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Pharmaceutical customer lowers energy consumption by 8%

Service Audit and optimization Audit and optimization

A global pharmaceutical company contacted Atlas Copco to analyze the compressed supply problems in their packaging process. After a technical assessment Atlas Copco was able to fix the problems and lower the customer's energy consumption by 8%.

The Challenge

The Customer experienced interruptions and quality issues in the packaging process of his pharmaceutical products due to pressure fluctuations in their compressed air net. They contacted Atlas Copco to analyze the problem and provide a solution for a stable and reliable output pressure.

The Solution

Pharmaceutical Case
After a technical assessment by our Sales Engineer and our Energy Consultant, we suggested to balance and improve the output flow and pressure of the
4 Atlas Copco Z compressors by installing an Optimizer 4.0 central controller. To make the oldest Z machine compatible with the Optimizer 4.0 we upgraded the compressor controller.

Thanks to the Optimizer 4.0 the pressure in the packaging process stabilized and dropped with 0.5 bar as shown on the Optimizer screens below.
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Before - Pressure 7.66 bar

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After - Pressure 7.16 bar

The Outcome

The air net pressure was stabilized, and a 0.5 bar pressure reduction was achieved immediately after commissioning the central controller.
As SMARTLINK monitoring demonstrated, the installation's SER (Specific Energy Requirement) went down from 539 J/l to 497 J/l, saving 8% of electricity. This corresponds to a CO2 reduction of 21.5 tons/year.
Annual energy cost savings amount to 7 000 USD/year. The central controller also increases machine lifetime and production uptime

Pharmaceutical Case

The Savings

8%

Lower energy consumption

21.5tons/year

CO2 reduction

7000USD/year

Cost savings