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For Release: Immediately
Contact: Judy Silva
Phone 1-800-343-4048
jasilva@parker.com

Compressed Air Filters which provide 99.9999+% contaminate-free sterile air to food processing applicationsParker Balston is offering a compressed air quality test program to identify contamination areas in a compressed air system and reduce downtime and maintenance costs.

Parker Hannifin, the global leader in motion and control technologies is now offering a complete compressed air quality test program performed by a factory trained specialist. The testing will result in reduction of equipment downtime and maintenance costs.

Experience shows that compressed air quality has a direct effect on operational costs – costs that can be reduced or eliminated. This test program identifies the areas in a compressed air system that have contamination issues critical to the operations of the facility.

Service provided:

  • Quick, non-disruptive analysis of the quality of compressed air systems with highly accurate instrumentation
  • Determine compressed air contaminate levels at end use points – particle detection to 0.5 microns in size
  • Measure moisture (dew point) content of compressed air in critical areas
  • Easy to read summary report which can be used to target and prioritize critical areas requiring improvements

Value provided:

  • Reduce production equipment downtime
  • Reduce excessive maintenance costs
  • Eliminate rework of product or contamination of product
  • Eliminate frequent replacement of production equipment components
  • Identify poor performing compressed air purifying equipment ( filters, separators, dryers) and in just a few minutes time, this program along with recommended solutions will save compressed air users thousands of dollars per year.

For additional information, contact Parker Hannifin Corporation, Filtration and Separation Division, call toll-free at 1-800-343-4048 or 978-858-0505. Parker Hannifin Corporation, 242 Neck, P.O. Box 8223, Haverhill, MA 01835-0723. www.balstonfilters.com.

With annual sales exceeding $10 billion, Parker Hannifin is the world's leading diversified manufacturer of motion and control technologies and systems, providing precision-engineered solutions for a wide variety of commercial, mobile, industrial and aerospace markets. The company employs more than 57,000 people in 41 countries around the world. Parker has increased its annual dividends paid to shareholders for 52 consecutive years, among the top five longest-running dividend-increase records in the S&P 500 index. For more information, visit the company's web site at http://www.parker.com, or its investor information site at http://www.phstock.com.