Why Choose Digital Air Technology? Modern businesses face a myriad of challenges, from cost pressures and sustainability goals to a growing shortage of skilled labor. In this demanding landscape, air conditioning and refrigeration systems become vital assets. These systems are integral to ensuring operational safety, maintaining optimal air quality, enhancing energy efficiency, and creating comfortable working environments.
Elevate your systems to new heights: by leveraging ebm-papst’s Digital Services, your company can seamlessly adapt to these demands while optimizing performance and driving long-term value. Step into the future of air technology with solutions designed to meet the needs of today’s evolving industries.
While modern EC fans serve as essential components for efficient and reliable systems, optimal hardware alone is no longer sufficient to achieve substantial energy and cost savings or to meet increasingly stringent requirements. Digital solutions that integrate operational and environmental data with software and artificial intelligence provide a host of added benefits. ebm-papst’s offerings now include the ebm-papst Service App for customers and installing partners, the digital platform epCloud, as well as accompanying basic functions and digital services.
Maximizing value with sensors and gateways
To fully harness the benefits of digitalization, sensors and gateways are essential. These tools can even be retrofitted to existing systems, enabling digital networking in no time. Once connected, they facilitate the systematic collection of operating data, such as fan performance metrics, air temperature, and humidity levels. Using this data and existing system information, systems can be optimized based on data-driven insights and conclusions.
Making systems smarter with base functions and digital services
By utilizing IntelliGate gateways and the epCloud, users gain access to two base functions:
- Condition Monitoring
- Cloud-2-Cloud Communication.
These functions drive further energy savings and enhance operational reliability. In addition, ebm-papst offers three advanced Digital Services: Demand-Controlled Ventilation (DCV), Vibration Analysis, and Heat Exchanger or Filter Clogging Detection. DCV enables intelligent, demand-based operation of EC fans. For instance, the system can adjust fan speeds to maintain optimal indoor air quality or to match the precise air volume required.
Vibration Analysis helps diagnose unwanted fan vibrations, enhancing operational safety. Meanwhile, Heat Exchanger or Filter Clogging Detection identifies clogging and facilitates predictive maintenance (e. g. cleaning of heat exchangers or replacement of filters), preventing unplanned downtime. This streamlines the maintenance of condensers, recoolers, or AHUs, ensuring continued efficiency and reliability.
Streamlining commissioning for maximum efficiency
Fan commissioning is set to become quicker and more cost-effective. With the ebm-papst ´Service App for customers and specialist partners´ OEMs, installers, and fitters can manage the process effortlessly via their smartphones. Even complex systems can be configured in just a few clicks. The app supports real-time monitoring and diagnostics through Ethernet, Wi-Fi, GSM, and Bluetooth Low Energy. Additionally, it performs a multi-stage fan check automatically, summarizing the results in a clear, concise report.
ebm-papst has summarized more details on the solutions described, how the new Digital Services work, and the technical basics in a comprehensive white paper.
