Importance of Oil Free compressed air for Medical Use

Whether in a hospital, clinic or doctor’s practice — clean compressed air is essential in the medical sector. The main uses of medical compressed air include:

• driving ventilators and incubators, where it provides uncontaminated and controlled air flows helping to reduce high concentration of oxygen exposure;
• as a carrier gas for anaesthetic agents;
• as a power source for powering surgical tools in the operating room.
   

The type of air used in hospitals and healthcare facilities needs to be free of contamination and particles and have no oil or odours.

When picking a compressor for your application, you’ll need to choose between two basic options: oil-injected and oil-free. If you’re new to the world of air compressors, you may be unfamiliar with the differences.

The fundamental difference between the two lies in how the inner moving components, which draw in air and compress it in a storage tank, are lubricated. Oil-injected compressors, as the name implies, use oil to lubricate the pistons. In oil-free compressors, however, the cylinders are instead coated with Teflon and therefore do not need to be lubricated.

These air compressors do not need oil, which eliminates the additional time and money you’d otherwise spend on procuring and applying lubrication to your machines.

Oil-free and oil-less air compressors are the preferred method in supplying air, because it is the simplest, safest and most cost-effective solution. In the past, oil-based air compressors have been known to suffer system failure due to the corrosion of lubricant and the dispersal of oil into compressed air. As a result, most hospitals have switched to oil-free air compressors, which are not prone to breakdowns stemming from oil-related issues.

Oil free air compressors are also used in the dental industry. These compressors power the suction system that is used to remove water, saliva, and other fluids from the mouth during dental procedures.

Compressed air for the medical industry is a power source that not everyone thinks about or realises how important it can be. But properly managed medical compressed air saves lives every day.

Anest Iwata Australia has been supplying premium quality spray equipment and air compressors to the local market for more than 50 years, and is backed by the global Anest Iwata Corporation, which has been making compressors since 1926.

Anest Iwata pioneered and patented the Oil Free scroll compressor technology that delivers Class Zero air to Hospitals, medical, dentistry and research laboratory facilities around the world.

Anest Iwata oil free compressors are eco-friendly, have a clean drain and the piping does not contaminate so you can trust that the vital, oil free air will be pristine. Anest Iwata oil free compressors are available in sizes ranging from 2.2 kW single air end units to multistage 30 kW machines that are capable of servicing complete locations.

Along with the supply and installation of the hardware, Anest Iwata Australia offers servicing, repair and maintenance of your equipment which protects your investment.

Anest Iwata Australia’s highly skilled expert technicians have the skills, tools and parts to carry out programmed servicing and maintenance as well as offer a 24/7 breakdown repair service. Giving you piece of mind that your equipment will be running at peak efficiency letting you breathe easy.