VSD vacuum pumps help Ibstock Brick boost production and save energy

26 February, 2018

Water handling capability was an essential requirement of the new set up. In the humid versions of the GHS VSD+ pumps, which Ibstock required, electronically controlled gas ballast and temperature management allows adaptation to the plant’s specific process and enables the pumps to handle 100 per cent water vapour at pressures above 30 mbar(a). The gas ballast is automatically switched and pre-and-post purge cycles are provided and controlled within the unit.

In contrast to ‘on-off’ control standards of other vacuum technologies, the GHS VSD+ machines feature a unique pressure set point control function that ensures the pumps maintain a constant reliable level of vacuum however variable the production demand.

The new installation has ticked all the boxes for Leivers and his company: “I am very impressed with the performance of the Atlas Copco pumps. Not only have they allowed us to achieve our production increase and maintain a constant vacuum level to ensure consistent product quality, they are also quieter, occupy a footprint that’s only the size of a pallet and, better still, provide the added bonus of a potential 60% reduction in the energy demand for the process.”

He added that in comparison to the industry at large his company was always open to embrace innovative technology and, in that regard, as well as in its customer service approach, “Atlas Copco was spot on”.

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