Vacuum and pressure manufacturer, Gardner Denver has won the prestigious Environmental and Energy Efficiency award for its ROBOX energy screw compressor, at this year's Motion Control Industry Awards 2017.
Now in its second year, the Awards, which were held on the 9th May at the NEC in Birmingham, are designed to celebrate outstanding achievement and product innovation within the motion control industry.
The Robuschi triple-impact ROBOX compressor, which is ideal for the energy-intensive wastewater treatment sector, offers energy savings of up to 30 per cent. This factor particularly impressed the judges, as the award is giving in recognition of a product, system or service which has made a significant contribution to environmental issues, such as energy savings, emissions control, noise reduction or life cycle costs.
Wastewater treatment plants are high-energy users. In the UK alone more than three per cent of the nation's gross national product is spent on purifying public and industrial wastewater. Vacuum pumps, blowers and compressors are essential for many processes in these plants and any reduction in their energy consumption can have a significant impact on overall operating costs.
