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Commitment
Atlas Copco Compressors LLC
Volume 7, Issue 1
Atlas Copco keeping our automotive partners up to speed.
2009
Commitment
Editorial
Dear Readers...
Welcome to this first edition of Commitment
in 2009. Once again this issue outlines some
of the great customers we have had the opportunity to work with and we are pleased to be
sharing our partnerships and success stories
with you.
This issue has a real sports theme running
throughout and a diverse range of products
including small machines and big machines,
some oil injected and some oil free. I think it
represents a wide diversity of customers in
many similar industries – just proving there is
really no such thing as one solution fits all.
It’s the listening to customers that makes Atlas
Copco such a fun and exciting place to work.
Customers are at the center of everything we
do and problem solving is a daily activity
rather than a chore.
Atlas Copco, like many of you reading this,
has had to adjust to the tough economic
climate. We feel right now the partnership
approach to business that we have always
believed in is more important than ever and
programs like Atlas Copco finance and fixed
priced maintenance packages continue to give
customers great solutions and peace of mind
when purchasing products.
We are committed to keeping as many feet
on the street in the form of sales engineers and
service technicians with the aim to provide
outstanding customer service. Also the pace
of research and development is still fast and
you will see many product introductions or
upgrades over the coming months.
Commitment Magazine is published
by Atlas Copco Compressors LLC
USA. The material contained within
Commitment is for information purposes
only. Its contents are not intended
to replace any technical material
contained in Atlas Copco technical
documents, publications or legal
documents.
In This Issue
Expressway to Savings
Keeping Operating Costs Down
in an Indiana Auto Dealership
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Paul Humphreys
Publisher
paul.humphreys@us.atlascopco.com
Holly Boutot-Lalonde
Editor
holly.boutot-lalonde@us.atlascopco.com
Commitment Magazine
Atlas Copco Compressors LLC
1800 Overview Drive
Rock Hill, SC 29730
Tel: 803-817-7200
Fax: 803-817-7176
If you would like information on any of
the stories in this issue or have any questions,
I am as always pleased to hear from
you. These can be sent to me at:
paul.hense@us.atlascopco.com
Retread Tires
To Optimize Their Investment
in Tires, Trucking Companies Rely
on Retreads
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Class Zero Air
Measures Race Car Performance
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Happy reading and enjoy the coming
summer months.
Paul Hense
President
Atlas Copco Compressors LLC
Atlas Copco is a global industrial
Group which was founded in 1873. Its
head office is in Stockholm, Sweden.
The Group's global reach spans more
than 160 markets. Atlas Copco has over
33,000 employees, and manufactures
and assembles products in 21 countries.
Pat’s Auto Body
Growing a Woman-Owned
Auto Body Business Using the
Power of Air
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Temperature Management
System Interview
With Bill Bates
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Save Money While Maximizing
Compressed Air Productivity
Top 10 Tips from a World
Leading Compressor Manufacturer
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Expressway to
Savings:
Keeping Operating Costs Down
at an Indiana Auto Dealership.
After Expressway’s owners purchased Mt. Vernon
Ford in 2005, a brand new facility – Expressway Auto
World – was built on the site. Designed using the “auto
mall” concept, two 45,000 square foot buildings (one
for Ford, the other for GM) were erected with a 20,000
square foot Credit Express center situated in between.
Both the Ford and GM buildings include a state-of-theart auto service facility.
One of the fastest growing auto sales and service
businesses in the Midwest is the Expressway
group of dealerships. The family-owned business
includes Dodge, Mitsubishi, Jeep/Chrysler/Dodge,
Chevy/Pontiac/Buick/GMC, and Ford/Mercury
dealerships, as well as the Credit Connection
and Credit Express operations.
Expressway is a long-time customer of Evapar, an
Indiana-based distributor of equipment and systems
for compressed air, electric power generation, and industrial gas and diesel engines. Dan Baldwin, Sales
Representative with Evapar’s Air Division, worked
with Expressway to specify and supply the compressed
air production and distribution systems for the new
Ford and GM service facilities.
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“Dan brought the AIRnet system to our attention,”
says Jerry Maggard, General Manager of Expressway
Ford Mercury. “I was impressed with the entire concept – how professional it looks, how easy it is to install
and maintain, how cost efficient it is – so we went on
Dan’s recommendation.”
AIRnet is Atlas Copco’s innovative, modular compressed air piping system. The piping is constructed
from robust, lightweight aluminum tube. Components
are conveniently affixed to walls and ceilings using
AIRnet’s extensive range of engineered polymer fittings. The system includes assembly tools that cover
the full spectrum of installation options.
“The AIRnet system is great for building new
systems or for extending existing piping systems,”
according to Kent Reddington, Air Division Manager
for Evapar. “The aluminum pipe is finished in blue
powder coat to comply with today’s industrial compressed air system standards. The look is neat, clean
and professional, and it’s designed for quick and easy
installation. If you can use a tape measure, you can
install AIRnet.”
For the installation at Expressway’s new auto mall,
Dan assisted two members of Expressway’s maintenance crew to get the job started at the Ford shop. In
just a few hours, the maintenance crew took over. They
finished the Ford shop installation and then did the complete installation at the GM shop. No problems were
encountered on either installation.
Commitment 2
Did You
Know
Expressway’s AIRnet system provides air for pneumatic tools in the service department and in the lube
center. Oil-fired heaters are used in the service areas and
the AIRnet system supports those systems as well.
Once the Ford and GM dealership buildings were up
and running, Evapar also provided a compressed air system for the main detail shop at the Credit Express building. Eight work stations provide compressed air for
technicians doing automotive detailing.
Cost Efficiencies
An important benefit of Atlas Copco’s AIRnet
system is minimizing the cost of compressed
air. The smooth, low friction inner surface of
the aluminum pipe maintains a minimum pressure drop throughout the air distribution system. This allows compressors to work at
lower operating pressures, reducing power
consumption and operating costs.
“Air that has been compressed has already incurred cost, so unnecessary pressure drops
and leaks are throwing money away,” according to Kent Reddington, Air Division Manager
at Evapar. “AIRnet minimizes that problem.
Compared to a conventional piping system,
there’s less pressure drop across the AIRnet
system, so less energy is consumed in compressing air.”
