Campaign reveals the high costs of compressed air leaks
7 March 2023 The UK compressed air and fluid power specialist Thorite has launched a campaign to raise awareness about unseen energy inefficiencies in compressed air systems that… Read More
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iPM compressor motor ‘exceeds IE5’ and slashes losses
5 March 2020 The compressor-maker Atlas Copco has developed and patented an interior permanent magnet (iPM) motor which, it claims, has a higher efficiency than the IE5 “ultra… Read More
Micro-compressor is ‘the first innovation for 100 years’
31 January 2017 A Scottish company claims to have developed world’s smallest high-pressure, low-vibration clean-air compressor. Edinburgh-based Vert Rotors adds that its tiny device is the first real… Read More
VSD control algorithms protect gas compressors
3 October 2016 ABB has released what it claims is the first variable-speed drive (VSD) control software that uses Model Predictive Control to regulate torque. Model Predictive Control… Read More
£2m IMechE fund will help to launch new technologies
10 September 2015 The Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) has launched a fund to help engineering companies to overcome the investment hurdle between research and development and bringing… Read More
‘Quantum leap’ in enclosure cooling cuts energy use by 75%
20 April 2015 The German enclosures giant Rittal has developed a new way of cooling enclosures that it describes a “quantum leap”. Initial results from a pilot installation… Read More
Compressor-maker develops and builds its own VSDs
15 July 2014 The compressor manufacturer Atlas Copco has developed its first in-house-designed inverter drive, claiming that it is 70kg lighter and less than half the size of… Read More
Buy a compressor and plant a forest
22 November 2013 The Swedish compressor manufacturer Atlas Copco has launched a campaign under which it will donate trees to the landlocked African nation of Burkina Faso for… Read More
Compressor giant develops its own motors to halve energy consumption
11 April 2013 The world’s biggest compressor manufacturer, Atlas Copco, has entered the electric motor design and manufacturing business by developing an oil-cooled permanent magnet motor for a… Read More
