The financial impact of compressed air projects

Abstract

Hundreds of thousands of dollars. That's the excess cost many cement companies pay because their decision-making process for compressed air is antiquated and inefficient. That impacts the bottom line in three areas, annual operating cost, productivity issues and excessive capital spending. Rinker Materials and Lafarge, North America had all the classic symptoms of a company spending too much money on compressed air. By changing their business processes towards air, several nagging productivity problems were eliminated and the companies have saved hundreds of thousands of dollars in operating costs. In addition, several compressors have been turned off while creating stable air pressure and quality throughout the plant. The organization now has a deeper and broader understanding of the air system and how it impacts our bottom line. And it both cases, this was accomplished as a return on investment project