DISTRIBUTOR-FIRST SUPPLY PARTNER · SINCE 1999 Live · Compressed Air System
A handheld audit instrument that finds compressed air leaks by listening for them. Operated by a technician walking the plant, it sits in the monitoring layer as the audit entry point — not an installed sensor, but the tool that produces the leak report from which every downstream repair quote is built. Modern units estimate each leak's rate in SCFM (Standard Cubic Feet per Minute), convert it to a dollars-per-year figure using the customer's electric rate, and log location + photo, so the deliverable is a quantified worklist rather than a vague hiss. Camera-equipped variants overlay leak location on a visible-light image — essential for overhead piping documentation.
Tips and pointers on when an ultrasonic leak detector is the right call — and when to spec something else. Scroll the strip →
Leaks emit ultrasonic energy around 40 kHz — silent to people, loud to the detector. Catches the 80% of leakage that walking-by-ear surveys miss entirely.
Each leak logged with SCFM rate + $/year using the customer's electric rate. 20-30% leak loss is industry norm; the deliverable is a numbered worklist with dollar costs no one can argue with.
A 100 HP rotary-screw at 4,000 hrs/yr leaking burns ~80,000 kWh — $8,000+/year per compressor. Typical walk surfaces enough leakage to justify the audit fee before the first hour is done.
Get $/kWh from the utility bill before walking. Without the rate configured, the report has SCFM figures but no dollar number — and the dollar number is what funds the repair quote.
An audio-only handheld can locate at 30+ feet but can't document for the maintenance team. → Re-spec to an acoustic-imaging camera unit for photo evidence the lift crew can find again.
Steam vents, electrical arcing, certain pumps swamp the 40 kHz signal. → Use a parabolic focusing accessory and reduce sensitivity, or schedule the survey off-shift when the ambient sources are down.
Leaks only sound when air is escaping — the system must be at working pressure with the compressor running. → Verify line pressure on a gauge during the survey; no flow, no findings.
From the machine spec sheet → to the part number. Answer what you know — leave the rest blank — and send.
Most distributors sell one brand per product type. SPC's 60-brand portfolio means every Product Type page surfaces three real options matched to how your customer is buying today. Pick the tier; the quote desk handles the cross-reference.
The leak detector is the dollar-figure machine. It turns invisible waste into a quote the customer cannot argue with — and the quote it produces is for everything else SPC sells.
Each industry below uses this product across the listed areas. Open an industry to see how it fits the rest of its system.
Also applies to Standalone compressed-air leak audit (any plant, any compressor brand) · Energy / ESG reporting and sustainability programs · Pre-compressor-purchase load verification · Defers the new compressor purchase by years. · Multi-site corporate accounts with structured leak programs · Continuous-duty plants where every percent of compressor savings matters · Highest-value audit-service engagements. · Overhead / high-ceiling plants requiring acoustic-imaging documentation · Post-repair verification engagements · This is where SPC's audit-service model compounds — repair revenue is one event, the verification re-audit starts the next cycle.
Every entry is a real product on this site — linked, not just named. Quote them on the same line item.
Audit-service teams running multi-plant routes stock a full kit — acoustic-imaging camera unit + spare battery + parabolic focusing accessory + carrying case + report software — as one quote line. The kit pays for itself in one mid-size audit.
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