Sigma Air Manager Basic

Original Sigma Air Manager Features: Demand based sequencing In developing SAM, Kaeser evaluated what a customer might want from their compressed air system, and prioritized it: Compressed Air – Of course the top concern is they need compressed air. Judging from the amount of money customer’s actually pay to produce compressed air, they REALLY want compressed air. Reliability – And if the customer REALLY wants compressed air, then it is a safe bet that most customers mean they want a reliable source of compressed air. Stable pressure – Historically speaking, most customers equate a reliable system with a stable system pressure. Quite commonly, the way a customer stablaizes the system pressure (modulation control & high system pressure) is quite inefficient. Safety – Once a reliable air supply is addressed, most customer’s become concerned with how they can make the production of compressed air safer to personnel. Unfortunately, it is true that many customers stop spending money on their compressed air station at this point. On the other hand, more customers are becoming aware of a very large potential to save money. So, even the lowest priorities are getting more attention, including... Efficiency – The fact is that rising energy costs are causing more customers to consider investing in improving compressed air system efficiency. And if you recall the 8:1 rule of thumb (which states that a typical compressor requires 8 HP worth of electrical energy to produce 1 HP worth of pneumatic energy), it becomes clear that a little bit of additional expense applied to improving efficiency can result in large returns. Remote monitoring – Of course, knowing where to spend that money to get the largest returns becomes quite a trick. So, wouldn’t it be nice if it was possible to automatically collect data which would steer you in the right directions. And while we’re at it, wouldn’t it be nice if that data could then show just how much money was saved by making improvements! Yeah! and while we’re at it, it sure would be nice if you could verify the condition of the compressed air system from remote locations (like an engineer’s office or how about via the internet when your out of town! Data collection Data storage and trending Remote monitoring Maintenance scheduling

Sigma Air Manager Basic What about customers that only want a simple sequencer? In developing SAM, Kaeser evaluated what a customer might want from their compressed air system, and prioritized it: Compressed Air – Of course the top concern is they need compressed air. Judging from the amount of money customer’s actually pay to produce compressed air, they REALLY want compressed air. Reliability – And if the customer REALLY wants compressed air, then it is a safe bet that most customers mean they want a reliable source of compressed air. Stable pressure – Historically speaking, most customers equate a reliable system with a stable system pressure. Quite commonly, the way a customer stablaizes the system pressure (modulation control & high system pressure) is quite inefficient. Safety – Once a reliable air supply is addressed, most customer’s become concerned with how they can make the production of compressed air safer to personnel. Unfortunately, it is true that many customers stop spending money on their compressed air station at this point. On the other hand, more customers are becoming aware of a very large potential to save money. So, even the lowest priorities are getting more attention, including... Efficiency – The fact is that rising energy costs are causing more customers to consider investing in improving compressed air system efficiency. And if you recall the 8:1 rule of thumb (which states that a typical compressor requires 8 HP worth of electrical energy to produce 1 HP worth of pneumatic energy), it becomes clear that a little bit of additional expense applied to improving efficiency can result in large returns. Remote monitoring – Of course, knowing where to spend that money to get the largest returns becomes quite a trick. So, wouldn’t it be nice if it was possible to automatically collect data which would steer you in the right directions. And while we’re at it, wouldn’t it be nice if that data could then show just how much money was saved by making improvements! Yeah! and while we’re at it, it sure would be nice if you could verify the condition of the compressed air system from remote locations (like an engineer’s office or how about via the internet when your out of town! Demand based sequencing

Reduced Energy Costs Conventional base load sequencer pressure fluctuations SAM pressure fluctuations 110 po pwp pu Safety time 105 100 95 psig Every 10 psig decrease in system pressure saves 14.5% of electrical input energy: 5.0% energy reduction + 9.5% artificial demand reduction 14.5% total electrical reduction Another 10% savings is likely due to optimized compressor duty cycle. Operating cost savings! Pressure-band based control versus cascade control Minimum bandwidth +/- 1.5 psi

