When production stops, every minute counts. APDS were called out to a breakdown at a plastic manufacturing company in Wiltshire, where a short circuit fault on a 250kW mixer drive had brought operations to a halt. The Callout The call came in during the evening, and by the following morning, APDS engineer Chris Phillips was […]
Overview Bott Ltd, a leading UK manufacturer of workplace storage equipment and van racking systems, has been committed to sustainable practices for over 40 years. As part of its ongoing efforts to reduce its carbon footprint, the company sought to optimise energy consumption in its manufacturing facility in North Cornwall. A key area of focus […]
Industry: Plastics Injection Moulding Application: Air Handling Fans Site Challenge: Atlantic Plastics of Bridgend, South Wales, makes fittings for water utilities and the distribution market. The company wanted to cut energy use and had identified its two 400 tonne injection moulding machines as energy intensive. Client has a goal of two years payback for all […]
Industry: Steel Manufacturing Application: Steel Rolling Mill Site Challenge: Celsa Manufacturing, a steel maker in Cardiff is improving the reliability of its roller table by retrofitting four ABB ACS550 variable-speed drives (VSDs). The roller table has 80 rollers to transport finished steel billets at plant in Cardiff. Each drive controls four banks of 20 roller […]
Industry: Paper and Packaging Application: Shredder Fans Site Challenge: At its plant in Bristol, Smurfit Kappa produces cardboard materials such as shelf ready packaging, trays, and bottle carriers, designed to transport and display supermarket products such as beer bottles and tubs of butter. The products are stamped out of cardboard sheets and then printed. During […]
Industry: Dairy Application: Milking Parlour Site Challenge: Milkflo Dairy Systems, an OEM manufacturer, supplies and services milking and feeding systems for dairy farms throughout Cornwall, Devon, and the Southwest. Managing Director George Berriman wanted to offer dairy farmers in the area an option to add VSDs to their milking parlour machinery to cut their energy […]
Industry: Power Generation Application: Blower Fans Site Challenge: Aberthaw Power Station in Wales, operated by RWE npower, just west of Cardiff on the north bank of the Bristol Channel, is a coal-fired power station with a capacity of 1,600 MW. To light the coal-fired boilers, the power station uses 36 oil injecting lances on each […]
Industry: Food & Bev Application: Compressor Site Challenge: PAR Foods offers the complete food export solution. They take care of everything from logistics to customs entries so their clients can focus on their own business. When dealing with shorter shelf lives, they know the importance of getting orders to site as quickly as possible. Shipping […]
Industry: Industry Tile making Application: Gearbox Challenge: The fluid-coupling at British Ceramic Tile (BCT)’s production facility in Devon connected a motor to a gearbox, and regulated the speed of the drum which grinds the frit used in the glazing of tiles. However, the fluid coupling was proving unreliable, suffering random failures resulting in oil leakage […]
Industry: Injection Moulding Plastics Industry Application: Moulding Machine Site Challenge: Magma Moulding produces the Trunki ride-on suitcase, as well as several other plastic moulded products for customers in the automotive, safety, consumer goods and military sectors. Up to 23,000 Trunki suitcases are produced at the company’s Plymouth facility each month, 1,000 per production day. The […]
