The Problem Brintons Carpets, one of the UK’s leading carpet manufacturers, needed to review is production processes as all of their spinning frames were DC controlled. The existing DC motors were obsolete and Brintons had difficulty in obtaining spares. The 75 kW motors needed regular maintenance with each one requiring 12 carbon brushes to be […]
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The Problem A Leamington based plastics company using a Negri Bossi Moulding Machine needed to reduce production costs, but without compromising any of its daily manufacturing processes. Sentridge’s Solution During a week trial, energy comparisons were made at the incoming supply to the machine, measuring the original controls and Sentridge ABB VSD control. An amazing […]
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The Problem BPI Stroud ran a line of 8 160kW extruders, but the current control of DC was obsolete and difficult and troublesome to maintain. Sentridge’s Solution Sentridge were asked to complete an audit for and following a successful trial installation and report to management we were asked to replace all 8 units and convert […]
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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 […]
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