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and SIAD MI has now achieved many decades
of experience in the compression of all types Vertical Market Approach
and mixtures of gases, with an installed base
amounting to over 5,000 process compressors Being part of an Industrial Gas Company like SIAD, combined with the vast
still in operation worldwide. experience in designing and supplying O compressors, is an important at-
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SIAD MI, as of today, is a Quality Manage- tribute for SIAD MI, which collectively enhances the analysis of O com-
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ment System-certified Company as per ISO pressors Customers’ Buying and Usage behaviour. Together with the proper
9001:2015, an Environmental Management Sys- management of Customer feedbacks, such knowledge enables better com-
tem-certified Company as per ISO 14001 and prehension and a faster solution of the so-called Customers’ “Pain” points.
an Occupational Health & Safety Management This Customer-centric approach allowed the development of solid design
System-certified Company as per ISO45001, solutions around the C-T-Q (Critical to Quality) parameters, as per the Lean
with various product certifications varying from Six Sigma methodology: they are the key measurable features of the pro-
specific product certifications dedicated to the duct, whose performance standards must be met in order to deliver custo-
product Country of installation (i.e.: TR-CU prod- mer satisfaction.
ucts conformity declaration for EAC – Eurasian
Union Countries - Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan,
Armenia and Kirghizstan) – to Pressure Equip- MI O compressors, all bare units, as well as the
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ment Directive PED Certifications (Modules H whole compression packages including all ancilla-
and H1). Last but not least, SIAD MI’s factories ries, are always totally designed and manufactured
have obtained many different certifications: an by SIAD MI within SIAD MI facilities, and never sub-
ASME U-stamp for pressure vessels production, contracted to any third party, to guarantee the best
a National Board R-Stamp, and a National Board quality and production processes under full, direct
Registration certificate. control.
The Compressors Division currently designs and
manufactures Reciprocating Compressors for
process gases and air (also according to API618
and ISO 13631 standards), Instrument Air Pack- SIAD MI design and
ages and oil-free Piston Compressors for blow manufacturing approach:
molding PET/PLA bottles, with a range of recip-
rocating compressor frames up to 8,7 MW of safety comes first
power in different cylinder arrangement configu- How was this product excellence achieved?
rations (vertical, “V”, “W”, balanced-opposed) as The first C-T-Q aspect is the extensive knowledge
well as in different frame speed solutions (low, of the most critical risk factor to be taken into ac-
moderate and high speed), all of them proudly count and properly managed, when dealing with
designed at SIAD MI’s Headquarters in Berga- Oxygen: namely, fire hazard.
mo, Italy. Fire hazard is determined by the presence of three
This extensive experience, combined with concomitant factors: fuel, comburent and ignition.
continuous research aimed at optimizing the Oxygen is representing the comburent: it supports
compressor packages, has resulted in mas- and accelerates combustion. In oxygen enriched
sive know-how of SIAD MI’s compressors in all atmospheres the materials of construction (even
their various fields of activities: from the detailed metals) are all potential fuel.
knowledge of local and/or international design Eliminating fire hazard by removing these factors
and construction standards, to the precise de- is then not possible, when talking about Oxygen
sign of functionality and accessibility to the prod- compression; but it is possible to strongly miti-
uct (ergonomics), to the focus on increasing en- gate risks by taking appropriate corrective actions
ergy efficiency. through a proper design and a proper manufactur-
ing process.
Current O compressor
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production
SIAD Macchine Impianti started designing and ma-
nufacturing reciprocating compressors in 1927,
and O compressors since the ’50s. Production
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of frames still in use began in 1979, with constant
updates as we’ll see in the next paragraphs. Cur-
rently, around 500 O compressors designed and
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manufactured by SIAD MI have been delivered and
are operating in every continent in the world.
The statement “designed and manufactured by
SIAD MI” is a very important attribute: it means the
compressor has been manufactured with the most
advanced technology endorsed by an extensive
and consolidated experience. Particularly, for SIAD

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