Atlas Copco vacuum pump saves Celestica over 70% on energy costs - ‘It is quite simply a better working environment for us’

The unit was put in January 2018. It is used on production lines for ink cartridges along with when they’re extracting the CO2 before they put in the ink.

It was bang on. In fact, it was better! All included, we are not far off €2500-€3000 a month being saved. The running cost of our previous unit was €2000 a month. Our new Atlas Copco GHS1300 VSD+ was just €627 for first month. That is a clean saving of over €1300. I’ve been checking it month-by-month and it is very consistent. Initially, we had the pressure set too high but with help from C&L, we were able to reduce the pressure band.

The GHS1300 VSD+ was already configured for energy recovery. As a result of having energy recovery from the vacuum unit, we can supply approach water to our boiler system, in turn reducing further energy costs. Putting money aside, in terms of health and safety - it is quite simply a better working environment for us. The decibel levels in the compressor room have come right down, and we no longer require noise cancelling ear protection in the air compressor room. You can hold a conversation in there now. We can bring auditors or fitters in there now easily. The display system is so user friendly as well.