Glass & Plastics

Compressed Air & Vacuum Systems for Glass & Plastics

From energy saving compressed air systems to energy audits, Rogers assists glass and plastics customers with developing efficient processes that meet the needs of a demanding industry. Rogers Machinery provides reliable compressed air solutions for the glass and plastics industries.

Considerations for Glass & Plastics Air Compressor Systems & Vacuum Solutions

The plastics industry faces considerable demand for a product that touches every part of daily life, and plants may operate 24/7 to meet that demand. Compressed air is used in a wide variety of plastics applications, from calibration of molten material leaving the extruder to blow molding and injection molding processes. To maintain a 24/7 schedule, reliable compressed air is essential in plastics applications. Compressed air equipment must be designed for demanding environments involving dirt, dust, and heat to reduce downtime.

Most plastics manufacturers also need clean, high quality materials to ensure the integrity of finished products that must meet medical or food grade standards. To meet these standards, plastics processes may require ISO 8573-1 Class 0 oil-free compressed air. An oil-free air compressor sized for specifications can meet this need while offering low lifecycle operating costs.

Plants in the glass industry also often operate around the clock, requiring constant uptime that only the most reliable compressed air solutions can deliver. Compressed air is used to drive glass blowing machines or to blow liquid glass into molds, as well as other processes like pneumatic conveying of raw material.

Compressed air system audits can reveal opportunities to gain glass & plastics process efficiencies and improve reliability and uptime.  To avoid air compressor repairs that result in downtime, extra cost and disruption to the ability to meet demand, ask for one of our compressed air system audits.

Rogers KNW Series compressors provide versatile oil free air for the glass & plastics industry. The Rogers K Series of lubricated rotary screw compressors and vacuum pumps offer reliability and performance for these applications as well. In addition, Rogers Machinery provides solutions for the glass & plastics industry from a number of leading brands that specialize in compressed air, vacuum, and pumping for glass & plastics applications.

• MD-Kinney vacuum pumps, side channel blowers and compressors bring energy efficient vacuum supply to vacuum coating glass, handling and lifting glass panels, and plastics processing applications including compounding, extrusion, thermoforming, and injection molding.
• Viking pumps are specialized for processing glass and plastics materials like hot melt adhesives, PVAC, and polyurethanes.
• Zeks air treatment products include air dryers and cooling source dryers for clean, dry compressed air with and without refrigeration for the glass & plastics industry.
• SPX Flow's technology provides products – Filters and Mist Eliminators – to help preserve compressed air equipment used in glass & plastics processes.
• Hankison air dryers include high pressure refrigerated air dryers used for injection molding and temperature sensitive applications such as surface cooling of glass molds.
• Powerex oil-free scroll compressors and vacuum systems provide class zero certified oil-less air for glass & plastics applications.
• FS Elliott centrifugal compressors deliver reliable compressed air that is critical to glass & plastics manufacturing, including ISO 8573-1 Class 0 oil-free air.
• SIHI vacuum pumps are capable of handling air/water mixtures in plastic extrusion/calibration.
• Parker nitrogen generation products are used in plastics industry applications like injection molding, film extrusion, and gas assist injection molding.
• Paxton Products provides nozzles, manifolds, and air knives for ionized air rinsing, static elimination, sorting, pneumatic conveying, pre-packaging, and after wash of plastic parts.

Explore Rogers Machinery’s Air Compressors and Vacuum Pump solutions for glass & plastics applications.