Elmo Rietschle introduces dry screw vacuum pump for food packaging Elmo Rietschle
Save up to 16,000 € over four years
Have you ever calculated how much you pay per year on service costs for your oil-lubricated rotary vane vacuum pump, the kind of pump that currently dominates the market in the food processing industry? In a typical protective-gas application, average maintenance costs of € 2,000 are incurred at least every 2,500 operating hours. The reason: up to 8 liters of special oil are required per maintenance. Including the admittedly moderate purchase price of such units, this results in life cycle cost of about € 30,000 over a 4-year period. Not exactly small change. But totally avoidable!
Although its purchase price is somewhat higher, the Elmo Rietschle VSI screw vacuum pump has a payback of less than 12 months in oxygen applications. And thanks to the pump’s much lower maintenance costs and our FLAIR flat rate, the next three years only add about € 3,500 to the total. That's because FLAIR, the all-inclusive care-free service package, includes
• all necessary maintenance work
• all wear parts and consumables
• no additional costs for repairs
• a replacement pump delivered within 24 hours, with shipping costs covered
Total control of life cycle costs
For the user this means absolute cost certainty. A budget item you can rely on, and operation you can depend on. And Elmo Rietschle does not subject the user to special terms and conditions. So it does not matter how many shifts or operating hours per year are being run, or whether who knows what is being processed.
Better performance, no oil, longer shelf life for your products
The VSI 300 not only makes sense in terms of cost. This cutting-edge food packaging technology also offers enormous environmental and hygiene advantages. No more oil mist, no more having to dispose of old oil. Plus: lower power consumption, and optional efficiency-class 1 motors. Sustainability that really pays off.
• Dry, contact free compression
• Oil free discharge air
• Maintenance is limited to changing the oil (1.8 L) in the gear and bearings
• No lubricant in the suction chamber
• Water cooled: low heat generation in the production area
• Connection to existing water circuits is possible
• Superior suction at 1 to 100 mbar
• Shorter evacuation times
• Final vacuum < 0.1 mbar (absolute)
• High water vapor compatibility
• Variable speed drive option (frequency converter)
20 December 2010
