As well as a 10% reduction in energy costs both machines were upgraded in the shutdown provided and
were running at full capacity on plant start-up. They have been successfully
running for over a year now and we are looking at the next lines to be
upgraded.
This
removed the requirement for the pulley and belt drive on the existing DC motor
greatly reducing the maintenance required and the losses involved in such a
drive train – this result in an energy saving of approximately 10%.