Reddington explains that Atlas Copco Variable
Speed Drive (VSD) compressors are a good
complement to the AIRnet system. “VSD com-
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pressors continuously match the production
of compressed air to the demand, so the compressor is always operating as efficiently as
possible. A VSD compressor lends itself well
to the AIRnet system because the operating
efficiencies go hand-in-hand.”
Expressway’s Ford and GM facilities each
have their own energy-efficient Atlas Copco
GA7VSDFF tank mount compressed air system
with a VSD compressor. Distribution of compressed air in each facility is via approximately 1000 feet of AIRnet piping with a 25mm
main header and 20mm drops at workstations.
The non-corrosive properties of AIRnet piping
also help to maintain a constant air quality
from the compressor to the pneumatic equipment. “System cleanliness protects downstream equipment from contamination,” says
Reddington, “which further improves reliability
and lowers operating costs.”
Atlas Copco is one of the
Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations
for the fourth consecutive year.
“Overall, we have found our AIRnet system to be
very cost-efficient,” Jerry explains. “It looks very sophisticated and expensive, but compared in cost to the
quotes we got for other types of air distribution systems,
AIRnet wins hands down. If the need arises to replace
an existing system for replacement or remodeling in one
of our dealerships, we’ll go with AIRnet again.”
AIRnet’s aluminum piping is ideal for use with
inert gases, such as nitrogen. That makes the system
particularly well suited for use in automotive service centers, where nitrogen is rapidly becoming the choice for
tire fill.
Jerry says that Expressway is currently evaluating the
business opportunity for nitrogen tire fill in the new Ford
and GM facilities. “We know nitrogen is used to fill
tires in racing, and sometimes when we swap inventory
with other dealers those vehicles have nitrogen in the
tires. We have a study going, and I think nitrogen tire fill
may work well for us.”
With two AIRnet systems up and running successfully, Jerry is confident in recommending AIRnet to anyone installing a new compressed air distribution system
or upgrading an existing system. “The performance is
great and for looks, there’s no contest,” he says. “Customers are always asking, ‘What’s that?’ When we tell
folks what it is, it kind of blows their mind.”
AIRnet Technical Data
Working Pressure: up to 13 bar
Working temperature: -20°C to +70°C (-4°F to +158°F)
Lowest allowable dewpoint: -70°C (-94°F)
Extruded aluminum pipe complies with EN755.2 – ED755.8 – EN573.3
Blue color (RAL 5012) complies with most industrial compressed air color standards
Compatible with all compressor oils
Nominal pipe sizes 20mm to 80mm (½ inch to 4½ inch)
For more information about The Expressway Group please visit:
www.expresswayfordmercury.com/
Commitment 4
To Optimize Their Investment
In Tires, Trucking Companies
Rely on...
Retreads
“The GA 37 VSD compressor has been phenomenal. The cost savings have been out
the roof. We did the right thing getting this compressor.”
Mark Frink
Operations Manager at Black’s Tire
Over-the-road trucks roll on tires—
10, 14, 18, and sometimes more. Truck
tires are designed for much heavier
duty use than passenger car tires, and
their underlying structure (the “casing”) is so sturdy it usually outlasts the
tread. Rather than discard a tire when
the tread is worn, truck tires can be
retreaded, producing a tire with the
performance characteristics of a new
tire for less cost. Retreads are especially popular for trailers where they
just need to roll the load, not steer or
put power down.
In the eastern Carolinas, trucking companies look to
Black’s Tire for quality retreaded truck tires. For nearly
80 years, Black’s Tire has served the region with quality
products and services. At the company’s Retreading
Center in Clinton, about midway between Raleigh
and Wilmington, Black’s Tire manufactures retreads
and provides complementary services that help customers achieve maximum service life from every tire
in their fleet.
Making Retreads
The heavy duty casing of a truck tire can be retreaded a number of times, so Black’s Tire begins
the retread process with a careful inspection of each
candidate for retreading. Casings are tested and those
judged to be in good condition have the worn tread
removed (“buffed”). Precision equipment creates the
optimum radial and circumferential profile for proper
tread fitment.
Black’s Tire offers Goodyear Precure and Unicircle
retreads. To create Precure retreads, vulcanized tread
rubber is firmly bonded to the buffed tire casing using a
layer of adhesive. The two ends of the new tread segment are carefully fitted together. Unicircle Retreads
are made with Goodyear’s patented, computer controlled tread building machine that uses laser guidance
to place seamless tread onto the casing.
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Commitment 6
A retreading facility operates differently than a new tire manufacturing line because
no two used tire casings are alike. Each used tire is evaluated individually, typically
through a combination of nondestructive tests and the experience and judgment of the
inspector. Tire casings with damage due to factors such as cord deterioration or
underinflation are rejected for retreading.
Using whichever method a customer prefers, new
tread is placed on the prepared casing. The tires are then
moved into a curing chamber where a high temperature,
high pressure environment bonds the new tread securely
to the tire casing.
Compressed Air
Compressed air does more than fill truck tires; it’s
critical to the process of making retreads. Once new
rubber tread is attached to the tire casing, tires are ready
for the curing chamber. “It’s a long, cylindrical tank
that looks a lot like the fuel tanks buried underground at
a gas station,” according to Mark Frink, Operations
Manager at Black’s Tire’s retreading plant. In preparation for curing, the tires slide down a track to a specific
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location in the chamber. “There are 23 slots in the
tank, so we can process 23 tires at a time,” says Frink.
With the tires in place inside the curing chamber,
pressurization of the chamber begins. Because compressed air has to pressurize a large space, the air compressor must be able to produce a high volume of air
quickly for each production run. Running at full speed,
the compressor fills the chamber in about 30 minutes.
“Filling the curing tank consumes the major part of
the air volume we use,” Frink explains. “We also use
shop air for pneumatic tools, to grind the old rubber off
tire casings, and to lay on the new rubber, but that’s really nothing compared to the volume that’s used for the
curing tank.”
Production Surge
The cost of diesel fuel has placed enormous cost
pressures on trucking companies and, as a result, most
are looking to reduce their operating cost. Since retreading cuts cost by extending the useful life of a truck
tire, Black’s Tire has been busy keeping up with the
growing demand for retreads.
The increased level of retread production at Black’s
Tire brought the shortcomings of their existing compressed air system to the fore. “Our old compressors
were becoming worn and unreliable,” Frink recalls,
“and they were having difficulty producing enough air
to fill the chambers.”
