-up on pneumatic efficiencies and higher energy costs.
treatments for fabrics. It was strictly necessary to go open width continuous process. Straight aware of equipment and other valuable assets that use
from the non-continuous process – costing time and what it means in terms of advantages – no marks or compressed air, which in turn increases maintenance Why do industries choose oil-free air compressors?
money – to continuous, with the guarantee of results crease marks, no need to re-open the fabric – you and replacement costs. ® Compressed air comes in contact with nearly
BRIO 24 machineries. AQUARIA allows a large
discovered by the worlds of textile and fashion.
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repeatability and of a quantitatively higher can finally be as free as water and think about new number of washing processes, i.e. enzyme everything, including finished products. Avoiding the
production, so that no market ended up being products to display to clients. Or realize a product Reduces environmental impact risk of oil contaminating the air supply is especially
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treatments, fibrillation and defibrillation (tencel),
excluded. And, above all, to go from in rope you’ve been thinking about for so long, and that now • Minimize Oil Usage – Oil-flooded screw important to the textiles. A quality stream of
BIANCALANI s.r.l.
bio-polishing, desizing, bleaching, weight reduction,
processing to open width. But not only this. In the thanks to AQUARIA you can actually create. compressors require 55 gallons of oil every six to compressed air for spinning machines and air-jet
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Biancalani textile machinery designs and
degumming and others, in order to achieve very
textile finishing, similar machineries already existed – twelve months for an oil change. This oil must then looms is crucial to prevent fabric staining and
manufactures 100% Made in Italy textile finishing
special results, among which:
both open width and continuous. But what didn’t Furthermore, the fashion industry asks for fabrics be properly disposed of following the appropriate production loss. Mandating the highest class of air
machinery for the main finishing treatments in the
• Delavé and color reduction
textile and nonwoven industry.
exist was a machinery that does all this DURING the realized following very specific processes, that are governing authority guidelines. Oil-free compressors purity is essential for delivering high quality, oil-free,
• Tencel and lyocell fibrillation and defibrillation
washing process with transport of the fabric obtained obtained only thanks to a deep mechanical washing do not require oil as part of the compression process manufactured products.
• Enzyme washing
completely by air. Finally, it does. And is called action and a high dwelling time inside the bath during and as a result, only need oil changes every two to Founded in Prato in 1957 by Fiorenzo Biancalani,
• Sense effect on cupro and blends
over the years the company has made a name for
AQUARIA . the cycle in the machinery. three years. Is oil-free air right for you?
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• Opalescence
Taste for invention is back and has been the fil rouge order to be able to create something unusual • Eliminate Condensate Disposal – When operating Rastgar invites you to allow the application engineers
itself on the market both thanks to the constant
• Frosting effect
during fashion weeks all over the world. The key according to the look, the touch and the textile The textile industry is full of creativity, but they’re also AQUARIA is all of this and so much more. A an oil-flooded compressor, significant amounts of for compressor life-cycle cost calculation to find out
activity of its Research and Development department,
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concept is to turn an already excellent product into a performances. That’s the key concept for textile aware of obstacles in the production process. And it machinery based on the AIRO® technology and oil-contaminated condensate must be properly what you are currently spending at your plant and
which has led it to producing increasingly innovative
Also, the modularity of AQUARIA meets any
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special one, going the extra mile. With all this in mind, production for years to come. And it’s thanks to water often happens that designers’ requests crash against more than 30-year know how that distinguishes disposed of to safeguard the environment. To ensure review what you could potentially save by
finishing textile machines, and to the internal
production need. But above all, AQUARIA is a
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the textile world is getting ready for Texworld Paris, that textile finishers can actually be of inspiration for the real production possibilities. Until now. In fact, Biancalani in the international mechano-textile compliance, governing authorities often monitor and transitioning to oil-free technology.
Technological Department where customers can go
machinery that puts into effect any new request. It’s a
Milano Unica and Denim Première Vision – with designers: in fact, some particular colors and textile Manufacturers around the world are tasked with Oil-free air compressors are becoming more and regulate the disposal of contaminated condensate. to ask for advice on certain treatments and to verify
market.
according to specific requests, ideas and dreams
totally new world of potentialities ready to be
denim market share always increasing, as predicted structure definitions can be reached only by finding opportunities to lower their operating costs more popular for their ability to reduce maintenance Condensate from oil-free compressors can be easily Rastgar & Co is authorized distributor of Gardner
the achievable results for their fabrics.
they came across, Biancalani Textile Machinery
by WSGN trend forecasting agency. undergoing specific washing processes. Special while maintaining a consistent, high-quality product and energy costs, minimize environmental footprint ® discarded or even recycled for other uses within the plant. Denver’s CompAir brand of Oil-Free Air Compressors
But what’s that “much more” of AQUARIA ? That’s
created AQUARIA , such a new textile machinery
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processes. And here mechano-textile industry comes with little to no impact on the environment. For many and the possibility of product contamination. in Pakistan with complete aftermarket support. Learn
that, with any production obstacles completely
pretty easy to say. Operators got the makings of
More and more often, designers seem to look for into play and that’s where the makings of textile and industries, employing an air compressor that AQUARIA at once during ITMA 2019, when it was Reduce maintenance costs more https://rastgar-co.com/products/oil-free/
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overcome, it gives you the freedom to think about
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textiles that underwent manufacturing processes fashion actually spring. And also, AQUARIA comes provides ISO 8573-1 Class 0 certified oil-free air is The degree of air purity required varies based on the Switching from an oil-flooded to an oil-free air (by Mr Imtiaz Rastgar).
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brand new manufacturing processes.
presented together with AIRO24EVO5, AIRBOX and
which are not strictly necessary but truly original, in into play. Patented by Biancalani. one way to achieve these objectives. risk tolerance for any industrial process. The
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