Compressed Air Training for Textile Industry Professionals
Islamabad 25th January 2019: Asian Institute of Industrial Air (AIIA) in collaboration with National Textile University organized a training session on “Introduction to Compressed Air Engineering” at NTU, Faisalabad. A large number of industry professionals from the textile sector attended the one-day event.
Compressed Air is a major cost element in the production of products in the textile value chain. AIIA aims to train mid-career industry professionals in the various aspects of Compressed Air Technology.
While inaugurating the session, Imtiaz Rastgar Chairman Rastgar Group, highlighted the important role AIIA is playing in developing Compressed Air Engineers and Technicians. Compressed Air is an important and costly utility, which involves inefficiencies in production as well as utilization. This results in a higher cost of production thereby, impacting the competitiveness of industries.
Selection and maintenance of the Air Compressor system, Transmission piping system, Air Quality and cost apportionment were discussed in detail during the training session. As the production of compressed air is a very inefficient process, only 5-6 % of the total power input is converted to usable mechanical energy. Consequently, what appears as minor compressed air savings are in reality substantial power cost savings
The environmental concerns of Air Quality and carbon credits stressed in export to EU and USA stress the need for reducing compressed air usage which translates into returns in form of reducing both energy and CO2 emissions and building company CSR image. The safety aspects surrounding compressed air were discussed which are often forgotten alongside the serious consequences of misuse.
Engineering and Maintenance Managers from Sadaqat Limited, Crescent Textile, Sapphire Textile, TEVTA, Gold Textile, Crescent Bahuman, Shan Associates and large faculty of NTU participated in the training session. While concluding the training session Dr. Tanveer Hussain, Rector, National Textile University, Faisalabad, thanked the Asian Institute of Air team for organizing a training session on such an important topic.
Asian Institute of Industrial Air (AIIA), a project of Potohar Center for Entrepreneurship Development is the only institute in Pakistan offering an advanced level of training courses on Industrial Air Engineering. Learn more by subscribing to its future training www.aiia.com.pk