Randy Leath, Sales Manager of Atlas Copco’s
Carolina Customer Center in Winston-Salem, had been
working with Black’s Tire for about three years and was
familiar with the situation. “The existing compressors
were having reliability problems,” Leath says, “and
Black’s Tire was ready to replace them.”
The old system had 50 horsepower and a straight
modulation control system. While modulation systems
do provide some level of air production control, their
fundamental design is energy inefficient. Whenever the
system detects a rise in outlet pressure (signaling a drop
in air demand), it compensates by closing the compressor’s inlet valve (raising the compression ratio to reduce
air supply). Compression ratio and compressor efficiency are inversely proportional, however, so this type
of control system results in excess power consumption.
Operating Efficiency
Why is operating efficiency so important? Over the
life of an industrial compressed air system, power typically accounts for 75% of the total cost for compressed
air. The additional investment in an energy efficient
compressor and control system quickly pays for itself.
“Two or three times a day the curing chamber has to
be filled with compressed air,” Leath explains. “It’s a
large chamber – big enough to hold 23 truck tires at
once – and it took the full 50 hp to fill it. But the rest of
the time the plant did not need 50 hp worth of air just to
operate some air tools and pneumatic controls. Black’s
Tire has a great application for a Variable Speed Drive
compressor.”
Leath invited Frink to visit Top Tobacco in Lake
Waccamaw, just a few miles from the corporate office
in Whiteville, to see an Atlas Copco GA90VSD compressor that has been running for over five years.
“When you see a Variable Speed Drive machine in
operation for the first time,” Leath says, “the advantages
become obvious.”
Commitment 8
Did You
Know
Acting on Leath’s analysis and recommendation,
Frink selected an Atlas Copco GA37 Variable Speed
Drive compressor. “I visited other sites to see this type
of compressor working to see what it was doing for another business,” Frink recalls. “I saw the potential it
had for us.”
At first, Frink was unsure whether he wanted to
spend the extra money on the Full Feature model,
which integrates a refrigerated air dryer into the system.
“I showed Mark the advantages of the Full Feature
package, which include low pressure drop, single point
monitoring and zero installation costs,” Leath explains.
“Mark decided it was smarter to invest in a new integrated system now, rather than wait until the old dryer
had problems.”
the electric bill in October 2007 was $2,200, and in
November it was a bit over $2,000. By replacing the
old compressor, we cut power usage plant-wide by one
third, or about $1,000 a month. I was impressed at the
amount of savings. Randy Leath had predicted cost
savings conservatively at 10-20%. We were amazed at
reality when the bill came in. The payback will be
under two years for the new compressor.”
Atlas Copco offers a single monthly payment
that includes the air and the maintenance
for a total air solution.
Superior Operation
Rolling Out The Retreads
Lower operating cost was not the only welcomed improvement with the new compressor. “The older compressors were very noisy, produced lots of heat, and
were cumbersome to work on,” Frink explains. “The
noise level made it difficult to communicate within the
facility. With the new compressor running we can stand
and talk at normal voice level and get along just fine.
Heat production of the new compressor is minimal
compared to the old one, which had added noticeably to
the ambient temperature inside the facility. The new
compressor is much easier to work on, with everything
laid out right where you can get at it.”
The economy has hit many businesses hard and
trucking companies in particular are looking for every
way to cut cost. Quality retreads are an effective way
to manage costs, and that keeps the Black’s Tire retread
plant busy. Their Atlas Copco Variable Speed Drive
compressor helps keep the plant keep rolling out the
retreads.
“This compressor has been phenomenal,” says Frink.
“The cost savings have been out the roof. We did the
right thing getting this compressor.”
Return on Investment
The initial cost of an Atlas Copco VSD compressor
is roughly 30% more than a comparably sized single
speed compressor, but by precisely and continuously
matching compressed air production to demand, power
consumption drops significantly to reduce the total
cost of air.
A case in point is the electric bill for the Black’s Tire
Retreading Center. “Our largest use for power is heating coils, and the next largest is compressed air,” says
Frink. “In the two months previous to installing the
Atlas Copco compressor, the bills for power were
$2,991 and $3,049. With the new compressor working,
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According to the Tire Retread and Repair Information Bureau, a non-profit, member supported industry
association, “Every time you buy and use a retreaded tire, you help to conserve our valuable natural
resources.” And since retreaded tires are always less expensive than comparable new tires, you save
money while helping the environment.
To learn more about Black’s Tire:
www.blackstire.com
Commitment 10
Windshear Inc., held the formal opening, in July 2008, of North America’s first
commercially available, single-belt, 180 mph rolling road wind tunnel facility in
Concord, North Carolina.
Class Zero Air
Measures Race Car
Performance
Suddenly, the driver-less car comes to a stop on the
stainless-steel track. The rolling road track is supported
by a cushion of compressed air. The lights dim in the
test facility and some engineers review the data on their
computers. The test is over and the race team engineers
have collected the performance data they needed on
their race car. Sensitive compressed air pressure sensors (accurate to ±¼ lb.) have played a key role in measuring the performance of the race car. This is the type
Thanks to Rod Smith, Publisher of
"Compressed Air Best Practices"
for this story contribution.
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A four thousand, five hundred and
fifty pound (4550 lbs.) race car is
running at 170 mph and facing
wind resistance of 150 mph. The
car then enters a curve creating a
three-degree “yaw” (the change
in angle from the direction the
car is headed and the airstream).
The car struggles to maintain
speed as the yaw changes and
the dynamic downforce load on
the car changes.
The Windshear Single-Belt,
180 mph, Rolling Road in
Concord, North Carolina
of race car testing going on at Windshear Inc., in
Concord, North Carolina.
Windshear Business Unit Manager Peter Zierhut
said, “Our facility offers highly accurate, repeatable test
data previously only available to a select few Formula 1
teams, and never before available anywhere in North
America.”
Windshear Inc., is an independently operated division of California-based Haas Automation. Jacobs
Technologies (a division of Jacobs Engineering) staffs
and operates the facility. Jacobs Technology specializes
in design, construction, and operation of wind tunnels
for automotive and aerospace industries. In addition,
when race teams bring their cars in for testing, they
want to know that their performance data will remain
confidential. “Security protocols developed by Jacobs
Technologies guarantee the security of the data for our
clients,” said Zierhut.
