1. Global Environment

2. Compressed Air is Expensive

3. Compressed Air Costs Based on electrical utility rates @ $0.67 /kWh
A 100 scfm application costs $1.83 per hour to support
$16,000 per year at 8760 hrs.
$0.30 per 1000 scf
Approximately 30 hp

4. Compressed Air Costs - Compressor
50 hp operating = $27,000
100 hp operating = $54,000
200 hp operating = $110,000
500 hp operating = $275,000
1000 hp operating = $545,000

5. Compressed Air Utilization
Source: Henry Fleischer P.E., CMfgE

6. Needless Demand

7. Beverage Plant Automation
Section 3-6 Bottling
ASCO fluid control and Numatics fluid power products have been favorites in beverage plants since the 1950s. Today, ASCO Numatics provides superior fluid automation solutions for engineers and purchasers at both original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and at leading bottlers and packagers worldwide.
Superior fluid automation solutions for engineers and purchasers at both original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and at leading bottlers and packagers worldwide.
From one end of the line to the other, we provide a more comprehensive solution set than anyone else in the industry.
Reduce time, trouble, and total expense on all your fluid automation purchases.

8. How many air cylinders do you have in your facilities?

9. Case Erector
Bottom Flap Sealing

10. Case Erector – Bottom Flap Sealing
2-1/2” Bore x 12” Stroke
½” Ports
½” OD Tube, 24” long
2-1/2” Bore x 6” Stroke
½” OD Tube, 30” long on the end of 48” ½” NPT Pipe
5.0 Cv valve w/ in-line flow controls control both cylinders.
Operating Pressure 80 PSIG
Cycle time
Extend – Retract
10 cycles in 22 seconds
.4 sec extend
.6 sec dwell at extend
.4 sec retract
.6 sec between cycles
Tooling weight ~ 5 lbs, Horizontal on Linear Ball Bearings

11. What Is Numasizing?
Numasizing is an Engineering Design Tool which takes into account all of the physical specifications of a circuit and results in an optimized circuit designed to the customer’s target (objective).
Minimum Component Size
Maximum Productivity
Minimum Energy Cost

12. Compressed Air Reduction
Case Erector in a large beer bottle manufacturing facility located in the Midwest
Description
Annual Compressed Air Usage (SCF)
% Reduction
Case Erector Bottom Sealing 6” Existing
2,752,419
Case Erector Bottom Sealing 6” Numasized
1,441,546
47.6%
Case Erector Bottom Sealing 12” Existing
3,476,918
Case Erector Bottom Sealing 12” Numasized
2,486,568
28.5%
Combined Annual Usage -SCF - Existing
6,229,337
Combined Annual Usage -SCF - Numasized
3,928,114
36.9%
(savings: 2,301,223 $.30/1000cf = $690)

13. How many air cylinders do you have in your facilities?
Do you want to bring in new equipment that may consume 35-40% more compressed air than necessary? That’s Needless Demand!

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