“Do you know how much human strength has been incorporated into an RKR machine?” Rinteln, Germany, 07/05/2018 “Do you know how much human strength has been incorporated into an RKR machine?” With this slogan, RKR Gebläse und Verdichter GmbH from Rinteln, Germany will present itself at Achema, World Forum and Leading Show for the Process Industries, in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, from 11 to 15 June 2018. After a successful year 2017 replete with festivities and marking the company’s 40th anniversary, RKR is further expanding the measures to reinforce its image in 2018. A new brand presence with service performance modules, an optimised website, and investments in expanding its location are just a few points in its modern success story. With the message “Do you know how much human strength has been incorporated into an RKR machine?” those working alongside Managing Director Dipl.-Ing. Lothar Stoll and Head of Marketing Maren Matzeik intend to draw greater attention to their comprehensive value proposition as a provider of custom-tailored…

Assuring production efficiency in project business Just last year, the new, modern administration building at the location of Rinteln, in the district Schaumburg, has been taken into service. Now RKR is investing in production hall extension in order to implement further manufacturing capacity for realisation of logistically ambitious projects. RKR produces oil-free rotary blower and compressor systems for customer specific demands in industry. Contrary to standard business, which stands for high quantities with a constant capacity utilization rate, RKR solutions are mostly distinguished by project character with long process times and temporarily high capacity requirements in all company departments. Meeting highest quality demands in individual projects is the daily business of RKR. For quality assurance in the manufacturing process the assembly sequence is interrupted according to schedule in documented development steps for intermediate measures. The quality securing measures as well as the project specific…

Compliance of RKR blowers and compressors with new directives The global quality and safety requirements for industrial products are rising increasingly. To persist in the market, certification processes are becoming more important. For the supply of oil-free blower and compressor units in the Eurasian Economic Community RKR has now acquired the TR Certificate for the national Machinery Directive (TR CU 0010/2011) and EMC Directive (TR CU 020/2011). Certification processes are complex and expensive. However, they can be simplified and accelerated by focusing the company’s expertise and policy consistently on quality and safety-enhancing measures. RKR could score with the existing certificate for Quality Management conforming to DIN EN ISO 9001. An additional benefit is the competence of RKR project manager Marlen Hillner who has dealt intensively with the topic and caused to her experience could optimally incorporate the certification process in the company. ”One challenge was to map the diversity of types of our machines…

RKR panel of experts for individual ATEX solutions The ATEX team forms an explicit panel of experts at RKR to ensure compliance with legal and operational requirements for the manufacturing of blowers and compressors for explosive environments. For free movement of goods in the European Economic Area the EU determined directives including safety and health-related require-ments for products. The CE label is prescribed by the European Machinery Directive (2006/42/EC) and certifies the compliance of the machine with the product-related European directives. The trade and use of gas blowers and compressors requires the consideration of ATEX directive (2014/34/EU). Already during the quotation phase RKR provide its customers with a qualified team of engineers and technicians, to assure the ATEX-compliance of blowers and compressors in explosive environments. Before an explosion can occur three elements must be brought together in sufficient amounts - an ignition source, a fuel and oxygen. Carsten Semmler, ATEX expert…