Race teams are always looking for that extra edge
which can mean the difference between victory and defeat. Demand for renting time at the testing facility in
2009 is said to be strong with dozens of customers involved from top-level motorsports organizations in F1,
NASCAR, and IndyCar as well as auto manufacturers.
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Left to Right: Carl Kline (Haas CNC Racing) and Jim Bruce (Atlas
Copco) with the on-site oil-free rotary screw compressors at
Windshear Inc.
Compressed Air Supports the Rolling Road
The Windshear rolling-road is manufactured by MTS
Systems. The Single Belt FlatTrac® Rolling Road is
elevated dozens of feet off the ground. The stainless
steel track is 10.5 feet wide by 29.5 feet long and
1 mm thick. The track “sits” upon a cushion of 150 psi
compressed air. A key piece of technology is in the
revolutionary “through-the-belt” sensing system, which
directly measures the aerodynamic downforce produced
by the vehicle.
A series of air bearings keep the track “rotating”
on the cushion of compressed air. Nozzles within the
air bearings are also able to create an 8 degree angle
which simulates the conditions when taking a turn on
the racetrack. Downforce is provided by the wind tunnel blowing air on the car. The fan is twenty two (22)
feet in diameter and is powered by a 5,300 horsepower
motor. The fan is capable of generating winds of over
180 mph.
Extremely sensitive pressure sensors (tolerance of ¼
lb.) are able to measure and record the amount of downforce on the car. The static downforce is created by the
weight of the car and the dynamic downforce is created
by the resistance of the wind on the different parts of
the car. The pressure sensors can measure this “drag” in
various track configurations to see how well the car will
perform.
“Windshear told us they would be testing 4,550 lb.
race cars, traveling at 180 mph, into a Hurricane Category 4 headwind, and that they wanted their pressure
sensors to measure pressure to the accuracy of ±¼ lb.,”
said Jim Bruce, then Vice President Eastern Region at
Atlas Copco who supplied the compressed air system.
“We knew right then and there that we had to use Class
Zero oil-free air compressors to protect the sensors.”
Left to Right: Clinton Gentz (Atlas Copco), Brian Nelson (Windshear),
and Jim Bruce (Atlas Copco) standing underneath the Rolling Road.
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Selecting the Class Zero Oil-Free
Air Compressors
The original specification stated “oil-lubricated compressors could be used if adequate oil removal filtration
is provided - including oil vapor removal.” Clinton
Gentz, Atlas Copco’s Oil Free Air Sales Manager based
in Charlotte said, “We were able to show Windshear
and MTS that the integrity (pressure measurement) of
the whole Windshear project would depend upon the
proper function and maintenance of several air treatment components if an oil injected screw compressor
was used.”
Windshear agreed to eliminate the potential of any
compressor oil contamination arriving on the crucial
porous carbon air bearings. “They knew it would be
costly and devastating, and that ISO 8573.1 Class Zero
air compressors were the right solution for their
process,” said Gentz.
design spec called for full load capability during 8,760
hours per year, it was expected to be an application with
intermittent demand as the wind tunnel turned on and
off during testing procedures.
Dynamic (centrifugal) compressors are greatly
affected by ambient and cooling water temperature.
The performance of a centrifugal compressor is also
diminished when forced to operate above its designed
temperature conditions. Therefore, you must design a
centrifugal compressor for the hottest expected ambient
conditions to ensure adequate flow for the process in
the summer months—which is fine until the colder fall
and winter months come along. The colder temperatures cause the centrifugal to use more BHP thus creating more air flow which has to be “blown off” or
wasted by venting it to atmosphere. The throttling
range or partial load performance of a centrifugal compressor is limited to 15-20% of its full load capacity so
when the demand is below the turndown range the air
must be blown off in order to provide a constant
delivery pressure.
Oil-Free Rotary Screw vs Oil-Free
Centrifugal Air Compressor
After it was agreed that Class Zero air was required,
the question became whether to use a rotary screw or a
centrifugal air compressor. Carl Cline was tasked with
purchasing the compressed air system which would
allow the rolling road to function. “Atlas Copco offers
all the product technologies in question (lubricated
screw, oil-free screw, and centrifugal compressors).
We liked their unbiased product approach in advising us
as to what the best system would be for Windshear. Our
specification calls for 24/7 operation, 365 days a year.
We also require that the air compressors provide ±1 psi
tolerance of air pressure at the demanded air flow regardless of possible extreme temperature and humidity
conditions.” It was also made clear that while the
The selection of air-cooled compressors vs. water-cooled
eliminated the potential consumption of 131.4 million gallons
of water per year.
Commitment 14
Did You
Know
The Solution
The Atlas Copco Z Series is a positive-displacement,
oil-free, rotary screw air compressor. The installation is
made up of two ZT250 air-cooled machines which provide the base-load air. Fluctuations in demand are taken
care of by a ZT315 VSD (Variable Speed Drive) air
compressor. With positive displacement compressors,
brake horsepower (BHP) will remain nearly constant
summer to winter. Yet in the winter, the screw compressor will deliver significantly more mass flow while
maintaining BHP nearly constant. In other words,
being a positive displacement compressor, the rotary
screw compressor’s energy is only slightly effected by
changes in air temperature. The Variable Speed Drive
(with partial load control down to 30% of full load)
matches the required demand and efficiently provides
constant pressure delivery within ±1 psig.
In addition, by offering air cooled air compressors,
the installation costs were greatly reduced by not requiring additional cooling water capacity and piping. This
was very appealing to the Windshear project team and
allowed them to size a smaller cooling water system for
Atlas Copco is located in
over 160 countries.
the overall project. The smaller cooling system provided initial cost savings as well as overall operational
cost savings by reducing the required cooling water
flow by 250 gallons-per-minute (gpm). The system design specification calls for 8,760 hours of operation per
year. This equates to 131.4 million gallons of water
saved per year, simply by choosing an air-cooled air
compressor. “We were able to save significant installation cost by not having to install water cooling systems
here at Windshear, ” said Tom Eshelman, Compressor
Center Manager for Atlas Copco in Winston-Salem.
