CAPS delivers solutions to help maintain air quality

The need for optimised air compression systems to prevent contamination on the production line is crucial for the success of food and beverage manufacturers.

Air purity is critical in food and beverage manufacturing. Optimising the operation of your air compression while maintaining protections against contamination from particles, water, and oil, across multiple facets of production is vital to quality and output.

Choosing the right solution is not only about delivering the required performance outcomes but ensuring you have the service and support available, especially when any downtime has a costly impact.

CAPS Australia offers multiple ways to successfully achieve your performance outcomes. Providing compressed air and power generation solutions across Australia, CAPS has an extensive range of products and brands to provide complete air and power solutions that are suitable for local operating requirements.

Oil-free compressors

The food and beverage industry requires clean, dry compressed air to comply with safety and hygiene standards. The ideal approach to achieving and maintaining this critical air purity is to minimise the risk of contamination in the first place by using oil-free compressors.

Though they can come with a higher initial capital cost, oil-free compressors offer long-term benefits associated with less ancillary equipment and servicing, as well as a significant reduction of risk, often making them a more valuable investment.

CAPS Australia meets this requirement with its range of ISO Class 0 oil-free compressors, guaranteeing 100 per cent oil free air for industrial applications.

For larger scale applications, CAPS has a full range of oil-free centrifugal compressors as well as rotary screw compressors from 37kW to 355kW in either fixed or variable speed.

These machines are versatile and tailor-made, so there are many factors to weigh up when choosing the right compressor. Elements such as size, speed control, continuous or intermittent usage, portability, and site operating conditions including altitude and ambient temperature, can all impact which system will suit your needs.

The experts at CAPS can help you assess your requirements to find you the perfect match.

On a smaller scale, CAPS can offer scroll compressors in an all-in-one solution with a dryer, storage tank and compressor in a single unit, keeping the real estate of the system as compact as possible.

This smaller footprint translates to higher efficiency, a key component when choosing the right compressed air system, particularly as energy prices continue to climb across the country.

Offered as single phase from 1.5kW – 2.2 kW or three phase from 3.7kW to 7.5kW, CAPS suggests this integrated solution as ideal for small food and beverage applications requiring oil-free air. Setups can be configured to support the industry’s vast array of end process needs.

Cost-effective solutions

Due to their lower initial costs, many manufacturers opt instead to use oil-lubricated compressors with air treatment processes downstream.

From 5kW through to a 315kW, there are many technologies and brands to choose from, meaning it can be quite challenging to evaluate different compressors and select the best technology for your system.

CAPS offers a full suite of compressed air solutions and have the expertise to help you choose the right equipment to suit your needs.

CAPS understands that every application is unique, which is why it offers customised solutions and provides ongoing support to ensure optimal performance.

Air treatment

Air dryers are an essential to meeting the quality of air critical to food and beverage manufacturing.

Air dryers help to remove moisture from compressed air systems, decreasing the humidity and preventing bacteria from growing, as well as warding off rust and extend the life of the machine.

Desiccant air dryers are popular for industrial applications and processes that require extremely dry air, where a desiccant material such as silica gel, molecular sieve or activated alumina is housed in a container through which the compressed air is passed through, absorbing the moisture.

Now dry, the air must also be cleaned before it can be compliant with relevant standards. Filters use a variety of technologies, including coalescing and adsorption, to remove dust, oil, and other contaminants from compressed air systems. Reliable and customisable, they are available in various sizes and configurations to meet your specific needs.

The at-scale generation of nitrogen to support operational needs is a challenge that CAPS Australia has efficient solutions for with engineered nitrogen (N₂) generation systems to support on-site demands.

Producing dependable and economical supplies of nitrogen, the systems allow you to generate the quantity and purity of nitrogen necessary for any application on site.

Systems designed to suit the application

CAPS delivers complete solutions, designed, developed by its in-house engineering team, and supported through its Australian ISO9001 accredited manufacturing facility. The custom-built systems are perfectly matched to clients’ requirements.

This expertise also enables CAPS, where possible, integrate new technology into existing installations, enhancing the operational performance and life of equipment and infrastructure.

Local knowledge and support

Founded in Western Australia in 1980, CAPS joined the Ingersoll Rand family earlier this year expanding its access to the Ingersoll Rand’s global offering of innovative and mission-critical air, fluid, energy, and medical technologies that enhance industrial productivity and efficiency.

With 10 branches nationwide, the dedicated CAPS team delivers exceptional service, expert advice, support, and spare parts.

The company’s 24/7 maintenance and breakdown service, ensures customers’ operations run smoothly.

The national footprint means CAPS has skilled teams working in the same time zones as its clients, enhancing their support to customers through the entire process – from understanding their requirements, offering suggestions, and providing advice, to ultimately delivering the solutions they need.

The support continues throughout the equipment’s operational life, with CAPS providing Ingersoll Rand PackageCARE plans, giving clients the greatest value for managing their assets by transferring operational risk to Ingersoll Rand.

Scheduled air compressor maintenance, as well as using predictive analytics, helps prevent unexpected interruptions in your production. With more flexibility than an extended warranty, PackageCARE maximises your equipment uptime.

Rental equipment to keep you operating

CAPS can also get clients operational without big capital costs by delivering its competitively priced, turnkey rental solutions.

Keeping your operations running smoothly all year round, CAPS offers short and long-term rental of compressors and generators across Australia.

Ideal for special projects, seasonal peak demand requirements and covering any operational breakdowns, renting provides the flexibility to suit your needs.

With vast experience in renting equipment, CAPS has a large fleet of units ready for immediate dispatch from our local hubs satisfying a wide range of applications, including mining, all while ensuring top quality equipment and high standards of customer service.

Global technology, suited to local conditions

Utilising quality products with proven reliability, CAPS’ range of industrial equipment features world-renowned partner brands such as Ingersoll Rand, AIRMAN, Mitsubishi Generator Series, Sauer, Next Turbo Technologies, Bollfilter and more.

This enables CAPS to provide customers with access to the best technologies in: