For a major blue chip client engineering company R&R Midlands has built a rotary gassing machine that uses compressed air as the propellan that reaches speeds of 300 containers/min.
The aim of the prototype machine is to provide an alternative to using butane or propane propellants to derive better environment outcomes and to reduce costs. The concept does away with the need for EEx explosive proof equipment, an additional major saving.
R&R met the technical challenge of using a second hand machine base to build the new gassing machine with the required running speed. Special pneumatic valves can withstand higher pressures and high usage.
With just 16 weeks from initial enquiry to installation, production is now at its peak of the air propellant aerosol cans for a popular air freshener brand.
R&R continues to work on machine versions with speeds from 150-500 containers/min.
