Compressed Air for Ceramic Plants
Ceramic and tile plants use compressed air in a dusty, hot environment. Air quality and filter condition matter as much as energy, and some of the largest users are the least measured.
Where compressed air is used
- Pulse-jet cleaning of dust collectors.
- Pneumatic conveying of powders and raw materials.
- Glazing and spraying lines.
- Press, handling, sorting and packing equipment.
Where the losses usually are
- Dust collector cleaning set on fixed timers instead of actual need.
- Conveying systems running when they are not moving material.
- Filters and dryers loaded with dust, raising pressure drop and energy use.
- Leaks in hot and hard-to-reach areas that no one walks regularly.
- Pressure raised to compensate for a blocked filter or an undersized line.
What Systel measures
Flow, power and pressure on each compressor, dew point and pressure drop across treatment, and flow to the main users such as dust collectors and conveying. The data separates real process demand from timer-driven and idle use.
From there the programme runs the same way for every plant: a measured baseline, a year of monitoring with quarterly reviews, and an action list where every open item carries its cost per month. Your team makes the changes; Systel measures whether they held.
What you will not see here
Customer names and savings percentages. Systel names a customer only with written approval, and every plant’s result depends on what its own team closes. In a feasibility discussion we can talk through comparable plants from the archive.
By invitation. Not a free audit. A feasibility visit is where scope, sensor points and project value are frozen. It starts with a phone call.
Request a feasibility discussion · See how the programme works