Atlas Copco VSD+ smartphone app

Atlas Copco has developed an app that allows vacuum pumps to be controlled and monitored in real time from a smartphone. The first models in which the app is used are the DZS 100 VSD+, DZS 200 VSD+ and DZS 400 VSD+ series of claw vacuum pumps, and the oil-injected rotary vane pump GVS A VSD+. The app requires iOS 8.0 and Android 4.03 for operation, and can be downloaded from the App or Play Store.

The comfort functions of the app are user-friendly and enable efficient operation. The coarse vacuum pumps of the DZS series feature a VSD+ drive on the motor. The Atlas Copco VSD+ app allows the fixed speed DZS claw pump to be operated as a speed-controlled pump. The pump’s performance can be adjusted to its process requirements, avoiding excessive vacuum generation. As a result, the app individually adjusts power consumption and increases overall productivity.

The operating functions are user-friendly, as the app can be connected automatically via an integrated Bluetooth interface once the pump is started. The pump can be used after entering the desired parameters into the smartphone. The performance data and settings can be seen in real time, with parameters such as inlet pressure, rotor speed, operating hours and maintenance intervals monitored and adjusted if necessary.

Users can select a language by clicking on the respective flag symbol, and select their desired units, such as differential current, pressure and temperature measurements. Current actual values are displayed in two separate menus: input and output data as well as the process variables. Atlas Copco plans to make the app available for other vacuum pump models in future.