Technology that transforms the future

They once belonged to the realms of computer games and science fiction, but Extended Reality technologies such as Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) are transforming industrial processes and products.

 

Did you know that your mobile phone is a veritable gold mine? Boliden Rönnskär is one the world’s leading smelters for recovery of metals. Here circuit boards are converted into pure metal which can be used in new products. The process is energy intensive, but with the assistance of Atlas Copco the smelter is now on the right track to reduce its energy consumption by more than 1 million kWh per year.

Industrial compressors and vacuum pumps consume a lot of power. But what if there was a way to make them use much less energy by adapting their speed to the current production need? This innovative idea has put Atlas Copco at the forefront of energy efficiency.