Cambs Newsletter - Summer 2021

Cambs Compressor Engineering Ltd, 22 Edison Road, St Ives, Cambs PE27 3LF Tel: 0800 0029601 Email: [email protected] Web: www.cambscompressors.co.uk Compressed Air Equipment Design & Installation Solutions Compressor & Compressed Air System Maintenance C o m p r e s s e d A i r S y s t e m s , D e s i g n , S u p p l y , I n s t a l l a t i o n a n d S u p p o r t If you no longer wish to receive this newsletter please email [email protected] Air Compressor Sales and Services As a full-service compressed air specialist, we offer installation, maintenance, repairs (including emergency repairs), upgrades and decommissioning of compressors, dryers, filtration systems and air pipework. Dedicated to maintaining and improving the effectiveness of compressed air systems It’s generally accepted that approximately 50% of compressed air systems at small to medium sized industrial facilities are wasting energy. The chief reason for inefficient air compression is the loss of heat generated from the increased temperature of pressurised air and from friction caused by the system’s many moving parts. Making a few adjustments to your compressed air system, you can save significant amounts of energy and money. Poorly maintained air compression systems can cause wasted energy and money. Improving the efficiency of your compressed air system is relatively easy, with the correct procedures in place. With proper maintenance, there’s no reason your system can’t provide cost savings along with high performance. Cambs Compressors offer a free on-site assessment; we’ll provide your system with a health check and highlight the potential savings you could make. We can help you set out procedures for maintaining the compressed air system and ensure your employees are properly trained in them. Serving the retail, food, industrial and hygiene sectors Grantham Manufacturing has been providing diecut shapes of release papers for food and self adhesive tape interleaving since 1967. Constantly innovating it now supplies packaging products for the retail, food, industrial and hygiene sectors. May 2015 a fire destroyed Grantham Manufacturings’ main production unit and most of its converting machinery. Quickly re-establishing production in a rented premises, the third generation family business focused on their future and how they could turn this disaster into a positive. All their energy was put into designing an new purpose built factory. With a focus on making their new facility as efficient as possible, ground source heating, an array of solar pv panels and rain water harvesting were all factored into the new build. Innovative use of compressed air system maximises energy efficiency A British manufactured water-cooled, variable speed drive compressor was specified - a machine designed for maximum energy efficiency - Cambs Compressors were pushed to make the new compressed air system even more efficient. This is because Managing Director of Grantham Manufacturing, Martin Howitt and his sons Jonathan and Matt wanted to make full use of a purpose built facility to keep energy usage to a minimum. How could the heat generated by the compression process be used? Heat is generated by the compression process of compressing air (just like as the heat that is generated when pumping up a bike tyre with a hand pump). Typically this requires extraction to cool the compressor and enable it to run effectively. The Grantham Manufacturing installation was able to have a water cooling system designed to take the heat away from the compressor. This ‘warmed’ cooling water is then piped through a heat exchanger and pushed around the factories underfloor water heating system to maintain a specified temperature within the factory. Fire provides catalyst for super energy efficient factory Innovative use of compressed air system provides heat for the factory. Martin Howitt Managing Director, Grantham Manufacturing and his two sons, Jonathan (left), Matt (right) Annthea Fryer Finance and HR Director Cambs Compressors