In our continuing drive to upgrade and make our facilty more "green" we just installed a new 15 horsepower Ingersoll Rand air compressor. This new unit has a built-in air cooler and will replace three older units totalling about 50 HP plus an inefficient stand-alone air chiller, all running on either 110 or 220 volts. One of the compressors it replaces was installed in 1936!. This new unit will run at a much more efficient voltage (460 volts) and have a 120 gallion tank with more storage capacity. All in all it will consume less energy than the inefficient units it replaces while providing us with a more reliable source of compressed air.
See our Shop Kink #45, Handy Tips on Going Green for the Engine Rebuilder, Construction Garage, Town DPW Garage, Marine Repair Facilities and Back Yard Motor Heads, for other info on how you can green-up your engine facility. (HTML about here). This new, energy effcient air compressor is one more example of how Foley Engines takes energy conservation seriously.
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