Plastic Extruder Reduces Compressed Air Use by 367 cfm
A plastic product manufacturer spends an estimated \$245,000 annually on electricity to operate the air compressors in a compressed air system at its plant located in a midwestern U.S. state. The main manufacturing process is plastic extruding. The current average electric rate, at this plant, is 7 cents per kWh. The compressed air system operates 8,760 hours per year and the load profile of this system is relatively stable during all shifts.