Compressed Air Best Practices - September 2008 - (Page 46) | 09/08 Compressed Air Industry FOOD PACKAGING & PROCESSING | EXPERT SERVICE FOR TOBACCO ROAD What capabilities does Air Flow have? Our objective is that our customers will not experience downtime due to their compressed air system. Our company is structured around making this happen. We focus on preventative maintenance programs and also have an emergency service group. The ability to rapidly rent machines has also helped some customers make it through a crisis. We offer expert air energy system audits and analysis and new machine sales. Our primary administrative office is in Greensboro. In Woodleaf, North Carolina we have our rebuild center where we can overhaul and rebuild any brand and any type of air compressor. Many of our technicians are also North Carolina-licensed refrigeration technicians who can get refrigerated compressed air dryers up and running on those hot summer days. We also have service based in Rocky Mount and Fayetteville, North Carolina. We have our service technicians positioned throughout our service area and are proud to be available 24/7 — 365 days a year! We also think education is key for our customers. For this reason we do many “lunch and learns” at engineering firms and large customers. In addition to this, we conduct formal compressed air seminars on a regular basis. How’s the Tobacco Industry doing for you? Food processing and packaging facilities are a significant industry in North Carolina. The tobacco industry is one of our largest customers. We are currently, for example, the service provider under contract at a top-three tobacco manufacturer. Under this contract it is our job to keep nearly 10,000 horsepower in centrifugal air compressors running in good order at their eight building complex! We represent FS Elliott oil-free centrifugal air compressors in North Carolina and southwest Virginia. Our service technicians are factorytrained by FS Elliott and capable on these big systems. When we are auditing, we benefit from the fact that Air Flow represents such a wide range of compressed air technologies. With the Sullair product line, which I personally believe is the premium line of rotary screw air compressors in the world, we can offer single- and two- stage air compressors, variable capacity controls, demand controllers as well as variable frequency drives and virtually all technologies in compressed air drying. With the FS Elliott line of centrifugal air compressors, which is the highest quality centrifugal air compressor built; we can accommodate oil-free and large cfm applications. And for the special and very large dryer applications we call on Airtek. Our customers know that our audits recommend the best equipment for their application, rather than recommending the equipment we have to sell. Air Flow has a service contract for 10,000 horsepower in centrifugal air compressors. 46 www.airbestpractices.com http://www.airbestpractices.com
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