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Atlas Copco is the first manufacturer to offer 100% certified oil-free compressed air. The Atlas Copco “Class Zero” Press offers the media complete background information regarding this announcement.

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Atlas Copco certifies all its oil-free compressor technologies under new ISO 8573-1 2010 standard

Antwerp, 11 April 2011: Atlas Copco has announced that all its oil-free compressors are now certified CLASS 0 with regard to oil content according to the latest edition of the ISO 8573-1 standard. Atlas Copco is the first compressor manufacturer to receive the certificates proving all of its oil-free air technologies are certified 'CLASS 0' for oil content according to the latest international standards.

Certified to the latest standard
All of Atlas Copco's oil-free technologies have been certified under the new standard. This includes its centrifugal, tooth, scroll, piston, water-injected screw, oil-free screw and four-stage combined piston and screw machines, as well as its mobile P series of rental compressors. These compressors deliver 100% oil-free compressed air to the textiles, food and beverage, mining, offshore, and electronics (including semiconductor fabrication and clean rooms) industries, as well as to pharmaceutical, chemical and cosmetics manufacturers, automotive plants for paint spraying, municipalities for water treatment and hospitals for critical medical applications.

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Published date: 2011-03-15 09:00