FACILITIES ACHIEVE ZERO WASTE TO LANDFILL
Power management company Eaton in 2013 reduced its landfilled wastes by about 18% (4,900 metric tons) as part of a global zero waste-to- landfill program. During World Environment Month in June Eaton honoured in 39 of its manufacturing facilities around the globe that achieved this milestone. Since 2010 these sites have
eliminated a combined total of 2,750 metric tons of waste sent to landfills through recycling, re-use, new work processes and other means. Eaton is encouraging its manufacturing sites to achieve zero waste-to-landfill as
part of its waste management program and as a means to reduce the release of carbon dioxide (CO2). Together the sites eliminated 2,500 metric tons of CO2 which is released during the transportation and storage of landfilled wastes. “Waste reduction is the right thing to do for our plants and our communities,” says Harold Jones, Eaton’s senior vice president for environment, health and safety. “Doing what’s right for the environment is part of our culture of doing business right.” Eaton defines ‘zero waste-to-
landfill’ as consistently achieving a landfill waste diversion rate of 98% through reuse, composting, recycling or incineration - only if the heat generated by incineration is collected and used to create more energy than was required for the incineration process. Eaton zero-waste sites undergo an intensive audit process that includes verifying that at least 98% of a site's waste is diverted consistently for three months. Eaton’s waste management program began in 2010. Each facility developed plans for landfilled materials such as metal scrap,
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HARD SELL AND UNRELIABLE QUOTING TOP SUPPLIER TURN-OFFS
A survey reveals that businesses in the UK engineering and manufacturing sector are being let down by bad supplier practices. When asked what they found
most frustrating about suppliers 49% of businesses replied that ‘not providing a quote as promised’ was top of the list. Other irritants included a ‘hard sell’ approach and ‘inexperience and inability to answer questions’. The survey
which was commissioned by Signs Express revealed a whole raft of bad business practices and unacceptable errors that are possibly having a negative impact on the UK’s economic recovery. “We first carried out this survey
in 2011 and were expecting that lessons would have been learned from the economic downturn,” says managing director Craig Brown. “We have been unable to identify
any significant changes in supplier practices from the data our survey has revealed. Engineering and manufacturing is one of the sectors poised for recovery so suppliers need to stop letting businesses down if the economy is to get back on its feet. This research has helped us to better understand the priorities and concerns of UK businesses – our customers.”
www.signsexpress.co.uk
SMART FACTORY TECHNOLOGY TO REVOLUTIONISE MANUFACTURING
Frost and Sullivan has awarded Forcam’s Smart Factory technology its New Product Innovation Leadership Award for 2014. Worldwide Forcam has more than
afety and the environment are themes which run through this high summer edition in one way or another and these quite rightly continue to be important issues for factory and production managers. Exhibitions feature strongly with the autumn bringing RWM, The Energy Event, Northern Manufacturing and Sensors & Instrumentation - a busy season ahead. Factory Equipment and sister title Materials Handling & Logistics will bring you all the latest technologies we have been promised at these UK events. Enjoy the rest of the summer!
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50,000 machine tools and processes under the control of its Factory Framework shop floor manufacturing execution system (MES). Weir Minerals is one of the first UK
companies to adopt Factory Framework. Its Todmorden factory recorded a 12% increase in output in the six months following installation and continues to see incremental improvement. Aerospace component supplier Hyde Group has applied the system with beneficial outcomes. “We are all aware of the Internet
of things (IoT),” explains Forcam’s UK manager Charlie Walker. “The discussion so far has centred on smart homes, building management, intelligent cars and systems that can monitor our fitness and health but the major breakthrough is in manufacturing. Machine-to-machine
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(M2M) communication will allow UK manufacturers to improve productivity, quality and the pace of innovation to become leaders in the new industrial revolution.” Forcam pioneered smart factory
technology in Germany where the government has recognised the importance of this to manufacturing with Industry 4, an initiative to encourage industry to integrate shopfloor processes using intelligent networking to achieve greater efficiency and competitiveness. Audi, BMW and Daimler, fastening
specialist Hilti and aero-engine maker MTU are all early adopters, some achieving efficiency improvements of 20% or more in the first year. All these companies are using the system within their continuous improvement programmes (CIP) to achieve still higher year-on-year productivity, keeping them competitive against lower cost overseas manufacturers.
www.forcam.co.uk
Mettler Toledo has redeveloped its EasyFinder online product selection tool. Four mouse clicks are all it takes for customers to pinpoint which balances, scales and terminals from the company’s offering fit best with their weighing needs including GWP Recommendation download the Good Weighing Practice.
www.mt.com/easyfinder
Forklift supervisors and managers will have an easier job enforcing seat belt use with the introduction of high visibility seat belts from Hyster. An optional interlock system prevents the driver from operating the truck without the belt being worn. Now available on both Hyster Electric and ICE counterbalance forklifts, the high visibility red seat belt is easily seen from a distance which allows management to clearly see if operators are wearing them properly.
www.hyster.euw.mt.com/easyfin
Hazloc Heaters has received the Eurasian Conformity Mark (EAC Ex) for hazardous location equipment on the AEU1 series of Explosion-Proof Electric Air Heaters. The Customs Union Technical Regulations Certificate of Conformity certifies compliance to the harmonised Technical Regulations of the Eurasian Economic Community (Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan) and fulfilment of safety requirements. The Certificate is mandatory for any electrical equipment that is to be imported, installed and operated in hazardous areas and potentially explosive atmospheres in these countries and replaces the GOST-R and GOST-K certification schemes for Russia and Kazakhstan that are being gradually withdrawn.
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cardboard, pallets, plastic, general office trash and other wastes to be recycled, reused, converted to energy or eliminated from work processes. “Eaton has pledged to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 25% indexed to sales by 2015,” concludes Jones. “Programs such as zero waste-to-landfill will help us reach this goal.”
Eaton sites currently achieving zero
waste-to-landfill include electrical, hydraulics, aerospace and vehicle operations located across Europe, Asia Pacific and North America.
www.eaton.eu/powerquality
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