Plastics

Talbot Plastics has installed an electric moulding machine which only uses 35% of the energy used by the old hydraulic machine. The new machine's average load for 120 plastic injection ‘shots' per hour is 2.5kW, compared with 8kW for the old one.

The company now saves $4,500 in total costs and delivers CO2 savings of nearly 11.8 tonnes a year. The new unit uses only 35% of the energy used by the old hydraulic machine.

This technical guide focuses on air compressors. It reviews the general issues involved with optimising a compressed air system and identifies some of the key steps businesses can take to create some easily-won savings.