Illustrative scenario
Compressed air leaks in a stamping operation
Illustrative scenario, representative of common industrial IoT applications
Compressed airManufacturing: Automotive, Plastics & RubberMetal Fabrication & Finishing
Permanent monitoring revealed compressed air continuing to flow into an otherwise idle building overnight.
A Tier 2 automotive stamping factory
How it went.
Every study on this site runs the same four beats, in the same order.
01
Alert
Compressed air has no meter on most factory floors and no smell when it escapes. The compressor just runs longer.
02
Cost
20–30% of compressor output. The commonly cited leakage share in industrial compressed-air systems.
03
Fix
Header pressure transducer · Compressor current monitoring for runtime and load · Off-shift flow trending
04
Restored
A leak-repair list ranked by measured loss
In full.
Illustrative scenario, representative of common industrial IoT applications.
The problem
Compressed air has no meter on most factory floors and no smell when it escapes. The compressor just runs longer.
What would be installed
- Header pressure transducer
- Compressor current monitoring for runtime and load
- Off-shift flow trending
What changes
Before: A compressor that cycles all night for no production After: A leak-repair list ranked by measured loss
The number
20–30% of compressor output. The commonly cited leakage share in industrial compressed-air systems. Illustrative scenario, not a client result. Figure is representative, not measured.
In one line
Nobody hears a leak over a stamping press. Everybody sees it on an off-shift trace.
What the data looked like.
Hover or arrow-key across the trace to read any interval. The flagged point is the one that started the conversation.
| Interval | Compressor 1 (kW) | Compressor 2 (kW) |
|---|---|---|
| 00:00 | 74 | 43 |
| 00:30 | 68 | 45 |
| 01:00 | 72 | 43 |
| 01:30 | 69 | 44 |
| 02:00 | 69 | 47 |
| 02:30 | 68 | 42 |
| 03:00 | 70 | 42 |
| 03:30 | 74 | 45 |
| 04:00 | 74 | 46 |
| 04:30 | 73 | 45 |
| 05:00 | 73 | 45 |
| 05:30 | 71 | 46 |
| 06:00 | 85 | 58 |
| 06:30 | 90 | 59 |
| 07:00 | 89 | 63 |
| 07:30 | 85 | 61 |
| 08:00 | 86 | 62 |
| 08:30 | 90 | 58 |
| 09:00 | 88 | 58 |
| 09:30 | 88 | 59 |
| 10:00 | 88 | 62 |
| 10:30 | 90 | 61 |
| 11:00 | 86 | 58 |
| 11:30 | 90 | 60 |
| 12:00 | 89 | 61 |
| 12:30 | 88 | 62 |
| 13:00 | 90 | 60 |
| 13:30 | 88 | 61 |
| 14:00 | 85 | 61 |
| 14:30 | 90 | 64 |
| 15:00 | 87 | 62 |
| 15:30 | 91 | 62 |
| 16:00 | 89 | 60 |
| 16:30 | 86 | 63 |
| 17:00 | 90 | 59 |
| 17:30 | 87 | 62 |
| 18:00 | 89 | 64 |
| 18:30 | 85 | 63 |
| 19:00 | 88 | 61 |
| 19:30 | 88 | 60 |
| 20:00 | 86 | 60 |
| 20:30 | 88 | 58 |
| 21:00 | 90 | 64 |
| 21:30 | 86 | 60 |
| 22:00 | 69 | 42 |
| 22:30 | 71 | 47 |
| 23:00 | 73 | 45 |
| 23:30 | 72 | 42 |
| Before | A compressor that cycles all night for no production |
|---|---|
| After | A leak-repair list ranked by measured loss |
What changed.
Before
A compressor that cycles all night for no production
After
A leak-repair list ranked by measured loss
20–30%
of compressor output
The commonly cited leakage share in industrial compressed-air systems.
Source: Illustrative scenario, not a client result. Figure is representative, not measured.
Where to go next.
The sector, the sibling studies, and the calculator that runs this same arithmetic on your own numbers.
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