Atlas Copco upgrades GA air compressors
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Atlas Copco Compressors product story
Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team
Nov 14, 2008
Atlas Copco has redesigned and upgraded its fixed-speed compressor, the GA 11+-30 and the variable speed version, the GA 15-30 VSD.
To better match air flow to customer requirements and eliminate the need to oversize, Atlas Copco has introduced a 26kW model, which is also available with the VSD introduced with the launch.
This range of small GA+/GA VSD compressors is used in a variety of applications and industries, including workshops, assembly, packaging, automotive, woodworking, printing, textiles, construction materials manufacturing, plastics production and moulding and oil and gas activities.
Greater free air delivery (FAD) means that customers can select smaller compressors for the same applications, saving money and energy.
Specific energy requirement (SER) is the true measure of how much electricity a compressor will use.
With improvements of three to 11 per cent for the GA+ and 11 to 13 per cent for the GA VSD, the newly launched compressors from Atlas Copco have one of the best SERs achievable today.
Energy consumption can be reduced even further in the full-feature version by integrating the dryer in the unit.
The technology of the variable speed drive (VSD) increases performance, shows lower sensitivity to dust and achieves standard very low harmonic distortion.
Energy savings of 35 per cent on average can be obtained by adopting a VSD model (instead of a GA+), resulting in faster payback times.
Additionally, 80 per cent of the compressor's energy consumption can be recuperated (for example, for water and air heating in industrial processes or for direct use on site) with the now standard option to connect an energy recovery system.
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