Why going electric is good for construction, mining & infra

Silent: Sustainability is more than just cutting CO2 output. Cities want to ban pollution – but noise is also a pollutant. Even the latest diesel engines are noisy, whereas Atlas Copco portable electric compressors are quiet. They will remove noise distractions, enhancing both productivity and noise safety.

Versatile: The combination of zero emissions and low noise means Atlas Copco electric portable compressors can work indoors and in extreme conditions of temperature and dust.

Consumer demand: Carbon reductions will become a more important differentiator as more and more companies publicly commit to more ambitious targets, and the industry is now waking up to the fact that portable compressors are perfect to go electric. It is likely that ambitions to go green will accelerate rather than slow down – not just out of necessity, but because the customers demand it.

Innovation: At Atlas Copco, we have a saying that ‘there is always a better way’. An example of this is in our global portfolio with the latest Stage V-compliant diesel portable compressors, which perform far better and are far cleaner than those of even just a decade ago. In India, turning to an unmatchable electric compressor range from 45KW to 110 KW is merely a natural evolution in aiming for ‘always better’, and staying ahead of the competitive curve by driving innovation.

Maintenance: Atlas Copco electric compressors have far fewer parts than their diesel alternative. This means less to go wrong and maintain.

User friendly: The lack of a relatively heavy combustion engine or a heavy battery pack offers several convenience advantages. Plug-in electric compressors from Atlas Copco are far lighter and have a 40 per cent smaller footprint than their equivalents, making them easier to tow and manhandle.

Reliable: Why a plugin? Well, what site nowadays can operate without electricity? The majority of urban sites have access to the electrical grid and even those that don’t use gensets.

Efficient: Atlas Copco electric motors work at more than 90 per cent efficiency. For sites that use gensets, they are often working at very low levels of capacity- inefficiently low in fact. Connecting our electric compressors often improves the emission performance of gensets.

Cost effective: Over the course of their lives, the total cost of ownership for an electric compressor is cut considerably in comparison to diesel-run variations. Take, for example, Atlas Copco’s E-Air 400-185 (90 KW) operates at 50 per cent less cost of ownership as compared to the same capacity of a diesel compressor.