News Industry Magnificent seven for Welsh school
A TEAM OF eight A-Level Physics students from Swansea have won ‘Most Innovative Solution to the Project Set’ from The Engineering Education Scheme Wales (EESW) for developing a unique method of detecting defects at Schaeffler UK’s engine compo- nent manufacturing plant in South Wales. “This is not the first success we’ve had as a school in the EESW competition,” enthused Rhys Browning, head of physics at Ysgol Gyfun Gwyr School in Gowerton, Swansea. “We’ve now won awards some seven years in succession, for which we are very appreciative towards Schaeffler for their support during these years.” Schaeffler’s manufacturing plant in Llanelli, South
Wales, produces high precision engine components for the automotive market. The plant has supported
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EESW since the scheme was first introduced across Wales in 2007. The plant acts as an EESW ‘link’ com- pany and so each year devotes time and resources in helping to advise students on their selected projects. To read the full story visit:
www.connectingindustry.com/eesw www.schaeffler.com
Servicing contract proves to be a great catch
VACUUM PUMP MANUFAC- TURER Busch is providing a serv- ice package to one of the UK’s top fish processing companies based in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Nor Sea Foods specialises in the supply of fish products - pre- dominantly mackerel, herring, kippers and Atlantic salmon - to leading UK food retailers as well as the food service sector. The contract involves the regu- lar servicing of eight Busch R 5 vacuum pumps and one booster pump at Nor Sea’s Bridge of Don site and a further five R 5s and four
booster pumps at the Fraserburgh facility. All vacuum pump equip- ment is used for the packaging of fish products prior to dispatch to Nor Sea’s customers. Busch UK’s Mark Yates com- mented, “We have a well estab- lished relationship with Nor Sea and our arrangement is an excel- lent example of how a quality serv- ice contract should operate and the benefits it brings for our customers. “The importance of skilled, reg- ular servicing is something that should never be underestimated as it gives peace of mind to produc- tion and operations managers. “As well as maximising up-time, equipment that is regularly and properly serviced operates so much more efficiently, enabling increased plant productivity and, with energy prices continuing to rise, also helps to keep running costs to a minimum.
“A fixed cost service contract also assists with budget planning and control, and our customers can also be confident that any spares used are genuine manufac- turer sourced products and not inferior quality counterfeits.” Ewen Diplexcito of Nor Sea Foods added, “Our vacuum pack- aging system is a vital and integral part of our production process and ensuring it is always operating at maximum efficiency and provid- ing optimum performance is important for our productivity. “We greatly value the service provided by Busch (UK) and the expertise and know-how of their engineers is second to none. In addition to good servicing, they are able to offer expert advice on other tailor-made solutions to help us improve on our opera- tional efficiencies.”
www.busch.co.uk
IMS RESEARCH, NOW part of IHS, has reported that IE1 Standard Efficiency motors still represent a significant portion of revenues in low voltage (LV) motor markets that are under government mandated transi- tions to higher efficiencies. The global IE1 LV motor market was estimated to be worth $7.5bn in 2012. Regulatory exemptions that allow motors of lesser efficiency to be produced beyond the required inception dates stated in the legislation, have slowed the turnover of both annual sales and the global installed base of motors to IE2 or above. This has greatly impeded the high effi- ciency motor markets from gain- ing traction, and has diluted revenue growth in the global LV motor market significantly. “From an energy efficiency standpoint, this is the most exciting time in the industrial motors market in the last 20 years,” said Mark Meza, princi- pal analyst for IHS. “However, obtaining the lowest cost solu- tion on the front end rather than considering the overall cost of ownership of the motor is still the market reality, despite regulatory efforts to rebalance this dynamic.” Read the full story at
www.connectingindustry.com/ imsie1.
www.imsresearch.com
Cutting STS crane energy bills by up to 30% at Italian port
ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS FROM Emerson Industrial Automation helped the Port of Ravenna on Italy’s Adriatic Coast to achieve an average energy saving of 25-30% on two ship- to-shore (STS) cranes.
The Port of Ravenna has chosen to use products from two Emerson Industrial Automation businesses - crane management system software, control system software and Unidrive SPMD hoist drives from Control Techniques; and FLS hoist motors from Leroy-Somer.
Milena Fico, the general manager of
Terminal Container Ravenna (TCR), the oper- ator of the Port of Ravenna, commented, “Our current investments at TCR have been devel- oped in order to prepare the port to take advantage of future opportunities. The inno-
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vative upgrades to TCR’s STS cranes will improve competitiveness and will give it the ability to attract new business.”
Gianbattista Dubini, director of Marketing, Cranes at Control Techniques, added, “The challenge of day to day operations in the busy environment of a container port can distract managers from the need to make basic equip- ment upgrades that can drastically improve effi- ciency and effectiveness.
“This is problematic because, to remain com- petitive, ports must continually improve effi- ciency. The Port of Ravenna is future-proofing their operations by upgrading to Emerson Industrial Automation’s drives, motors and crane management software. The outcome of this upgrade is energy savings on the cranes of up to 30%.”
The revamped cranes will have 17 container rows of operational capacity and a lifting capac- ity of 55 tonnes. Their height under the spreader is 34.5m.
www.EmersonIndustrial.com
OCTOBER 2013 Automation
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