Innovation is often born of necessity

The E.A.R.S System was created out of frustration by Chris Bosua in Australia. As he tried to make a pneumatic manufacturing machine work with an air compressor that was simply too small for the job, Chris realised that the problem was waste. With a background in mechanical engineering and a bit of Aussie common sense, he saw that the energy used to create the compressed air was wasted in the exhaust air from the neumatic tool.

 “Why not create a closed loop system and just send that air right back to the compressor just like a hydraulic tool works?” he asked himself. After a few tries assembling a few bits in his workshop and creating a special manifold, Chris hit it just right, making a system that converted an ordinary compressor into a compressor capable of almost double the capacity, and E.A.R.S was born.

Imagine an invention that literally doubles the capacity of an ordinary air compressor? This alone is spectacular, but the benefits did not stop there. With the whole system up and working, the unforeseen benefits started to reveal themselves. The first and most obvious was a dramatic reduction in noise. The pneumatic drills
used in the machine had a decibel level of 89 db prior to E.A.R.S. After the conversion the drills were virtually silent, with a decibel level of just 67db.

 As testing and use continued, other benefits became quite clear as well:

1. The return of pressurised air into the inlet of the compressor had a dramatic effect on energy use. Under continuous use, energy consumption dropped over 40%, not only was this invention functional, it would pay for itself over time in the shop energy bills.

2. The closed loop air was much drier (up to 70% as the compressor no longer needed to pull in ambient air) and cooler; this extended the life of the tools, hoses and the air compressor.

3. No longer did the air tools emit oil vapour and other harmful exhaust into the atmosphere of the shop. Since the tool exhaust was returning via a hose to the compressor, there was no longer the dust and debris blown about the shop from the exhaust of the tools.

These results were so spectacular that the next step was to develop simple retrofit kits for all common air tools and air compressors. Chris then arranged for the appropriate patents and began to share his invention with the world. As the word spread, so did the recognition and acknowledgement of the potential for this invention.