Conclusion
Windshear Inc., is open for business and uniquely
positioned in the North American market. The compressed air systems are up and running and the rolling
road measurement systems are working perfectly. Race
cars are running at 180 mph and engineers are measuring “yaw” and its effects on the dynamic downforce on
the car. Quietly and efficiently, compressed air continues to play a key role with new technologies and
applications.
For more information please contact Compressed
Air Best Practices, email: rod@airbestpractices.com,
www.airbestpractices.com
Left to Right: Robert and Tom Eshelman (Atlas Copco) supervised
the installation and perform the scheduled maintenance on the
compressed air system.
Windshear, Inc.
Windshear Inc., is an independently operated division of California-based Haas Automation. Jacobs Technologies (a division of Jacobs Engineering) staffs and operates the facility.
Jacobs Technology specializes in design, construction, and operation of wind tunnels for
automotive and aerospace industries.
www.windshearinc.com
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The GX11-FF compressed air system offers the legendary power and reliability of Atlas
Copco rotary screw compressors in an integrated package that is sized and equipped
for small and medium sized industrial applications.
Growing a Woman-Owned
Auto Body Business Using
The Power of Air
Automobiles move.
The environment in which they move contains objects moving
in different directions at different rates of speed, and other
objects that aren't moving at all. Even with rules governing
what can move when, where and how fast, the predictable
Fortunately, most of the damage resulting from
everyday vehicle collisions can be repaired, and vehicles
can be refinished to look and drive like new. Auto body
repair businesses apply skilled work forces and specialized equipment to straighten bent bodies, remove dents,
replace parts that cannot be fixed, and repaint surfaces.
One basic resource found in practically every auto
body facility is compressed air. It is used to operate
pneumatic tools (such as air flanges, air nibblers, and air
sanders), to blow dust off surfaces, and to apply primer,
pigmented paint, and clear-coat finish.
The quality of compressed air used in the painting
process has a direct influence on the outcome of a paint
job. If impurities such as fine particulate, moisture, or
lubricating oil carry over into the compressed air, the
quality of the finish can suffer from bubbles, spots or
other faults. The increasing use by auto body shops of
waterborne paints – whether by choice or to comply
with environmental regulations – raises the issue of
compressed air quality to an even higher level.
Considering their scale, auto body shops are large
users of compressed air. Even so, auto body shops and
other light industries have traditionally settled for inefficient and noisy piston compressors, typically because
they are often the low-cost option at the time of purchase. Trouble is, they cost much more to operate than
more sophisticated compressors that use rotary screw
technology. Since energy is the most expensive component in the production of compressed air, any
savings realized when purchasing a piston compressor
is quickly eaten away by higher operating costs.
Piston-type compressors have other shortcomings
for auto body applications. The basic design of the
compression element means that lubricating oil carries
through to the process air more than is the case with a
rotary screw compressor. Oil carry over is something to
avoid in general, but for a painting operation it’s crucial.
Simply put, getting oil downstream into the paint lines
can ruin a paint job.
As energy costs account for a growing share of the
cost of doing business and as customers demand higher
standards of quality in auto body services, the owners of
auto body businesses are paying closer attention to their
compressed air systems. Sandra Chaney, owner of Pat’s
Auto Body in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, is an
auto body shop owner whose success in business
brought the issue of efficient, high quality compressed
air to the forefront.
“When I recently expanded into our newest building,” Sandra says, “I started researching upgrading our
three existing air compressors. They were all older piston machines and the maintenance was getting expensive. I asked my paint distributor for advice and he told
me about screw compressors. I had never heard of this
type. He said they were more energy efficient than
piston compressors and quieter, too.”
outcome of all this movement is occasional collisions.
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Commitment 18
Did You
Know
A chance encounter at a neighboring business led to
a solution for Sandra's compressed air needs. “It’s interesting how some sales opportunities come about,” Mike
Brown explains. (Mike is a Sales Representative with
Carolina Compressor Center in Winston-Salem, North
Carolina.) “My boss Robert Eshelman was picking up
swimming pool chemicals one Saturday and learned
that Pat’s Body Shop, a business located behind his pool
supplier, was expanding. He left me a message that
Saturday and I dropped by the following Monday.
This turned out to be great timing as they were indeed
expanding and were interested in replacing their old
piston compressors.”
Sandra picks up the storyline. “When Mike Brown
called me I was already talking to some other manufacturers, but he came over right away and was extremely
helpful. I ended up getting prices from four suppliers.
Atlas Copco was the second highest price, but Mike
spent a lot of time with me discussing the advantages of
rotary screw technology. He convinced me that his
product was the highest quality and most energy efficient of all four units I was looking at. I was especially
pleased that it was the most energy efficient since we
are working to make our operation more ‘green.’”
Sandra bought a 15 hp Atlas Copco GX-11-FF compressed air system. GX series systems include an energy efficient rotary screw compressor, refrigerated
dryer, and coalescing filter in a compact, quiet, all-inone package. It has a minimum footprint, which frees
up valuable floor area for other equipment or workspace. The pre-piped tank-mounted design provides
for simple and economical installation – often as simple
as connecting to electrical power and to the facility’s
air piping system. Sandra had her plumber install an
airloop system with galvanized piping to deliver air to
points of use.
“Even with a filtration system,” says Mike, “the old
piston compressors at Pat’s Auto Body couldn't get all
the oil out of the system and there was no refrigerant
dryer to remove moisture. Atlas Copco offers superior
filtration and an onboard refrigerant dryer to provide the
high quality air needed to spray a high quality paint job.
The old compressors were noisy, too, which was a big
deal since they had to run continuously to provide
enough air for the shop. The Atlas Copco compressors
are much quieter, plus they can go into energy-saving
sleep mode when demand drops and then restart automatically when demand rises.”
Smart business investments like these are driving
quality improvements and energy savings, helping Sandra to continue expanding Pat's Auto Body. She has 31
employees, and according to statistics compiled by PPG
Industries Automotive Paint Division, her business is
one of just three 100% female owned body shops in the
U.S. with more than $2 million in sales.
Pat's Auto Body is a family business that's been in
operation since 1954, and Sandra became the sole
owner in 2001. The business currently has four buildings and Sandra plans to take over two more in the near
future. “I want to offer my customers the option to have
minor repair work done while their cars are here for
body work,” she says. “Customers like this because of
the convenience of not having to drop the car off at another repair shop.”
