Atlas Copco expands GA VSDs screw compressor range with 5-18 kW sizes

When Atlas Copco launched the first GA 22-37 VSDS compressors last year, 6 principles applied: savings, sustainability, smart performance, superior connectivity, and small and silent. The new GA 5-18 VSDS offers the same S-driven benefits.

Savings

The GA VSDS delivers energy savings of up to 60% compared to a fixed-speed compressor. An optional, dedicated energy recovery system can ensure additional energy savings with up to 80% heat recovery.

Sustainability

Its double-digit energy use reduction makes the GA VSDS the most sustainable compressor available on the market today. In addition, it is the first compressor to feature an IE5 ferrite-assisted synchronous reluctance motor that does not rely on rare earth materials.

Smart performance

The GA VSDS is the first truly smart and adaptable compressor. Every customer gets performance and efficiency optimized for their application, needs, and conditions. The most important intelligent feature is the Smart Temperature Control (STC) system, which ensures full injection temperature control – for the first time ever – to eliminate the risk of condensation and maximize compression efficiency

The exclusive Boost Flow Mode allows operators to temporarily and safely exceed their compressor’s maximum capacity. The Limp mode ensures the compressor keeps working even when there is an issue.

Small and silent

Thanks to its very low sound levels, the GA 5-18 VSDS can be installed right on the production floor. There, the compressor takes up very little space thanks to its compact, vertical build. To keep the unit’s footprint small, the 5-11 kW tank-mounted versions feature an innovative side-mounted, upright vessel.

“The VSDS is not just a new generation of VSD, it is the VSD for a new generation. Because today’s customers want it all. And the GA VSDS delivers it all: sustainability, savings, smart and silent performance, superior connectivity, and a small footprint,” says Jan Vansweevelt, Product Manager for VSDS with the Atlas Copco Industrial Air Division. “With the addition of the 5-18 kW models, we can extend those big benefits to customers who need a smaller compressor for their workshop or factory.”

VSDS will implemented throughout the 5 to 110 kW Atlas Copco GA VSD oil-injected screw compressor range. The GA 5-18 VSDS is available for order worldwide today.