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Compressors and Air Treatment
News Release from: Tom Parker | Subject: Exhausted Air Recycling System
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 12 March 2008
Air compressor avoids wasted energy
The EARS system provides a closed loop between the air compressor and the air tool by capturing the exhausted air and returning it to the EARS manifold fitted to the compressor.
Tom Parker's Exhausted Air Recycling System (EARS) helps users cut energy costs and carbon emissions while increasing productivity and improving workplace health and safety Over a five-year period, it is estimated that 85% of the average costs for a compressed air system will be for the electricity used to generate and dry the air
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 29 Aug 2000 at 8.00am (UK)
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If used to its full potential, the installation of an EARS compressed air system will have a significant impact on these costs and could reduce energy consumption by up to 40% year on year.
The EARS system provides a closed loop between the air compressor and the air tool by capturing the exhausted air and returning it to the EARS manifold fitted to the compressor.
The system can be installed on any pneumatic product whose exhausted air can be captured.
The closed-loop system generates more useable compressed air with less energy.
Whether using an EARS compressor with EARS tooling, or a retrofit kit for existing tools and compressors, the benefits of using this new system are immediate.
An EARS-optimised compressor can deliver an air volume that could only otherwise be achieved with a larger motor with a higher consumption.
With EARS technology, an 11kW compressor can generate the same air volume as a conventionally operated 18.5kW compressor.
Installing a retrofit kit to your existing compressor will allow you to get more air out without having to purchase a new larger one.
With the capture of exhausted air at the pneumatic product, all the noise and contaminants normally ejected next to the user are sent back to the compressor via filters.
This means exhaust noise is significantly reduced and all tool lubrication oil or foreign matter in the air is also removed.
The lack of dust or other matter bowing around the workshop provides a cleaner and far quieter work environment.
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