Atlas Copco has joined the United Nations
Global Compact, the world's largest voluntary
corporate responsibility initiative.
Her satisfaction with her Atlas Copco compressor led
her to purchase another GX11-FF and a 10 hp GX7-FF
for her body shop operations. She plans to buy a 7.5 hp
GX5-FF for the clean-up and detailing operation. With
her Atlas Copco compressors on the job for many
months now, Sandra can share her experience. “The
quietness of the Atlas Copco compressors is superb. I
was so glad to get rid of that noise from the piston compressors. You just don't realize what a difference it
makes for the work environment. I am also very
pleased with the power savings. We moved part of my
operation into a larger building with two additional air
conditioning units, but because of the energy efficiency
of the new air compressor, my power bill for that building has gone down by about $600 each month. That's
over $7,000 of savings per year, and that will pay for the
compressor with power savings in less than one year!”
In a sense, the benefits of lower noise and lower operating cost are a bonus, since the primary concern for an
auto body business is a reliable source of high quality
compressed air. “No matter how well you apply paint,”
Mike Brown contends, “impurities in your compressed
air supply can turn a great deal of labor and materials
into expensive waste and unhappy customers.”
The GX series also features advanced
sound dampening that results in operating
sound levels of only 61 to 68 dB(A), much
lower than piston compressors with similar output. Reducing sound levels creates
a more comfortable work environment.
GX series compressed air systems
include a coalescing filter and integrated refrigerant dryer which remove impurities and moisture from
the compressed air, ensuring a supply
of clean, dry air at all times. This is
particularly important for auto body
repair shops, which rely on compressed air for many purposes,
most importantly applying paint.
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Clean, dry air plays an even more important role in
the application of waterborne paints. As environmental
laws governing release of VOCs (Volatile Organic Compounds) get more and more strict, working with waterborne paints is something every auto body business will
have to contend with in the future. Those with an eye
toward the future can make a difference today by investing in compressed air systems that use energy efficient
rotary screw technology.
Paint Requires High Quality Air
Pat’s Auto Body knows, no matter how well you
apply paint, impurities in your compressed air
supply will ruin a paint job. Clean, dry air is even
more important with waterborne paints.
Atlas Copco has your solution. Our GX Full Feature
compressed air systems include an energy efficient rotary screw compressor, refrigerated dryer,
and coalescing filter in a compact, quiet,
all-in-one package.
Commitment 20
Significant changes in the body core temperature can cause conditions ranging from
mild weakness and fatigue to decreased athletic performance to coma and even death.
To reduce these risks, the TMS system delivers cool, compressed air to airflow channels embedded in shoulder pads. The cool air flows across the chest and back of the
player, cooling core body temperature and reducing the risk of heat stroke.
Temperature Management System
An Innovative Shoulder Pad System
Cools Football Players with ...
Compressed
Air
Bill Bates played for the Dallas Cowboys for 15 years,
as safety, linebacker and on special teams, earning three
Super Bowl rings along the way. He coached with the
Cowboys for 5 years, and for another year with the Jacksonville Jaguars. He left the pros to coach football at
Nease High School in Florida, where the team included
his own sons as well as Tim Tebow, who went on to win a
Heisman Trophy and two national championships at the
University of Florida. Bill knows a thing or two about football. Today, he is involved with a revolutionary product that
protects football players from heat related illness,
on the practice field and on game day.
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From Pee Wees to the NFL, the game of football
places extreme physical demands on players. It’s the
nature of the game for football players to continually
push themselves to higher limits of strength, stamina
and performance. Training for the fall season typically
begins in the heat of summer, and across America
games are played in hot weather. Coaches and trainers
do their best to keep players cool with fluids, shade and
rest, but effectively cooling players’ bodies is a challenge because the helmets, pads and gloves players
wear drastically reduce the effectiveness of the body’s
natural temperature regulation through perspiration.
A rise in core body temperature is associated with a
decline in athletic performance, but preventing players
from overheating is much more important. It can be a
matter of life or death. According to an annual report
published by the University of North Carolina, 33 football players have died from heat stroke since 1995.
Heat related illness is second only to head injuries as
a cause of death among athletes in the United States.
Tragedy Leads to Action
In 2001, a University of Florida player collapsed during practice and died of complications from heat stroke.
This tragedy led the University to puts its intellectual
resources to work in search of a solution.
“Physicians and scientists from the University of
Florida immediately began researching a means to prevent heat stroke in football players,” according to Bill
Bates. “Researchers determined that the air temperature
under a football player’s shoulder pads often reached
dangerously high levels, leading to severe dehydration.
Players frequently remove their helmets to cool down,
but this only fools their bodies into thinking that they’re
cooler. In fact their core body temperature remains
dangerously elevated. In looking for solutions,
researchers found that they could reduce the body’s core
temperature by passing cool air over strategic areas of
the player’s shoulders and back.”
A Revolutionary Idea
Dr. Nikolaus Gravenstein of the University of Florida
developed the concept of a pad that players could wear
to enable this method of cooling with air. This concept
was brought to Fred Williams of Williams Sports
Group, LLC of Jacksonville, Florida, who has invented
numerous protective designs used by NFL and college
football programs. “Fred Williams developed an air
flow channel system built into the protective cushion of
an existing shoulder pad,” Bill explains. "The system
was field tested by University of Florida research scientists. In short, it worked.”
This revolutionary system is called the Temperature
Management System, or TMS. With TMS, cool, dry air
is blown under pressure into a tube on the back of the
player's shoulder pads and through the airflow channel
system. This distributes the cool air onto the shoulders
and back, lowering a player's core body temperature to
prevent it from rising to dangerous levels. (This air-cooling technology also has applications beyond football,
including for the military, bomb squads, mascots,
and more.)
A Business Venture
When Bill began coaching a new freshmen team at
Nease High School, he went to Williams Sports Group
of Jacksonville, Florida, to source protective gear for his
team. It was there that Fred Williams introduced him to a
new shoulder pad product being used by the University of
Florida. Bill immediately recognized the potential of the air
cooled shoulder pads for players and teams at all levels.
Commitment 22
Did You
Know
Atlas Copco just celebrated their
136th anniversary.
Q. What does TMS stand for?
A. Temperature Management System.
stadium. We want to make the system a permanent
fixture in every stadium.”
