Pirelli plant reaps benefits of heat loss survey
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Eriks UK product story
Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team
Dec 15, 2008
Eriks has carried out an energy and heat loss survey at the Pirelli manufacturing plant in Carlisle.
The survey has made energy savings which, the company estimates, will amount to a total in excess of GBP60,000.
It was carried out by Eriks' condition monitoring division, and made extensive use of modern thermographic techniques to identify areas of heat loss.
The survey took just two days to complete, at a cost to Pirelli of under GBP600 per day, and it caused negligible disruption to the company's operations.
After analysing the data obtained, Eriks presented Pirelli with a detailed report that included individual thermographic images and remedial recommendations for every area of heat loss identified.
'A few of the problems we found, such as missing insulation, were readily apparent,' said Mark Eagling of Eriks, 'but others were much more obscure.
'For example, we found cases where the insulation looked perfect but was, in fact, ineffective because covered insulation had degraded to the point where it was not detectable by normal methods.' The remedial action recommended in the Eriks report was, in every case, simple and inexpensive to implement.
Pirelli has now taken the necessary steps to address the issues identified in the survey.
As a result, the company is, for a total expenditure of just a few thousand pounds, enjoying massive savings on its energy bill as well as substantially improving the environmental performance of its Carlisle operations.
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