对于汽车用油量过多来说，您可以根据光顾加油站的次数以及付出的油费很快得知。而如果工厂使用的压缩空气过多，那么在日常运营中并不会立即发现这种情况，因为压缩空气的流失往往几个月甚至几年都不会引起注意。鉴于有些公司缺少相应的能力和专业知识来独自进行全面的压缩空气检测，因此 Festo 提供了节能服务。经验丰富的员工将分析空压机和系统状态、制定行动计划、维护气动元件并始终维持优化的机器状态。其成果令人印象深刻——高效生成生压缩空气、减少压缩空气消耗以及压缩空气损失显着减少。生产过程的稳定性得到提高，机器停机时间减少，运营成本降低。如果压缩空气的损失减少 100 升/分钟，意味着每年最多可节省 1000 欧元。
Tate＆Lyle 有30 多个生产基地将各种原材料转化为数百种高质量成分，例如葡萄糖浆、果糖、右旋糖和食品稳定剂。为了保持在全球市场上的竞争力，荷兰 Tate＆Lyle 工厂的维护经理 Remo Dubbeld 于 2012 年初决定使用 Festo 节能服务对所有压缩空气系统进行检测。他解释说：“就全球竞争力而言，节能是我们 Tate＆Lyle 的关键因素。“我们有自己的节能计划，而 Festo 的节能服务使它更加完美。”
在 Tate＆Lyle，节能服务专家致力于泄漏检测。原因：最佳的泄漏管理可显著降低压缩空气成本。根据 Fraunhofer Institute ISI 的一份题为《欧盟的压缩空气系统》研究报告，仅这个领域就可实现 42% 的整体节约。为确保泄漏检测的可靠性，Festo 的专家使用超声波检测器扫描阿姆斯特丹整个生产工厂中的机器和压缩空气管线。即使是最小的泄漏或是连接和配件松动都能被检测到。发现的每处泄漏都将进行标记，并记录所有相关数据，例如估计的维修时间和所需的备件。最终制定一个完整的行动计划，可以快速、轻松地修复泄漏。
For Tate & Lyle, the service provided by the Festo experts has paid dividends. “Festo thoroughly checked our plant equipment and their leakage detection was perfect,” says Remo Dubbeld. “They found many leaks. Overall we were losing 6,000 litres per minute, which represents approximately eight per cent of our compressed air costs.” On the basis of a market price for compressed air of € 0.025/m³, the company can save around 75,000 euros per year.
Tate & Lyle now carries out monthly leakage detection and repairs with support from Festo and other partners. “The Energy Saving Services team is very well trained and precisely complied with the safety guidelines defined by us”, says Dubbeld, describing the collaboration with Festo. The success achieved in the Netherlands has attracted interest from other Tate & Lyle production locations. “I told colleagues at other plants about Festo’s Energy Saving Services”, explains the maintenance manager. “They have the same energy saving programs that we
have in the Netherlands and we’re now planning to implement these measures in our other European plants as well.”