Pressure Band Control pressure time po2 po1 wp (set point) pu1 pu2 pt (low pres.) 105 106.5 103.5 108 102 95 2nd unload command 1st unload command to2 T2 unload command In developing SAM, Kaeser evaluated what a customer might want from their compressed air system, and prioritized it: Compressed Air – Of course the top concern is they need compressed air. Judging from the amount of money customer’s actually pay to produce compressed air, they REALLY want compressed air. Reliability – And if the customer REALLY wants compressed air, then it is a safe bet that most customers mean they want a reliable source of compressed air. Stable pressure – Historically speaking, most customers equate a reliable system with a stable system pressure. Quite commonly, the way a customer stablaizes the system pressure (modulation control & high system pressure) is quite inefficient. Safety – Once a reliable air supply is addressed, most customer’s become concerned with how they can make the production of compressed air safer to personnel. Unfortunately, it is true that many customers stop spending money on their compressed air station at this point. On the other hand, more customers are becoming aware of a very large potential to save money. So, even the lowest priorities are getting more attention, including... Efficiency – The fact is that rising energy costs are causing more customers to consider investing in improving compressed air system efficiency. And if you recall the 8:1 rule of thumb (which states that a typical compressor requires 8 HP worth of electrical energy to produce 1 HP worth of pneumatic energy), it becomes clear that a little bit of additional expense applied to improving efficiency can result in large returns. Remote monitoring – Of course, knowing where to spend that money to get the largest returns becomes quite a trick. So, wouldn’t it be nice if it was possible to automatically collect data which would steer you in the right directions. And while we’re at it, wouldn’t it be nice if that data could then show just how much money was saved by making improvements! Yeah! and while we’re at it, it sure would be nice if you could verify the condition of the compressed air system from remote locations (like an engineer’s office or how about via the internet when your out of town! T1 unload command to1 t1 load command pressure t2 load command 1st load command tu1 2nd load command tu2 time

Potential Savings for Air System 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% Air manager reduces pressure by 10 psi approx. 5% 10 psi lower system pressure reduces leaks and artificial demand approx. 10% Energy Cost approx. 10% Air manager optimizes the usage/duty cycle of all compressors Total of up to 25%

The Display Armed with our ideas of what customer’s want, Kaeser went to work on designing solutions. The first phase was to design a solid interface at the heart of the system. The second phase was to create a master controller which was capable of linking the entire compressed air system in to a single device capable of delivering our vision of what the customer wants - reliable air with stable pressure, that allows equipment to be safely isolated during maintenance and controls multiple compressors in the most efficient manner while it measures system-wide data points either locally or remotely... Whew! That’s a lot of stuff. But you know what? We did it!

The Display Off key: Switches off the entire air system Armed with our ideas of what customer’s want, Kaeser went to work on designing solutions. The first phase was to design a solid interface at the heart of the system. The second phase was to create a master controller which was capable of linking the entire compressed air system in to a single device capable of delivering our vision of what the customer wants - reliable air with stable pressure, that allows equipment to be safely isolated during maintenance and controls multiple compressors in the most efficient manner while it measures system-wide data points either locally or remotely... Whew! That’s a lot of stuff. But you know what? We did it!

The Display On key: Switches on the air system Armed with our ideas of what customer’s want, Kaeser went to work on designing solutions. The first phase was to design a solid interface at the heart of the system. The second phase was to create a master controller which was capable of linking the entire compressed air system in to a single device capable of delivering our vision of what the customer wants - reliable air with stable pressure, that allows equipment to be safely isolated during maintenance and controls multiple compressors in the most efficient manner while it measures system-wide data points either locally or remotely... Whew! That’s a lot of stuff. But you know what? We did it!

