Gast Group – the leading designer and manufacturer of precision air products and member of IDEX Corporation’s Health & Science Technologies division – will be using its stand (A1.550) at drinktec 2017 to promote its products and services for beverage dispense applications.
Traditionally CO2 has been used to operate beer and soft drinks syrup pumps but, due to environmental and health & safety concerns, many venues are introducing compressors for larger installations, which has led to a significant increase in demand for compressed air to replace CO2 in beverage dispensing systems.
Besides reducing the number of gas cylinders that need to be stored and handled, an on-site compressed air generator can be used to dispense draught beer (from traditional kegs to 500-1000 litre pressurised beer tanks); pump beer, wine and syrup; and operate bag-in-box and blend-in-cup installations for the dispensing of other drinks.
Gast Group will be using drinktec 2017 to showcase its JUN-AIR 86/87R Series Systems, which are designed to suit virtually any beverage or liquid food application and be even quieter and more durable in operation. They provide best-in-class reliability, quality and performance; and their compact footprint makes them easy to install and ready to use at point-of-installation, making them easily integrated into most applications.
Also on the stand – and ideal for beverage and liquid food applications – are Gast Group’s new LubeFree options, which utilise a proprietary vane material to provide versatility and allow users the options to oil or not oil the motor.
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Heineken’s Orion and Cellar-beer dispense systems consist of a series of 250, 500 or 1000 litre stainless steel tanks, installed in either a cold room or water-cooled insulated beer-tank and filled from beer trucks or road tankers.
Unlike traditional kegs that rely on CO2 for dispense, the Heineken systems use compressed air from JUN-AIR compressors or GAST rocking pistons to pressurise the tanks and squeeze the beer-filled in-liners to deliver beer to the taps. This method also improves health and safety in the workplace as employees don’t handle heavy barrels or gas canisters.
For Heineken’s Cellar-beer, a wall-mounted JUN-AIR OF312 compressor with an 8.5 litre receiver tank produces compressed air at 2.5 bar to deliver the beer at 25 l/min, sufficient for up to five taps. The Orion system uses a wall-mounted Gast 82R rocking piston fitted with an 8.5 litre stainless steel receiver tank and is capable of delivering beer at 20 l/min, sufficient for four taps. For larger venues, Heineken also specifies JUN-AIR’s OF1202 fitted with two 8.5 litre receiver tanks, which are connected in series and capable of dispensing beer to as many as 90 taps.
Summarising, a Heineken spokesperson says: “We have used electric pumps to deliver beer but, since developing the Cellar-beer 2000 system, the JUN-AIR and GAST compressors have helped us set new standards. They are a reliable source and I am confident in talking to the company about future innovations, specifications and developments to our dispense systems.”
Gast Group’s expertise covers multiple applications and is supported by an extensive knowledge of compressed air applications in the food and beverage sector; with customers benefitting from the company’s many successful relationships with OEMs and partnerships with equipment distributors.
Gast Group will also be promoting other GAST and JUN-AIR oil-less and oil-lubricated ranges of clean and quiet compressed air solutions at Drinktec 2017. For further information call Gast Group on +44 (0)1527 504040, email gastgroup.uk@idexcorp.com or visit www.gastmfg.com.
Gast Group – a leading designer and manufacturer of precision air products and member of IDEX Corporation’s Health & Science division – will be using its stand at Brau Beviale 2016 to promote its JUN-AIR range of compressed air solutions, which are ideal for the beverage dispense and include dedicated models for beer tank pressurisation and postmix equipment.
Commenting, Gast Group’s Andrew Lidington says: “We have many years’ experience in the beverage dispense sector, having worked in partnership with some of Europe’s leading brewers to design and develop medium- and large-scale, cellar-based beer dispense systems.”
He goes on to say that compressed air-based systems provide an ideal solution to the problem of cylinder gas storage, which can have implications for health and safety, storage and replacement.
For beer and/or beverage dispense applications, the Gast Group’s JUN-AIR range of oil-less air compressors offers an unrivalled combination of low noise levels (as low as 47-55dBA when housed in soundproof cabinets), reliability, long life and low maintenance. Receiver tanks are available in stainless steel versions to avoid corrosion and ensure the highest air quality throughout the lifetime of the compressor. Units also feature a unique cooling system and wear-resisting piston rings, and are designed for 100% continuous operation up to 10 bar maximum pressure.
Designed to suit virtually any application and be even quieter and more durable in operation, JUN-AIR latest 86/87R Series Systems provide best-in-class reliability, quality and performance. Their compact footprint makes them easy to install and they are ready to use at point of installation, making them easily integrated into most applications. With low-cost operation in mind, the new systems have also been designed to operate at 8 bar (120psi) for over 10,000 hours before any mechanical maintenance is required.
To provide continuous clean air flow at up to 28lpm, JUN-AIR 86/87R Series Systems also benefit from an integrated double air filtration arrangement, with a 50μm intake filter on the compressor and a 5μm filter regulator for air leaving the tank. Optional ancillaries are also available to further improve the supply air filtration to as low as 0.01μm.
Gast Group will also be promoting other JUN-AIR oil-less and oil-lubricated ranges of clean and quiet compressed air solutions at Brau Beviale 2016. For further information call Gast Group on +44 (0)1527 504040, email gastgroup.uk@idexcorp.com or visit www.jun-air.com.
