Energy Management and Sustainability
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Calculated approach to energy efficiency

An ERIKS Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) motor calculator has enabled Montupet at its site in Belfast to significantly increase energy efficiency and achieve capital payback for all motors, which have been replaced or upgraded, within two years

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A finger on the pulse

Status-based maintenance can cut costs and improve investment security and, with modern diagnostic tools, the need for rigidly fixed maintenance intervals and precautionary replacement of compressor parts can be avoided, explains Andy Westwood, service manager at BOGE Compressed air Systems

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Saving energy and space

In September 2012 Atlas Copco Compressors invited long-term customer, precision engineering company Di-Spark Group, to trial the operation of its energy and space saving GA15VSD+ rotary screw compressor, which is powered by the company’s own in-house designed interior permanent magnet (iPM) motor.

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Steam: Strategies to boost productivity

Steam systems are generally efficient and reliable. Even so, many companies are not using these valuable assets to their full potential. Paul Mayoh, technical manager at Spirax Sarco, offers five basic strategies that everyone could apply to increase productivity and achieve more ‘bang for their buck’

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Free Cooling: Helping freeze energy costs

With the warm, sunny summer of 2013 behind us, now may be a good time to remind ourselves of the benefits of the UK’s more traditional cooler climes and how the plastics industry, for example, can use such impending low ambient air temperatures to save energy and reduce cooling costs by as much as 70%. The engineering team at ICS Cool Energy explains

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A flow of efficiency

Reducing energy needs and protecting water resources are major challenges facing all industries today, but a number of solutions are available to manage complex industrial and waste water systems to maximum efficiency. Ondeo explains

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Identifies energy waste

Trend Controls’ latest version of its Energy Management software – Trend Energy Manager v2.0 – builds on the worldwide success of the original version and has many enhanced features that will enable building owners and managers to investigate how they are using energy, and devise strategies to reduce carbon emissions and save money.

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Pump up quick returns

As a global pump manufacturer, Grundfos appreciates that although pumps may be hidden away in plant rooms, they are big energy consumers.

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Portable floodlights

The FLOOD-IT range of fully portable, rechargeable floodlights – exclusive to eKonomical – is reported to be robust and reliable.

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Level sensing drain upgraded

In 1982 Berthold Koch introduced his first compressed air condensate system – the Bekomat electronic, level-sensing, zero-loss drain. Now, more than 30 years later, the company has introduced Bekomat 3XU, an upgrade of its Bekomat 31-33 series.

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