Shower Test
A leading automotive manufacturer approached Advantiv asking
for a solution to technical and environmental issues with
their shower test facility. The existing pumps in the system
needed manual priming and they would also lose their prime
during production causing unwanted and costly down time.
Our customer had also implemented the ISO4001 environmental
management system standard and wanted a new, efficient system
to make significant reductions to the water and electricity
usage.
The original shower test design used three duty pumps,
two standby pumps, two filter pumps and a drain pump. Of
these eight pumps, three would be continuously running during
production hours, 0600am – midnight. Combined
annual costs for both water and electricity totalled over £14,000.
Working in conjunction with a pump manufacturer and consulting
guidelines within the climate change levy legislation, Advantiv
provided a solution whereby the shower test runs on only
one duty pump and one standby pump. Both pumps are self priming
and are fitted with Hydrovar inverters controlling
the required pressure of the pump and system, providing an
efficient system without wastage on water or electricity.
The revised annual costs are now running at £7,000
per annum, a saving of £7,000 per year. With the new
pumps, our client has not experienced any unforeseen downtime
due to priming issues and the original investment has been
repaid already. The benefits of the new system, using new
technology, met our clients requirements on cost and environmental
issues, improving overall plant efficiency.
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