Güntner, the market leader in innovative heat exchange solutions, has launched its new future-proof product range of data-driven controllers and solutions known as aicore.
The new product offering leverages a versatile, data-driven strategy to optimise energy efficiency, enhance system reliability and provide analysis and monitoring.
The name (pronounced “i-core”), brings together the future of artificial intelligence (ai) and ‘core’, which reflects the central nervous system or ‘core’ of these products.
The aicore range includes the current next-generation controllers aicore air (previously GMMnext) and aicore hydro (previously GHM).
Also introducing the latest in cooling technology controls, aicore fusion merges the already existing aicore air & hydro hydroBLU control systems while expanding capability even further as a single controls solution for complete adiabatic operation.
This complete product range can be paired with Güntner’s latest IoT and analytics platform aicore cloud for a 360 degree view of operations and conditions with real-time insights for optimisation and reliability.
Güntner’s chief digital officer and head of IoT controls, Jörg Köcher, said the company is harnessing the power of new IoT technologies.
“Through continuous data collection and analytics, as well as the future of artificial intelligence and machine learning, aicore optimises resource consumption, reduces maintenance effort and minimises operating costs,” Köcher said.
“With the growing challenges related to lack of qualified skilled workers, aicore provides a future-proof solution to address these needs that we continue to face each day.
“These opportunities will be key for our customers, contractors and end-users overall business success.”
The one stop complete solution for EC fans and adiabatic operation (hydroBLU) incorporates the high efficiency energy management of the aicore air and merges Güntner´s proprietary exact water algorithm for the most optimal and minimised water usage, based on customers’ applications.
“Combining these two flagship control algorithms provides a complete energy and water resource solution, focused on delivery energy and water savings throughout the product lifecycle,” he said.
The future of controllers for Güntner, is primarily focusing on providing cooling to the water or refrigerant medium by synchronously ramping EC fans.
Combined with advanced features around precision cooling, this guarantees the most exact energy efficient control to maintain the desired outlet temperature or inlet pressure for coolers and condensers.
The products align with Güntner’s 2030 sustainability pledges to reduce water intensity by 30 per cent, energy by 10 per cent and carbon intensity by 40 per cent across their manufacturing facilities by 2030.
The aicore controllers provide greater precision and efficiency than ever before helping to fulfill several of these commitments while aicore fusion constantly monitors the load on the system as well as the ambient conditions to calculate the exact amount of water to provide essential cooling, while also minimising resource (water and energy) waste.