What do I need to know about ICONS?

Intelligent Connectivity System (ICONS)

Intelligent Connectivity System (ICONS) is the eyes into your compressed air system. Ditch the logbooks, the regular visits to the compressor room and dealing with surprises with your compressor. • Most maintenance organizations operate between 10% to 40% efficiency • Most spend more than 50% of time on emergency work • Reactive maintenance costs 3-5 times more than preventive maintenance.

Proactive planning

Profitability starts with insight. By always knowing the performance of your compressor allows you to make smart use of resources. With ICONS, you can plan to proactively perform maintenance, repairs, and replacements so that you can prevent failures before they ever have the chance to occur.

Fast response times

With ICONS, you can review the compressor status online, at any time. Better yet, it also gives you a direct link to your equipment distributor, Chicago Pneumatic. We can advise you better than ever, and help to prevent interruptions by fixing problems at an early stage. Your organizational efficiency will improve as well, as service visits will be planned better.

Righttime: online logging and a monthly service email giving you an overview of your machine.

Always knowing the right time for service, you can plan your resources and costs while making sure your compressor keeps running efficiently.

UPTIME: warnings forwarded as emails and/or text messages

Notifications will come to you to allow you to take corrective action and avoid a breakdown. UPTIME is all about maximum equipment uptime, with a clear list of events and availability performance dashboard. 

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Who we are and how Ash Air can help your business!

Ash Air has been around in New Zealand since 1979, and we’ve grown into a nationwide company with international support and a reputation for quality and reliability.We look after all things compressed air for your business!

Ash Air's range of Chicago Pneumatic, Alup, Pneumatech, and Quincy compressors are used extensively around the world in industries ranging from oil and gas to food, automotive and farming, and we bring you these world class compressors here in the land of the long white cloud.Our technicians are compressed air equipment experts and are dedicated to addressing customer needs. Supported by a 13 locations nationwide, Ash Air offers one of the widest selections of compressed air equipment and parts available today in New Zealand.

Reliability and Efficiency

With Ash Air compressors, you can count on reliability and high performance for even the most demanding applications. We focus our efforts on the following:


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