Should I have a backup compressor?

Do you need a backup compressor? Depending on your business requirements Backup Air Compressors Are Essential!

 

Compressors are used in many different kinds of businesses, from manufacturing to construction and more. What happens if something goes wrong with your main air compressor, though? With a backup air compressor, you can help reduce the amount of downtime if your main compressor breaks and also potentially increase output and productivity in busy times.

We think the answer can be simplified: if your business relies on compressed air to operate, production will cease, leading to a loss in output, possible production line losses, and costly downtime. Even with the fantastic back-up offered by Air4U group service engineers and a 24-hour breakdown service for contract customers, it could be a long time before a service engineer reaches you to complete the repair! Even with one of our loan/hire machines you can still get a period of downtime/production loss. Without a backup compressor available for immediate use, the time, money, and productivity lost in the interim between unexpected shutdown and being back up-and-running can be extremely detrimental to the business’ bottom line.

It’s unfortunate, but even the best equipment fails. This means that having a compressor system, complete with a backup compressor, is absolutely critical. Being proactive and purchasing one now, rather than down the road, is the smartest business decision – especially when you weigh the costs versus consequences of not having one.

An additional benefit? Having backup compressors means that maintenance can be done at virtually any point in time, rather than after hours or during the holidays or weekends when production isn’t occurring!

Backup air compressors are useful in those instances of which you cannot anticipate. It may be another additional expense, but it will save you the expenses in the future if or when the emergency calls for it. 

The worry of the compressor sitting and doing nothing can also be eliminated by load sharing. Instead of letting your backup compressor sit unused and wondering if it will work correctly when you need it, keep it in action. Spread the workload over both machines with a timer to ensure even load sharing, and schedule maintenance for each while the other is in operation.

So, to summarize, the reasons that you need a backup air compressor are:

• To minimize any negative impact on production brought on by unexpected downtime.
• Schedule maintenance on your primary compressor at any point in time. 
• Using both your primary air compressor and backup air compressor in your application through load sharing.
• Essentially, the costs of not investing in a backup air compressor far outweigh the cost of purchasing one, and you can take surprise shutdowns off the worry list. 

Rest easy and avoid unplanned chaos – you can discuss investing in a backup compressor today.

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