Kerr ‘Know How’ Blog

Scottish Winters can be notoriously harsh and cold weather can adversely impact your compressed air system and supply. In this seasonal Kerr ‘Know How’ blog, we have some practical tips and recommendations to help safeguard your air compressor installation through the Winter months.

Maintaining the integrity of your compressed air system is always important. Here, we explore and discuss how the choice of consumables and spare parts can impact the on-going reliability and performance of a compressed air system and what the real cost of non-genuine spare parts can be.

Some of us may enjoy hot summer weather, however, your compressor equipment may not. In this seasonal blog post, we look at how you can help you keep your compressed air system running efficiently and reliably throughout the warmer months for a hassle free summer.

Exploring the importance of reliable and efficient low-pressure blowers to sophisticated, automated fish feeding systems for Aquaculture. In this blog post we look at the key benefits and important role that low pressure air and compressed air plays in automated, pneumatic fish feeding systems.

In this blog post we look at how integrating an advanced master controller into a compressed air system with multiple compressors can assist users in optimising the systems energy efficiency. We also highlight the three key ways that advanced master controllers reduce energy consumption.

In addition to reducing your long-term operating costs, four key benefits of following the original equipment manufacturers recommended preventive compressed air maintenance schedule can be aptly summed up with the abbreviation REAP – reliability, efficiency, air quality and productivity.

If you are considering investing in a new compressed air system, what criteria will you use in making your selection? The purchase price? The installation price? Maintenance requirements and costs? Energy efficiency? Evaluating the true-life cycle cost of compressor ownership is recommended.

Salmon Aquaculture and the use of sea pens to farm salmon is a booming segment of the food industry. Profit margins are ever high, as is consumer demand. This has led to the increasing use of technology by the Aquaculture industry, much of which relies on both compressed air and low-pressure air.

The pandemic may well have influenced or impacted your capital expenditure plans this past year. Here, we look at the benefits of air compressor hire and when this might be the right solution. We also highlight a new Government initiative available when investing in compressed air equipment.