The Display Enter key: 1) Access a menu or value for editing 2) Save changes Armed with our ideas of what customer’s want, Kaeser went to work on designing solutions. The first phase was to design a solid interface at the heart of the system. The second phase was to create a master controller which was capable of linking the entire compressed air system in to a single device capable of delivering our vision of what the customer wants - reliable air with stable pressure, that allows equipment to be safely isolated during maintenance and controls multiple compressors in the most efficient manner while it measures system-wide data points either locally or remotely... Whew! That’s a lot of stuff. But you know what? We did it!

The Display Escape key: Exit from a menu or value without saving changes Armed with our ideas of what customer’s want, Kaeser went to work on designing solutions. The first phase was to design a solid interface at the heart of the system. The second phase was to create a master controller which was capable of linking the entire compressed air system in to a single device capable of delivering our vision of what the customer wants - reliable air with stable pressure, that allows equipment to be safely isolated during maintenance and controls multiple compressors in the most efficient manner while it measures system-wide data points either locally or remotely... Whew! That’s a lot of stuff. But you know what? We did it!

The Display Arrow keys: Moves the display cursor to the required position to select items Armed with our ideas of what customer’s want, Kaeser went to work on designing solutions. The first phase was to design a solid interface at the heart of the system. The second phase was to create a master controller which was capable of linking the entire compressed air system in to a single device capable of delivering our vision of what the customer wants - reliable air with stable pressure, that allows equipment to be safely isolated during maintenance and controls multiple compressors in the most efficient manner while it measures system-wide data points either locally or remotely... Whew! That’s a lot of stuff. But you know what? We did it!

The Display Acknowledge / reset key: Acknowledges and clears messages from the display Armed with our ideas of what customer’s want, Kaeser went to work on designing solutions. The first phase was to design a solid interface at the heart of the system. The second phase was to create a master controller which was capable of linking the entire compressed air system in to a single device capable of delivering our vision of what the customer wants - reliable air with stable pressure, that allows equipment to be safely isolated during maintenance and controls multiple compressors in the most efficient manner while it measures system-wide data points either locally or remotely... Whew! That’s a lot of stuff. But you know what? We did it!

The Display Function keys: "Soft keys" that have various functions as displayed on the current menu Armed with our ideas of what customer’s want, Kaeser went to work on designing solutions. The first phase was to design a solid interface at the heart of the system. The second phase was to create a master controller which was capable of linking the entire compressed air system in to a single device capable of delivering our vision of what the customer wants - reliable air with stable pressure, that allows equipment to be safely isolated during maintenance and controls multiple compressors in the most efficient manner while it measures system-wide data points either locally or remotely... Whew! That’s a lot of stuff. But you know what? We did it!

The Display Clock key: Activates and de-activates the programmable start/stop timer clock Armed with our ideas of what customer’s want, Kaeser went to work on designing solutions. The first phase was to design a solid interface at the heart of the system. The second phase was to create a master controller which was capable of linking the entire compressed air system in to a single device capable of delivering our vision of what the customer wants - reliable air with stable pressure, that allows equipment to be safely isolated during maintenance and controls multiple compressors in the most efficient manner while it measures system-wide data points either locally or remotely... Whew! That’s a lot of stuff. But you know what? We did it!

The Display Remote key: Enables or disables a remote on / off switch Armed with our ideas of what customer’s want, Kaeser went to work on designing solutions. The first phase was to design a solid interface at the heart of the system. The second phase was to create a master controller which was capable of linking the entire compressed air system in to a single device capable of delivering our vision of what the customer wants - reliable air with stable pressure, that allows equipment to be safely isolated during maintenance and controls multiple compressors in the most efficient manner while it measures system-wide data points either locally or remotely... Whew! That’s a lot of stuff. But you know what? We did it!

