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OF FIELD SERVICE. 68 640 HOURS morethanmachines.com Buy a Cat ® machine and get thousands of hours of service expertise. When you buy a Cat machine, you don’t just get the machine. You also get the priceless knowledge of our experienced service team who can keep your machine running and give it a second life. Our team’s knowledge combined with our machine monitoring service means that we know exactly what’s happening with your Cat machine on a daily basis. By talking to your Cat machine, our Field Service manager and his team will be able to prevent any problems before they arise. This will ensure that the Barloworld Equipment team are always there to help you improve your productivity and efficiency. Buy a Cat machine now and get EMSolutions Level 3 for free for the next 2 years. For more details about purchasing a Cat contact 010 040 3283.Atlas Copco Compressor Technique’s VSD
technology substantially improves the
energy efficiency of a compressed air sys-
tem, resulting in significant savings and
sustainable productivity. Compressed air
is one of the most important utilities in
industry but it is also one of the largest
consumers of energy.
According to Charl Ackerman, Atlas
Copco Compressor Technique’s Industrial
Air Business Line manager, energy con-
sumption typically represents over 70%
of a compressor’s life cycle cost. “In addi-
tion to South Africa’s protracted energy
crisis which is debilitating mining and
industry through interrupted produc-
tion, escalating energy costs is inevitable.
Alternative energy sources like solar and
wind power are very expensive and not
always practical.”
Forward-thinking industries
that are already now committed
to finding effective and sustain-
able ways to conserve energy
will reap cost saving benefits
over the short and medium term which
will increase exponentially over the long
term. Ackerman notes that compressed
air installations present massive energy
saving opportunities for end-users.
“Through analysing, optimising and mon-
itoring a compressed air network, we are
able to minimise losses and maximise
operational efficiency for the end-user.”
He says that while there are a num-
ber of areas in a compressed air installa-
tion where wastage can occur, optimum
air flow is one area in particular that can
deliver significant energy savings. “This is
where our VSD technology comes into its
own. With energy savings of up to 35%,
a GA VSD compressor is an investment in
sustainable plant operation.”
www.atlascopco.co.zaVSD technology improves energy savings
Pioneered by Atlas Copco in 1994, the
VSD compressor perfectly matches
air supply to air demand in processes
where air demand profiles fluctuate.