Preventing nitrogen supply disruptions with a nitrogen generator

Whether you use nitrogen for wine production, nitrogen packaging or nitrogen flushing, a supply disruption could damage your finances and your reputation.

Nitrogen gas is used widely within the food and beverages industry for everything from cleaning machinery to prolonging product shelf-life. If nitrogen gas is part of your production process, it’s essential that you always have a steady supply of nitrogen available when required, otherwise production could come grinding to a halt.

Many food and beverage production companies rely on the delivery of nitrogen cylinder packs, or a bulk delivery of liquid nitrogen, to meet their nitrogen requirement. But it’s simply not possible for a nitrogen gas supplier to guarantee that your nitrogen supply will always arrive as scheduled.

This is because there are simply some circumstances which are out of a nitrogen gas supplier’s control. There are a variety of reasons why your nitrogen delivery could be delayed. A few examples include delivery driver absence, delivery truck breakdown and inclement weather. Circumstances such as these could see your nitrogen delivery being delayed by a day or more.

Some delays can also be due to poor planning. It has been known for nitrogen deliveries not to arrive on time simply because a facility is one of the last in a supply run, and unfortunately the supply of nitrogen has been depleted before the facilities near the end of the run have been supplied. This can cause significant delay to expected nitrogen deliveries.

Good planning can mitigate the issues caused by a late nitrogen delivery. For example, scheduling a delivery to arrive a few days in advance of your current supply being depleted, or increasing your usual order in winter to lessen the impact of delays caused by adverse weather conditions.

However, whether you have implemented good planning practices or not, when a nitrogen gas supplier is able to deliver nitrogen to you is entirely out of your control, which can put your production schedule entirely out of your control also.

Safeguarding production with a nitrogen generator

Fortunately, there is a way to ensure that production stays firmly within your control, and this is by controlling your own nitrogen supply. With an onsite nitrogen gas generator you can generate nitrogen gas on demand, so it is always there when you need it.

Not only does a nitrogen gas generator put you in control of your gas supply, it also eliminates the inconvenience and admin of ordering gas, accepting deliveries and storing them. Nitrogen delivery trucks taking up room at your facility will be a thing of the past as well. These benefits are in addition to the improvement a nitrogen generator could have on your bottom line. After the purchase of an N2 generator, the only costs to consider are for electricity and maintenance of the generator. Maintenance costs with Peak Gas Generation can be fixed for a number of years and our customers tend to see a return on investment (depending on usage) anywhere between 6 and 18 months, compared to purchasing nitrogen.