Hydraulic Metal Presses are common in industrial sectors such as automotive component manufacturing. They are used for stamping metal car parts such as hinges and casings.The motor powering the press runs continually and only comes under load at the point that the required component is tamped.
A leading North American components manufacturer supplying the likes of GM, the Ford Motor Co and Daimler Chrysler has recently trialed Powerboss. The company is acknowledged for its technology, product design, service and delivery. It is therefore evident that the benefits from Powerboss in reducing energy, maintenance costs and downtime are valuable as part of a wider energy and cost management program.
Additionally Powerboss helps meet the aims from the company's environmental policy which states that they "will continuously improve and review our practices and processes in pollution prevention and waste reduction".
The company's facility features metal presses sized from 100 to 1600 ton capacity; producing hinges, glove box doors, exhaust manifolds and underbody parts.
Powerboss was installed on a 30kW motor powering a metal press. In addition to reducing a previous starting current of approximately 400amps to a maximum peak of 130 amps, the energy savings were 30% when operating under its normal duty cycle.
The readings taken showed that the 30kW motor only reached a usage of 15kW even under load. The savings generated equate to a payback of 18 months in energy savings alone, in addition to the peak demand and maintenance benefits from the controlled soft start.
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