The Display Compressor keys: Selects and de-selects compressors to be controlled Armed with our ideas of what customer’s want, Kaeser went to work on designing solutions. The first phase was to design a solid interface at the heart of the system. The second phase was to create a master controller which was capable of linking the entire compressed air system in to a single device capable of delivering our vision of what the customer wants - reliable air with stable pressure, that allows equipment to be safely isolated during maintenance and controls multiple compressors in the most efficient manner while it measures system-wide data points either locally or remotely... Whew! That’s a lot of stuff. But you know what? We did it!

The Display Critical Alarm LED Low Pressure LED Maintenance Alarm LED Armed with our ideas of what customer’s want, Kaeser went to work on designing solutions. The first phase was to design a solid interface at the heart of the system. The second phase was to create a master controller which was capable of linking the entire compressed air system in to a single device capable of delivering our vision of what the customer wants - reliable air with stable pressure, that allows equipment to be safely isolated during maintenance and controls multiple compressors in the most efficient manner while it measures system-wide data points either locally or remotely... Whew! That’s a lot of stuff. But you know what? We did it! Power LED

The Connections Step 1: Connect compressors Step 2: Input compressor operating hours Step 3: Input compressor group assignments Armed with our ideas of what customer’s want, Kaeser went to work on designing solutions. The first phase was to design a solid interface at the heart of the system. The second phase was to create a master controller which was capable of linking the entire compressed air system in to a single device capable of delivering our vision of what the customer wants - reliable air with stable pressure, that allows equipment to be safely isolated during maintenance and controls multiple compressors in the most efficient manner while it measures system-wide data points either locally or remotely... Whew! That’s a lot of stuff. But you know what? We did it! Step 4: Input group load / unload sequence Step 5: Input system working pressure

Load Control Connections Armed with our ideas of what customer’s want, Kaeser went to work on designing solutions. The first phase was to design a solid interface at the heart of the system. The second phase was to create a master controller which was capable of linking the entire compressed air system in to a single device capable of delivering our vision of what the customer wants - reliable air with stable pressure, that allows equipment to be safely isolated during maintenance and controls multiple compressors in the most efficient manner while it measures system-wide data points either locally or remotely... Whew! That’s a lot of stuff. But you know what? We did it!

Input Connections Armed with our ideas of what customer’s want, Kaeser went to work on designing solutions. The first phase was to design a solid interface at the heart of the system. The second phase was to create a master controller which was capable of linking the entire compressed air system in to a single device capable of delivering our vision of what the customer wants - reliable air with stable pressure, that allows equipment to be safely isolated during maintenance and controls multiple compressors in the most efficient manner while it measures system-wide data points either locally or remotely... Whew! That’s a lot of stuff. But you know what? We did it!

SAM Basic Connections Connections wired using removable molded plugs Compressor load circuits should be fused Armed with our ideas of what customer’s want, Kaeser went to work on designing solutions. The first phase was to design a solid interface at the heart of the system. The second phase was to create a master controller which was capable of linking the entire compressed air system in to a single device capable of delivering our vision of what the customer wants - reliable air with stable pressure, that allows equipment to be safely isolated during maintenance and controls multiple compressors in the most efficient manner while it measures system-wide data points either locally or remotely... Whew! That’s a lot of stuff. But you know what? We did it! Pressure transducer connections shown with clamp-on noise filter

SAM Basic Connections SC Basic compressors will require the optional Load Control Memory Module Armed with our ideas of what customer’s want, Kaeser went to work on designing solutions. The first phase was to design a solid interface at the heart of the system. The second phase was to create a master controller which was capable of linking the entire compressed air system in to a single device capable of delivering our vision of what the customer wants - reliable air with stable pressure, that allows equipment to be safely isolated during maintenance and controls multiple compressors in the most efficient manner while it measures system-wide data points either locally or remotely... Whew! That’s a lot of stuff. But you know what? We did it!

Potential Savings for Air System 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% Air manager reduces pressure by 10 psi approx. 5% 10 psi lower system pressure reduces leaks and artificial demand approx. 10% Energy Cost approx. 10% Air manager optimizes the usage/duty cycle of all compressors Total of up to 25%