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Team on 08 May 2003
Case study shows electroplating savings
A new case study describes how Frost Electroplating has used proven waste minimisation techniques to achieve significant reductions in its water, metal and chemical costs.
A new case study describes how Frost Electroplating has used proven waste minimisation techniques to achieve significant reductions in its water, metal and chemical costs This medium-sized company, which processes millions of different items each year, saved over GBP 1.5 million between 1996 and 2001 after management initiated a waste minimisation programme based on continual improvement
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 28 Jul 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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The cost savings have provided money for further investment in the plant and helped the company keep prices low enough to retain and gain customers.
The case study, "Over GBP 1 million of efficiency savings achieved by an electroplating company", describes the measures and equipment used by Frost so effectively.
These include actions to help it bring about the control plating and rinsing quality, minimise overplating, reduce metal and chemical losses to effluent, minimise water use and effluent generation, recover metal from effluent, reduce effluent treatment costs and comply with stricter discharge consents.
Water, metal, chemical and energy consumption are monitored regularly and analysed using computer spreadsheets.
New initiatives and progress against targets are discussed at monthly management review meetings.
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