Air grinders
In shipbuilding and other heavy steel assembly operations, air grinders play a critical role in precision grinding and material removal.
Air tools
Compressed air tools are essential in marine construction and assembly, where they are used for tasks such as drilling, grinding, riveting, and bolting. Their high power-to-weight ratio, reliability in harsh environments, and ability to operate without generating sparks make them ideal for shipbuilding, offshore platform fabrication, and other heavy-duty marine applications.
Marine Ballast Applications
Air compressors play a crucial role in marine ballast systems, which are essential for maintaining a vessel’s stability, trim, and structural integrity. Air compressors are used to:
- Blow out water from ballast tanks
- Assist in deballasting, replacing seawater in the tanks with air.
- Create positive pressure to force water out through overboard discharge pipes.
Breathing air
Air filtration is used to provide breathing quality air, high pressure air compressors are essential in all breathing air applications.
Instrument air
Instrument air on ships is a critical utility used to operate various pneumatic control and automation systems. It is typically generated by a shipboard compressed air system and conditioned to meet strict purity and dryness standards to ensure reliable operation of sensitive instruments.Nitrogen generation
Compressed air is filtered to produce nitrogen, which is used for inert gas blanketing a process used to protect sensitive materials (such as flammable liquids, chemicals, or food products) from air exposure by covering them with an inert gas.
Offshore drilling exploration
Portable compressed air is used for offshore drilling exploration processes and a wide range of other applications like Instrumentation and Control Systems where it powers pneumatic control valves, actuators, automation systems and ESD (Emergency Shutdown) systems. As a power source it is intrinsically safe (no electrical sparks).
Ship refurbishment
Portable compressed air is used for ship refurbishment, compressed air is used to operate mobile shot blasting units and for mobile, point of use paint spraying and to remove rust from the ship's exterior.
