The Problem Sandcastle Water Park is the biggest utility user among the council owned facilities and with a target to save eight percent of overall energy use, the management of the park was keen to improve the energy efficiency of the pool installations. The circulation pumps were running constantly with no form of speed control. […]
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The Problem At the Lafarge Quarry the motor was started using a Soft-starter, which was drawing up to 5 times full load current. Obviously this is a huge waste of energy but as is the way with such high consumption machinery, it was deemed necessary, even best practice. However, running the process in this way […]
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The Problem Midland Quarry in Leicester knew they needed a motor that could offer reliability and efficiency to power their mile long conveyor. Sentridge’s Solution Sentridge Control recommended ABB industrial drives to control the speed of the conveyor at Midland Quarry. One conveyor features two 200 kW drives; three conveyors use a single 200 kW […]
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The Problem Amtico, one of the UK’s leading specialist flooring manufacturers, are committed to saving energy and reducing carbon output. Originally, their cooling tower pump, controlled by a star-delta start up technique, ran constantly at 120 bar, when only 80 bar was needed. Sentridge’s Solution Sentridge Control, carried out their SEAChange energy audit programme at […]
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The Problem British Salt base in Cheshire operates a production facility supplying companies with high quality salt across the UK for many varied applications. With the introduction of the Climate Change Levy (CCL) the cost of electrical energy has increased and many companies have had to take a closer look at their processes to drive […]
Read MoreThe Problem McDonalds knew they had a problem with energy consumption and also the reliability of fans in their kitchens. Unreliable equipment was causing many problems including high energy costs and McDonalds was hoping to see 40% energy savings and less wear and tear on the fan, including soft start-up. Sentridge’s Solution Sentridge Control working […]
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The Problem The Heinz factory were looking to replaces the existing boiler plant, which is now at the end of its operational life. They needed to reduce energy costs and implement a solution that would offer complete reliability as the factory operated 6 days a week. Sentridge’s Solution Sentridge control designed a solution for the […]
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The Problem As part of The Weetabix Food Company’s ongoing improvements program in partnership with system integrator MCS Control Systems Ltd, energy and productivity reviews are undertaken on various aspects of the electrical, mechanical, control and automation systems throughout the year. It was during one such review that MCS Control Systems suggested inviting its variable-speed […]
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The Problem A local manufacturer ran a single 18.5kW Cooling Water Circulation Pump on site which operated continuously 24 hours per day, 365 days per year. The business needed to reduce its energy consumption and this pump was identified as a possible target for Energy Efficiency Savings. The business owner was concerned that changes to […]
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The Problem In 2003, BMW’s plant at Hams Hall in North Warwickshire produced 125,000 engines at an energy cost in excess of £1.5m. Even though the company is extremely energy aware and has been successful in reducing consumption at the plant since its launch in 2001, they knew more could be done to cut costs […]
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