Cyclon Controls Ltd - Danfoss and Cylon Join Forces to Deliver Energy Savings

Danfoss and Cylon sign strategic agreement to offer integrated VSD solution

26th February 2007, Danfoss and Cylon Controls, jointly announce that they have signed a strategic partnership agreement based on the ground-breaking VLTR HVAC Drive. This agreement sees the new range of drives integrated in the Cylon UnitronUC32 Building Energy Management System. As part of the agreement Cylon will now sell the VLTR HVAC Drive through its network of 80 approved system integrators.
Rapid advances in VSDs over the last 10 years have revolutionised the technology for HVAC applications to the point where it is rare for a major new building project not to have full VSD control of the HVAC system linked to the BEMS. Considering the widely varying weather conditions, it is inevitable that all of the fans and pumps must, by definition, be oversized most of the time. In point of fact, even under the most extreme operating conditions, the vast majority of systems are designed with what can only be described as a generous 'service factor' and seldom work beyond 75% capacity. A BEMS which includes integrated VSDs can take advantage of this reality and dramatically reduce energy costs. For example a speed reduction of only 25% would result in a 42% reduction in energy absorbed while a 50% reduction in fan or pump
speed, not at all uncommon, reduces energy consumption by a remarkable 87.5%.
"Danfoss and Cylon products are very similar in design philosophy in that they both have smart energy control built in. This agreement with allow our customers easily to order a single solution combining best in class BEMS with the world's leading drives" commented Alan Long, Sales Director at Cylon Controls.
"The new VLTR HVAC Drive is the latest series from Danfoss which has been designed to harness the benefits that comes from a well installed BEMS. We are delighted to have an out of the box solution with Cylon and look forward to growing business together across all our joint markets" commented John Martin, Danfoss' Strategic Business Area manager.

Email: john.fallon@cyclon.com