EVENTS AND EXHIBITIONS
INCORPORATING COLD CHAIN
A-Gas demonstrates
Rapid Recovery to local contractors
By Ilana Koegelenberg
In November last year, A-Gas held demonstrations in both Cape Town and Johannesburg to
introduce their new recovery equipment that can rapidly recover refrigerant from a system,
taking the burden away from the contractor.
A
-Gas International acquired the Rapid
Recovery business (based in the US) in
mid-2016, in line with its vision to grow
the company. This acquisition was a great fit for
A-Gas as it completed its cradle-to-grave solution
for refrigerants. It allows A-Gas to not only sell
refrigerant to the market, but actively collect it as
well — and quickly at that.
The Rapid Recovery system takes the burden
off the contractor as it can remove as much as
500–700kg of refrigerant from a system each hour.
This is much quicker than conventional methods
where it can sometimes take the contractor more
than eight hours to remove the refrigerant.
But seeing is believing, and to assist in
breaking into the South African market, A-Gas
held live demonstrations at the end of last
year to show exactly how this system works.
Both events were held at Metraclark branches,
with the Cape Town one taking place on 1
November and Johannesburg on 2 November.
Various contractors from across the country
were in attendance to experience this new
service first hand.
Adam Dykstra, co-founder of Rapid Recovery
US, flew in to assist with the demonstration and to
familiarise himself with the South African operation
and market, addressing all the questions with
A captive audience for the demonstration of the Rapid Recovery service.
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