One of the most important things in a compressed air system is the way it is managed. Because compressed air systems cannot run on their own, and even if they do, they must be controlled. It is important that this control is done easily and delivers significant savings for the business. For this reason, using a central system on a compressed air system offers many benefits. You should try this method if you want to correctly manage your compressed air systems. Let’s take a closer look at the benefits of using central management on a compressed air system and its operating principles. Please read the whole article as it will answer all your questions.

 What Is Central Management on a Compressed Air System?

In short, central management on a compressed air system is when a high number of compressed air systems are connected to a single control center. The biggest advantage of this method is that central management is ensured for all compressed air systems. A compressed air system controlled by the center is directed based on the current situation. A compressed air system directed based on the current situation runs correctly.

Another benefit of using central management on a compressed air system is that your products will work according to their ages. This will minimize the maintenance costs for your business. Central management on a compressed air system is as follows. You connect all of your connected air systems to the central management and define them. Once connection to central management is complete, the central system will have full control of the products. You need to enter details about the compressed air systems. These details are as follows.

First of all, you need to determine the days on which the compressed air systems should run. Once you state the days on which you want the compressed air systems to run actively, you can leave the rest to the central control system. The central control system will run the compressed air systems on the stated days and prevent them from running on the days you determined.

When stating the days you want the compressed air systems to run on the central management system, you can also enter the hours you want them to run. They will get activated and deactivated at the hours you determine. At this point, you can determine a night shift and a day shift.

The last detail you need to put in the central system is the level of power with which you want the compressed air systems to run. The central system activates the compressed air systems with the power level you set, and deactivates the compressed air system(s) that is/are not needed. You can also determine the power level by day and time.

 What Are the Benefits of Using Central Management on a Compressed Air System?

There are numerous advantages that you can get by using a central management system on compressed air systems. Let’s talk about these advantages in detail.

• The first benefit is that it activates the compressed air system according to the power you determined. Let’s explain this through an example. Assume that you need compressed air with power level X on Monday. But you need compressed air with 2x power on Saturday and you have 6 compressed air systems at your business. At this point, it turns on only 3 of the compressed air systems on Monday and leaves the others off, but ensures full capacity on Saturday as more power is required on that day.
• As mentioned above, the function that activates the air compressor according to the determined power level provides extraordinary energy savings for the business. This function is the most important one among others as it is unique to the central system.
• The central system is also very sensitive about noise levels. Compressed air systems make too much noise when they work at full capacity. At this very point, the central system does not run one compressed air system at full capacity, but two systems at half capacity each. This reduces the noise level by half.
• Another important benefit of the central system is that it can detect the age and use ratio of compressed air systems. This way, it does not wear out old compressed air systems. This, in turn, significantly reduces costs.
• Also, we’ve already mentioned that the central system does not run compressed air systems at full capacity. This advantage reduces the maintenance costs of the business by half. But how does this work? A compressed air system that works at full capacity will wear and tear more. This wear and tear will mean service needs at an early point. However, compressed air systems that are not run at full capacity will have service needs at a later time.
• Let’s assume that while your compressed air systems are running, one of them fails. If you do not notice this, your tasks will not be performed on time and be delayed. However, a central system will manage this scenario perfectly. It will detect and deactivate the compressed air system that has failed. Then, it will run another compressed air system as the backup.
• The central system allows you to make all the adjustments you otherwise cannot make on compressed air systems. A compressed air systems does not allow you to make too many adjustments as it is not equipped with a display. However, you can make all kinds of adjustments if you use a central system to monitor your air compressor.
• Again, the central system allows you to instantly check the status of your compressed air systems. You can ensure that maintenance is performed on an air compressor that needs maintenance before any failure is observed.

 What Are the Points You Should Consider When Using Central Management on a Compressed Air System?

We’ve already stated that using central management for a compressed air system is very important and provides many advantages. But, assuming that you have decided to use this central system and are in the installation stage: What are the points you should pay attention to?

• First, make sure that all air compressors are connected to the central system. Unconnected air compressors will not be seen by the central system and thus they will not be managed properly. For this reason, you should make sure that the compressed air systems at your business are correctly connected to the central system.
• You should correctly enter the working days and times into the central system. This is the only piece of information that the central system requires from you and it is very important that you enter them correctly.
• Make sure that the e-mail address entered in the central system is correct and active. Because in case of any adverse event, the system directly contacts us via e-mail to allow for a direct and quick intervention. But if you give an e-mail address that is wrong or not used, this communication function will be disabled.

You should definitely opt for a central system if you use more than one compressed air system at your business and want these systems to provide savings and run properly.