In college football, the University of Florida, UCLA,
South Carolina and Georgia Southern are among early
adopters of the TMS system. Three high schools in
Florida own systems, and a lot of teams are renting.
To take this potential to market, Bill, Fred and Melvin
Carter became business partners in TMS Sports. “The
University of Florida owns the patent on the air-cooling
system,” Bill explains, “and Williams Sports Group has
the exclusive rights to sell the technology through TMS
Sports.”
Bill is hard at work getting this important system into
the hands of football programs at all levels nationwide.
“The NFL’s league office needed us to explain the benefits of the TMS system in order to approve its use in the
League,” Bill says, “so the NFL gave the University of
Florida a grant to study it and determine whether it’s
medically beneficial. The University of Florida finished
the study summer 2008 and found that the TMS system
effectively cools the core body temperature significantly
and keeps the body’s core temperature from rising to
potentially dangerous levels.” (See sidebar for a summary of UF findings.)
Working with the NFL
The Green Bay Packers were the first team in the
NFL to use the TMS system. (In case you're wondering,
it also can be configured with heated air to warm players – an advantage if you play in Green Bay!) Today the
Miami Dolphins own a TMS system. The Dallas Cowboys, Jacksonville Jaguars, Indianapolis Colts and
Houston Texans use the system as well. It was featured
on Monday Night Football, which introduced air-cooled
shoulder pads to football fans all over.
The NFL still has some issues to work through
regarding the TMS system, notably whether its use
constitutes an unfair advantage. When the Indianapolis
Colts played the Chicago Bears in Super Bowl XLI in
Miami in 2007, the Colts had been using a TMS system
all season. The Bears had not, and the NFL ruled that
the Colts couldn’t use their TMS system in the Super
Bowl. “The NFL is going to review the system during
this off season and make a ruling for usage in the future,” according to Bill. “Our goal is to get TMS systems, complete with air compressors, in every NFL
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Air – Lots of Air
In addition to new air-cooled shoulder pads or
retrofitting of existing pads, the TMS system includes a
custom cooler, a high-efficiency air compressor, a manifold, and tubes and fittings for distributing cool air to
multiple players at once.
“At the time when we were getting TMS off the
ground, one big issue was getting the right air compressor,” says Bill. “It’s really the backbone of the system.
When a football player is connected, the system replaces the air across his chest and back over 100 times
a minute. To move that much air, you need to produce
compressed air at 8 to 10 cubic feet per minute per
player. Remember, TMS is designed to take care of 12
players, maybe more, all at once. We sourced the idea to
Atlas Copco in Houston, and they were kind enough to
let us borrow a compressor for testing.”
"The cool, dry air used during the COOL sessions
decreased the core body temperature of the research
participants at specific time points leading to a positive impact on other measured parameters. The results
suggest that the use of cool, dry air can potentially
help decrease the risk of heat related illnesses in
football players."
Discussion & Conclusion from Intermittent Cold and Dry
Air Underneath Football Shoulder Pads as a Method to
Assist in Temperature Homeostasis: Evaluation of
Efficacy, by:
Enrique D Escobar, MS, University of Florida College
of Medicine
Kathryn LuCante, MS, University of Florida Department
of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation
Samsun Lampotang, PhD, University of Florida
Department of Anesthesiology
Sedat T Aydog, MD, University of Florida Department
of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation
William Schwab, PhD, University of Florida Department
of Anesthesiology
Nikolaus Gravenstein, MD, University of Florida
Department of Anesthesiology
MaryBeth Horodyski, EdD, University of Florida
Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation
The air compressors being offered in conjunction with
the TMS system are Atlas Copco GA WorkPlace Full
Feature compressed air systems. These are electrically
powered, plug-and-play systems designed for industrial
use. They include the air compressor, tank, filter and
dryer all integrated into one compact cabinet. Atlas
Copco offers GA compressed air systems in a wide range
of sizes to address the needs of different applications.
With the GA at work, clean, dry air leaves the compressor under pressure and is routed through a network
of copper pipes immersed in an ice bath inside a
custom-made cooler. As the air circulates through the
copper pipes, its temperature drops significantly. The
air delivered to the players’ shoulder pads can be 30 or
even 40 degrees (F) cooler than the outside air, resulting
in the desired cooling effect.
Prospects Look Good
Currently, Bill is working with the Miami Dolphins
to get an air compressor for the visitor's sideline. “This
off-season we hope to learn the NFL’s ruling on the
TMS system from the competitive standpoint,” he
explains. “Atlas Copco is helping us to develop
compressor specs for the system and will partner
in testing for the NFL.”
Word is spreading, and by all accounts the Temperature Management System air cooled shoulder pad
system accomplishes its objective of protecting football
players from the potential danger of heat stress illness.
And that’s cool.
Q. What is it?
A. A system that reduces the core body temperature of football players by delivering cool air
through their shoulder pads.
Q. Why was this invented?
A. To help fight heat stress illness and possible
fatalities in football players, which occurs much
too often.
Q. Who invented it?
A. Medical doctors and research scientists from
the University of Florida Research Foundation
developed the concept; Fred Williams from
Williams Sports Group developed the airflow
channel for use in commercially available
shoulder pads.
Q. Is the medical data available from the
University of Florida Research Foundation?
A. Yes. It can be accessed through
www.footballshoulderpads.com under
the TMS tab.
Q. Is the system already in use?
A. Yes, the TMS system is commercially available through TMS Sports and is being used in
every level of football – from Pee Wee Football
to the NFL – in practice, scrimmage, and game
settings.
Q. Is the TMS system easy to use?
A. Yes. Set up and take down requires just minutes.
Q. How much manpower is needed to operate
the system?
A. During a game it usually requires someone
behind each bench to connect and disconnect
players as they come and go.
Q. What shoulder pads is TMS available with?
A. TMS has been incorporated into the Douglas
Custom Pro and Riddell Power Shoulder Pads.
Existing pads can be retrofitted.
Temperature Management System
Fo more information about the Temperature Management System:
email Bill Bates at:
Bbates0000@aol.com
Commitment 24
Save Money While Maximizing Compressed Air Productivity:
Top 10 Tips from a World Leading Compressor Manufacturer
5
Check Drains. Are your condensate drains stuck open?
Condensate drains on timers should be adjusted periodically to ensure they open as
intended and aren’t stuck open. Better yet, replace timer drains with zero-loss drains to
stop wasting compressed air.
