Artic Driers has moved
1st Quarter 2013, News & events

Artic Driers moved its operations to new and larger premises during the month of January. The company’s new address is: Artic Driers 12 Rotterdam Road Apex Industrial Benoni Further details have ...

Artic moves to larger base
1st Quarter 2013, News & events

Artic Driers, the largest independent importer and distributor of compressed air treatment equipment in the country, has moved into new, larger premises in Apex, Benoni. Precipitated by Artic’s expanding ...

Know your compressed air service provider
4th Quarter 2012, Pneumatic systems & components

Contaminated compressed air wreaks havoc on any pneumatics system and the importance of high quality compressed air has never been greater. Contamination drastically shortens the life of pneumatically ...

Cut compressed air costs
3rd Quarter 2012, Pneumatic systems & components

Power costs keep rising and the need to reduce compressed air costs is paramount for many engineering managers. Combined with this is the need for reliable compressed air filtration to maintain the highest ...

Compressed air power and quality audits
2nd Quarter 2012, Pneumatic systems & components

Air treatment specialist, Artic Driers recently added new compressed air auditing and monitoring equipment to its comprehensive range of air quality products. With the acquisition of a new DS500 mobile ...

Food quality compressed air
4th Quarter 2011, Pneumatic systems & components

The demands imposed by the recently released ISO 8573 compressed air specification for food grade compressed air can prove difficult for any food or pharmaceutical company that has compressed air in direct ...

Catalytic converter for oil removal
3rd Quarter 2011, Pneumatic systems & components

The production of oil free air from a lubricated compressor generally involves the use of expensive multistage coalescing filters and activated carbon filters. High pressure drops result in wasted power ...

Hire a dryer
2nd Quarter 2011, Pneumatic systems & components

Compressed air users faced with an air dryer failure now have a cost-effective solution. A large fleet of high capacity refrigeration air dryers with capacities from 1 to 110 m³/min is available from ...

Designing an energy efficient compressed air system
1st Quarter 2011, Hydraulic systems & components

Steam and compressed air are often the most abused and expensive forms of power in a factory. Often compressor housing is designed with undersized piping and air treatment equipment which does not use ...

Specifying the correct air dryer
4th Quarter 2010, Pneumatic systems & components

The choice of an air dryer is a crucial part of any project or upgrade to any plant. The wrong choice at inception can cost a company millions in spoilt goods and products or in wasted energy costs. Driers ...

Choosing an air treatment service provider
3rd Quarter 2010, Pneumatic systems & components

Allen Cockfield, CEO of Artic Driers International, offers some purchasing advice

Solution to blocked aluminium heat exchangers
2nd Quarter 2010, Pneumatic systems & components

Whilst the aluminium heat exchangers commonly used in compressed air dryers do provide an effective heat exchange system, they can also fail if 'frozen out' or overloaded when contaminated with pipeline ...