CASE STUDY 11 | Groundbreaking Mining Solutions
Groundbreaking Mining Solutions selected NPS to design, supply and install a compressed airline system for their new workshop in Forestdale, Western Australia.
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CASE STUDY 10 | Restoration Makeover
From rags to riches, check out this before and after compressor restoration provided by NPS technician Leigh Knight!
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 [...]
CASE STUDY 8 | NPS Slices Energy Costs at D’Orsogna
Local legends D’Orsogna, synonymous with high-quality flavoursome meat products came to Nessco Pressure Systems with concerns over air quality, pressure loss and electricity bills. Like most leading food and beverage wholesalers and manufacturers, their factory relies heavily on compressed air. NPS undertook an Air Audit, mapping D’Orsogna’s airline and recording the current four compressors’ operating [...]
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 [...]
Advantages of Aluminium Pipe in Compressed Air Systems
Advantages of Aluminium Pipe. The Australian compressed air industry has long been dominated by plastic and galvanised steel piping products – materials borrowed from allied industries such as the building and plumbing sectors. Traditionally, engineers and contractors have consistently specified such systems due to low material costs, familiarity and most of all, out of habit. Recently, [...]
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 [...]
CASE STUDY 7 | Torkan Packaging
Nessco Pressure Systems has regularly maintained and serviced Torkan Packaging’s compressors for many years. Recently, Torkan Packaging came to NPS with the ever-growing concern of rising energy costs and expensive monthly power bills, as many other Western Australians have also experienced. They had recently installed solar panels and were looking to save some money on [...]