6
Your piping system design should optimize transfer of compressed air at the desired flow and
pressure to the point of use. Increasing the size of your pipe from 2” to 3” can reduce pressure drop up to 50%. Shortening the distance air has to travel can further reduce pressure
drops by about 20-40%. The more flow you try to put through a pipe the greater the pressure
drop will be. Pressure drop in a pipe increases with the square of the increase in flow.
For example, if you triple the flow, the pressure drop will increase nine times what is was!
Air distribution piping should be large enough in diameter to minimize pressure drop.
Where to Start? Measure.
You can’t build a cost saving strategy around unknowns, so begin by measuring your compressed
air system’s energy consumption, flow rates and operating air pressure. This will provide baseline
values, help to identify problem areas and compute actual cost savings from any improvements you
make. A great way to analyze a compressed air system is to draw a pressure profile that shows the
pressure drops through a system. These pressure measurements give feedback for control adjustments, determine pressure drops across components, and help to determine system operating
pressures. Ask your Atlas Copco representative to show you how.
7
Turn It Off. Set your machines to switch off nights and weekends.
8
1
Prevent New Leaks. Dry and clean your compressed air.
Prevention beats cure, so be proactive and look inside your piping system. A clean, dry pipe
means you have good quality air and should have no corrosion issues. Dust in the pipe is
caused by particles in your air. If you don’t filter it, or if your filter is clogged, you’ll have pressure drops and increase the risk of contaminating your end product. Sludge in the pipe is bad
news and must be fixed immediately. In addition to the problems that occur with dust in the
pipe, your pipes will corrode very quickly (if you see sludge it’s likely started already) and
leaks will greatly increase. Dried and filtered compressed air keeps piping clean.
4
Recover Heat. Compressing air generates heat – reuse it!
It’s simple physics that compressing air gives off heat, and you can recover as much as 90%
of the heat for use in your operation. For example, you can produce hot water for washrooms
or direct warm air into a workspace, warehouse, loading dock, or entryway. The savings can
really add up!
Fix Existing Leaks. Start with the oldest and biggest pipes.
A quarter-inch air leak at 100 psi costs more than $2,500 a year! Pipe systems older than five
years can have leaks of up to 25%. You must spend money to compress air, so air that leaks
out is money wasted. Fix leaks, save money. A word of caution here is that around 80% of air
leaks are not audible and so to really minimize these problems, third party help in detecting
these is a necessity.
3
Change Filters Systematically. Not every once in a while.
Just as you change oil in your car at scheduled intervals to ensure optimum performance,
change filters in your air compressor and air system regularly to ensure air quality and to
prevent pressure drops. Inspect and replace filters systematically to ensure the quality of
your air. Go beyond the air compressor and compressor room. There are several air line and
point of use filters within your facility. Those are just as important to maintain as the air compressor and air compressor room filters.
There are 168 hours in a week, but most compressed air systems only run between 60-100
hours at anything near full capacity. Depending on your shift pattern, turning your
compressors off evenings and weekends could reduce your energy bills up to 20%.
2
Review Piping Infrastructure. Many systems aren’t optimized.
Reduce Pressure. Run at required pressures, not beyond.
Each 2 psig reduction cuts energy consumption 1%. Check the pressure your system is
running and don’t keep turning up the pressure to compensate for leaks or drops in pressure
due to piping problems or clogged filters. Fix these issues and the chances are you can drop
the pressure. A central supply side controller can greatly reduce the operational pressure
band and orchestrate air production much more efficiently and effectively.
9
Emphasize Proper Maintenance. Ignoring maintenance costs more.
As with most industrial machinery, a compressor runs more efficiently when properly maintained. Proper compressor maintenance cuts energy costs around 1% and helps prevent
breakdowns that result in downtime and lost production. Protect your reputation and profits
with proper maintenance.
10 Stop inappropriate use of compressed air. Cut these to save even more.
Inappropriate uses of compressed air include any application that can be done more effectively or more efficiently by a method other than compressed air. For example, often high
pressure air is used for cooling or applications where much lower air pressure is effective.
For a free copy of Atlas Copco’s 156-page Compressed Air Best Practices Guide, please send an email
to paul.humphreys@us.atlascopco.com. Put “Manual” in the subject line and provide your delivery
address in the body of the mail. We’ll send you a copy with our compliments.
Did you know?
• If your existing compressor is running at less than, say, 65% of capacity, a smaller one could pay for
itself in 18-24 months on average. If your compressor is more than 10 years old, cost savings with
today’s compressor technology could result in a pay back of 18-24 months on average. A compressor
that is both smaller and using today’s technology could pay for itself even faster.
• The most expensive component in the total cost of compressed air is energy. In fact, over the
lifespan of a typical compressor, energy typically costs several times more than the purchase price
of the compressor. Maximizing energy efficiency saves you money.
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Commitment 26
Spend Less For Compressed Air.
Let Atlas Copco Show You How.
Atlas Copco offers a specialized, one-day energy management seminar focusing exclusively on
compressed air systems. Now you can learn about your compressed air system’s true cost—and
how to reduce it.
Compressed air is one of the most expensive uses of energy in a manufacturing setting, yet many
facilities are not aware of the true costs of their compressed air system – and the many ways this
cost can be reduced. Atlas Copco’s one day energy management seminar focuses on real ways
you can change your compressed air system to reduce energy consumption and therefore save
money. Attendees leave armed with real-world knowledge to apply to your compressed air system
to improve reliability, protect production, cut energy consumption, and save money.
About Atlas Copco
Satisfying customer needs with
ground-breaking integrated compressed air technology, quality air
accessories and 24/7 service support
enhanced with remote monitoring
tools positions Atlas Copco as a
leading global compressor manufacturer. Our unwavering commitment
is to be First in Mind – First in Choice®
for all your compressed air
requirements.
Who Should Attend
Managers and engineers responsible for maintenance, plant,
facility, energy, environment or quality – and anyone involved
with your compressed air system.
Topics Covered
• True cost of compressed air
• Reducing plant air demand
• Eliminating artificial demand
• Benefits of compressed air storage
• Choosing the correct air piping system
• Compressor controls
• Variable speed drive technology
• Heat recovery
• Energy savings technologies
Date
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www.atlascopco.us
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