Compressors

In these financially difficult times, compressor users can’t afford to let energy efficiency disappear into thin air. Katherine Crichton writes.

CHAMPION Compressors has been named as the exclusive Australian distributor for Bidell Equipment LP, a Canadian-based supplier of reciprocating and rotary-screw natural gas compressors.

Project: Compressed Air Upgrade
ESTABLISHED in 1865, Godfrey Hirst is Victoria’s first commercial woollen mill.

With the global financial crisis and environmental pressures intensifying, the drive to reduce energy consumption is on. Katherine Crichton writes.

FUEL saving system proven internationally to also cut engine wear and reduce environmental emissions from mobile and stationary diesel engines is being introduced to Australia by FuelSave Australia.

WITH manufacturers now having a strong focus on cutting energy costs and reducing their carbon footprint, CompAir believe it’s on a winner with the company’s new Quantima air compressor range.

JUST five months after installing a
new Quantima air compressor,
Australia’s largest milk processor,
Murray Goulburn (MGC) is on track
to save $147,000 in annual energy and
maintenance costs and reduce CO2
emissions by more than 1,908 tonnes
over 12 months.

SIAD Macchine Impianti, from Bergamo Italy, has modified the Tempo² range of PET-blowing compressors, to only produce 75dB(A) at 1m in any direction – proudly naming the new development ‘the Silent box®’.

A revolutionary advance in compressor technology, now available in Australia, is said to be able to provide major environmental benefits and substantial cost savings for industry.

Compressors & Pneumatics
WITH energy efficiency becoming a major
concern for businesses and communities
combined with the development of industry
energy standards, compressors and pneumatics
have never been more under the spotlight.
With users more energy conscious than ever
before, the October issue of Manufacturers’
Monthly will include a special feature on energy
reduction technologies specifically designed for
compressors and pneumatics. Editorial will also
contain interviews with

An environmental consultant reveals the strategies manufacturers need to develop to be fully prepared for
emissions trading and a Managing Director involved in the High Performance Consortium will discuss how
smaller manufacturing companies can collaborate to beat the multinationals.

THE latest revision to the MEPS scheme has raised the benchmark of electric motor efficiency in Australia.

Waste not, want not: new design technologies are helping manufacturers eliminate excessive air usage in compressed air systems, with some remarkable results. Katherine Crichton reports.

THE latest process control system Simatic PCS 7 has now been expanded by Siemens with telecontrol functions.

In an effort to reduce costs and energy consumption, manufacturers are undertaking maintenance programs incorporating stringent testing and maintenance of systems. Katherine Crichton reports.

THE SK 21-SFC rotary screw compressors from Kaeser has been developed in Kaeser’s research and development centre in Germany.

BOGE Compressors will be exhibiting at the National Manufacturing Week 2008 exhibition, Stand No. 5416, being held at the Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre from 27 – 30 May.

LINC Energy, Australia’s leader in clean coal technology, has recently installed three Boge SL481 screw compressors at a coal tenement site in Queensland.

ATLAS Copco has introduced the GA 5 VSD, the smallest variable speed drive compressor range available.

HONEYWELL, in collaboration with SKF, has introduced OneWireless equipment health monitoring (EHM), the latest addition to Honeywell’s portfolio of industrial wireless solutions.