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In today’s business climate, social responsibility and decision making are playing an ever increasing role in the decisions we make. Safe low impact production is not only a collective goal for us but increasingly is also becoming a requirement through different standards and legislations. Gardner Denver is an Energy Star Partner and is committed to helping business achieve low impact, high efficiency solutions in line with the demands of today and tomorrow. |
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Environmental Efficiency
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We are all increasingly living in a lower carbon economy. Emissions standards are increasingly important and issues such as Cap and Trade programs are beginning to become an operational reality. The IQ has been designed with these issues in mind. Typically speaking, up to 78% of the total life cycle cost of an industrial blower is utility consumption. Producing the energy required to operate the blower will typically generate up to 400 tons of carbon per year. Gardner Denver has developed several features on the IQ that make it considerably more efficient than a standard offering and, in turn, can reduce annual carbon output by up to 25% or 100 tons per unit.
The IQ Blower package can incorporate many energy saving features including:
- TEFC EPAct Premium Efficiency Motor 3 to 5% more efficient than standard
- Integrated Variable Frequency Drives (inside the package) that turn individual blowers up and down in conjunction with demand
- Gardner Denver Air Smart control systems for programmable control and operational efficiency
- Remote monitoring capabilities
- Package sequencing capabilities that allow blowers to be turn on and off in sequence as dictated by overall facility demand
Gardner Denver is an Energy Star Partner and is committed to developing products and introducing technologies that help conserve energy and protect the environment.
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Designed for the Environment: More than Simply Energy Efficiency
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Energy efficient, low carbon solutions are extremely important considerations in today’s business climate. However, Gardner Denver believes that responsible manufacturing should go further. Issues such as noise pollution, recyclability and manufacturing processes are equally important.
Safety at work is always of paramount importance and it is crucial that people are not exposed to excessive noise when operating close to industrial machinery. Additionally many plants can be located close to urban environments and nuisance ordinances can be an issue if machinery does operate quietly enough. The IQ has been designed in such a way that people can safely work in the vicinity of the package. The super low sound enclosure can reduce dba output from industrial blowers by over 20 db and in many instances the dba output from the IQ package can be as low as 60-63 dba. This represents a noise level that a full 20-25 dba lower than required standards of 85 dba.
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In addition to quiet operation, Gardner Denver makes every effort to ensure that internal manufacturing processes have minimal impacts on the environment. We have three goals in this area that are to minimize emissions and accidents, minimize the use of virgin material and non renewable sources, recycling plant materials where possible and minimizing the lifecycle costs of any equipment we produce. Gardner Denver is recognized as a small quantity waste generator. The majority of components in the IQ are also recyclable.
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Installation and Turn Key Capability
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The singular aim for Gardner Denver with regard to installation is simplicity and a belief that anyone that uses the IQ package should be able to install and operate the unit with minimum fuss. In response to this aim, we feel that we produced genuine plug and play system that saves our customers from any additional hidden complications and or costs.
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| Fully programmed VFD |
The VFD comes pre-programmed eliminating the need to program on site at the time of installation. |
| VFD integrated inside IQ frame |
Because the IQ VFD comes inside the existing enclosure, there is no extra space required to wall mount any drives and no need for external wiring between the package and the drive. |
| Integrated wiring |
The VFD, controller and motor are pre-wired and set eliminating the need to wire between systems. |
| Vibration Isolators |
The IQ comes with vibration isolators negating the need for any special housing pads or bolting to the floor. The IQ simply requires a flat surface that will bear its weight. |
| Structural rigidity |
The strengthened base and frame reduce the risk of damage with placing the blower package in a facility. |
Pre- wired, pre-engineered, pre-programmed features mean much faster cheaper and simpler installation without needing extra space, wiring or additional manpower to complete the installation.
The IQ is pre-programmed upfront. Should anything arise, you don’t need to deal with multiple vendors; your Gardner Denver distributor should be able to take care of it all.
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Downloads
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Download the IQ Brochure to see what IQ can do for you! |
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