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The Potential Dangers of Air Receivers
Are the potential dangers of air receivers just a bit of hot air? When comparing electricity or gas compressed air and air receiver systems, you’d be forgiven for thinking that compressed air presents very little danger. However, the reality is that compressed air brings its own set of serious issues to deal with. Air receiver tanks, in particular, present [...]
Can Your Compressed Air Dryer Cope This Summer?
Overheated System = Production Down Time Like us, your compressed air system can sweat in the warmer months! Air Dryers can act as an air conditioner to your airline; eliminating condensation due to humidity, and therefore preventing damage to your expensive equipment. As the months get hotter some compressed air dryers don’t function as [...]
Why Your System Needs A Compressed Air Dryer
A Compressed Air Dryer is used for removing water vapour from compressed air. Humidity is a component of atmospheric air, which can be found in the form of condensate and/or vapour in compressed air distribution systems and the machines that use the compressed air. If the condensate can be easily separated and discharged, humidity, in [...]
10 Things to target during an air audit to ensure compressed energy savings
Compress Energy Costs through Air Audit With the rapidly escalating cost of electricity, there is an increasing focus within industry on the energy consumption of air compressor systems. As an un-maintained system can be wasting as much as 50% of a compressor’s output, it is important to ensure that your system is operating at its [...]
Compress Your Energy Costs through IVR Variable Speed Compressors
The simple economic model of matching supply with demand optimises productivity and helps control costs. This makes sense not only in the economic world, but also when considering how compressed air is produced and used in a manufacturing facility. Poorly designed and maintained systems waste energy Nessco Pressure Systems knows that compressed air is critical [...]
Compress Your Energy Costs Through Reducing Leaks
Air can often be viewed as an unlimited resource with no associated costs. During an average compressor’s lifetime of around 10 years, the cost of compressed air is roughly divided up as 73% energy costs. The remaining 27% is divided between capital costs, installation and maintenance (see diagram). In reality, producing 1 kW of compressed [...]
Why Hiring May Be The Smarter Choice!
For all industries, the decision to either rent or buy capital equipment, such as air compressors, has serious ramifications and must be considered carefully. Renting heavy industrial equipment rather than buying offers major advantages that benefit companies of all sizes and across different industries. Below outlines why hiring a compressor or other compressed air equipment [...]