Atlas Copco has launched a mobile app for site-wide remote monitoring of compressor systems.
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Compressed air equipment manufacturer Atlas Copco has revealed energy efficient variable speed drive (VSD) compressors could save the UK industry 16.5 million kWh in 2012.
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Compressor manufacturer Atlas Copco says it will fend off competition by offering the strongest possible customer focus and it has launched a customer care charter setting out how it plans to achieve this.
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Compressor manufacturer Atlas Copco has announced it is buying the medical gas solutions business of UK-based Penlon, which supplies medical gas systems, medical vacuum equipment and pipeline components to hospitals.
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Simba International is reporting that an Atlas Copco variable speed drive compressor, financed through a Carbon Trust loan, has been a key success factor in its plant refurbishment programme.
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Compressor manufacturer Boge has just announced the launch of a new series of frequency controlled screw compressors as a part of its C series range. It claims the new CF models (pictured) provide a quiet, compact and energy efficient compressed air solution to the medium sized compressed air user with a fluctuating demand for compressed air.
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Beko, the compressed air system and components supplier, has doubled capacity at its Worcestershire site.
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Johnston Press has expanded its printing centre in County Armagh, and installed two Boge SLF 75 frequency controlled screw compressors along with a Boge S 75 screw compressor in order to meet the new compressed air demands of the expansion in the most energy efficient manner.
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Compressor specialist Atlas Copco has launched a new air pipework system which is the first of its kind to offer anodised internal surfaces as standard. AIRnet's smooth surfaces can cut friction by 50%, minimising the risk of pressure drops and maximising energy efficiency.
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Atlas Copco Compressors has made a major investment in its UK custom design engineering facility based in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire. As one of the company's strategically located engineering centres, the UK workshop now plays a major role in the supply of bespoke solutions across the globe.
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Global pneumatics specialist SMC has unveiled a new range of energy saving components in recognition of the need for energy efficiency in automated manufacturing processes in a European economic environment wherein it says inflation, led by soaring energy costs, has accelerated at its fastest pace in almost two years.
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The latest edition of Atlas Copco's free 136 page Compressed Air Manual, boasted to be "essential reading for businesses that need the latest information about compressed air technology" has been launched.
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Many general machinery manufacturers are ignoring a common operational problem that costs users money and wastes compressed air – but the means of solving it is easily available, according to experts at global pneumatics specialist SMC.
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Compressed air specialist Boge has introduced what it describes as a sophisticated compressed air auditing system which can simultaneously analyse up to 12 compressors. Logged data will then identify where compressed air savings can be made leading to an optimised compressed air system and reduced energy costs.
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Atlas Copco has launched a scrappage scheme, offering £2,000 towards cost of new compressors.
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Jaguar has upgraded the compressed air networks at its West Midlands-based plants; using an ongoing programme of energy audits to reduce air power consumption by 26% a year with a maximum two years' payback at each site.
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The acquisition of leading compressor manufacturer CompAir has been completed for £200 million, with the whole of the CompAir Group, now being part of Gardner Denver, a US based global manufacturer of compressor and vacuum products and fluid transfer systems.
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Leading Scottish newspapers, the Daily Record and Sunday Mail are saving energy through the installation of a modular aluminium hollow bar system to manage compressed air deliveries.
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Leading compressor manufacturer Compair has been acquired by US firm Gardner Denver Inc, a global manufacturer of compressor and vacuum products and fluid transfer systems.
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Compressed air is often considered the fourth utility but can be overlooked by companies searching to improve their energy efficiency. Businesses that fail to focus on their compressed air usage are missing a trick. This Q&A should assist users to understand compressed air, and energy, in one go.
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