Edition 02/2017

Load operation in wastewater treatment plants is subject to wide variation. The amount of wastewater to be treated – and its level of pollution –will change depending on region, time of day, day of the week, season, or amount of rainfall – often without warning. With the new AERaudit service, AERZEN measures the air volume requirements of a wastewater treatment plant and shows the individual saving potential. Equipped with a mobile measuring case which includes sensor technology, energy counter and data logger, the AERZEN service team screens the blower station. On site, i.e. at the wastewater treatment plant, all necessary operating data (volume flow, system pressure, temperature, kW-rating) is measured and recorded live for a defined period. The recorded data is then assessed in detail at the offices of AERZEN’s parent company. No weak load or peak load remains undocumented. On this basis, the AERZEN team develops one or more possible solutions customised to the individual plant. The objective is clear: to provide utmost energy efficiency. Customers are provided with a transparent and comprehensive presentation of the load profiles and energy consumption of the blower station. In addition, AERZEN documents an individual solution involving the various machine technologies of the Performance³ portfolio (Blower, Hybrid, Turbo). AERZEN illustrates the potential for saving energy and CO₂ in the plant, and the payback periods that can be achieved.

A unique selling point of AERZEN products is that our silencers are free of absorption material. Thus, this feature has been included in the leaflet portfolio. The new brochure Safety Standards (A3-121-00) provides information about oil-free operation of AERZEN assemblies, as well as about the increased energy efficiency and lifetime extension of process air systems thanks to AERZEN reactive silencers without absorbent material. Please have a look at this new brochure.

On 1st May 2017, Aerzen Argentina S.R.L. commenced business operations, headed by Alejandro Knoop, based in the suburb of Vincente Lopez of the Argentine capital Buenos Aires. Cristina Pilz is working for Aerzen Argentina as the office’s administrative assistant. There were two reasons for the foundation of the 49th AERZEN subsidiary: on the one hand, a U.S. company had taken over the AERZEN representative in Argentina, which had been working for us there for 37 years, and this led to the fact that AERZEN products were no longer in focus; on the other hand, the arrival of the new Argentine Government has been accompanied by signs of an economic upswing. An important partner is Germany, as it became clear on the occasion of Angela Merkel’s visit to Buenos Aires on 8th June. Alejandro Knoop was also invited to the gala dinner with the Argentine President Mauricio Macri and the Federal Chancellor – a great honour for him and Aerzen Argentina. In the initial phase, Aerzen Argentina will focus on serving existing customers. The wide distribution of AERZEN machines in many main applications provides a good basis for the successful establishment of this new subsidiary. In 2018, sales and service activities will be extended.

Aerzen USA based in Coatesville, Pennsylvania is on an expansion track: This is evidenced by the recent opening of our American subsidiary’s first regional sales office in Houston, Texas. We will now have the opportunity to support our numerous customers in the Gulf of Mexico region directly and more intensively, while also gaining new customers. There are many important refineries and petrochemical plants on the Gulf coast, where our blowers for pneumatic transportation and our process gas compressors are in operation. “Close cooperation with our customers is the key to our mutual success,” says Tony Morris, Managing Director, Aerzen U.S.A. On 20th April 2017, many customers and business partners celebrated the Open House day of the new office in Houston. Employees mainly in sales, application technology and support work in this building, which is also equipped with a conference and training room.