September 2019

GRUNDFOS says today the Grundfos Product Center (GPC) is well-known as the ‘go to’ pump selection tool of choice for an increasing number of industry professionals. This could be because much thought and consideration went into its design to deliver an online tool that would make choosing the right pump solution as straightforward as possible. The company says this ease of selection is also true when a replacement pump is required. Simply log onto the Product Center and select the REPLACEMENT option on the home page. From here, enter the name of the old pump into the Quick Search field or alternatively, you can enter the pump name and other data into the Classic Search field. The Product Center will then display the top three replacement pump choices and you can filter your selection by choosing either the pump with the lowest purchase price, the pump with the lowest energy consumption or the pump with the lowest total lifecycle costs. This then offers the option not just to simply replace, but to e-place by selecting the most energy efficient options. Grundfos says additional requirements, such as fluid type, lifecycle costs and evaluation criteria provide additional filtering options and will ensure that finding the best pump replacement choice is there waiting for you, whenever you need it. w | www.grundfos.co.uk GENAIR UK, one of the UK’s leading hirers of compressed air systems and desiccant dryers says it is continuing to invest in its hire fleet of advanced, low –emission, compressed air systems. The company says it has placed orders for an additional forty, diesel driven sets all compliant with the London Low Emission Zone (LEZ) regulations. The company now has over seventy sets in their rental fleet. LEZ is a traffic pollution charge scheme with the aim of reducing the exhaust gas emissions of diesel- powered commercial vehicles in London and is set to be rolled out to other major UK cities in the near future. LEZ from non- road mobile machinery (NRMM) will be introduced in parts of London in September 2020. t | 0844 775 0890 e | sales@genair.co.uk w | www.genair.co.uk Software application and engineering specialist Red Ledge has announced it is joining forces at IMHX 2019 with the company’s new majority shareholder Böwe Systec to launch the latest range of Red Ledge manufacturing and logistics (M&L) automation systems. The company says in combination with Böwe Systec’s advanced sortation technology they are designed to support and integrate the entire supply chain, controlling M&L processes and tracking inventory from production line to warehousing and distribution. The Red Ledge CORE development technology “enables faster systems implementation and delivers more affordable automation” say Red Ledge. Red Ledge systems on show at IMHX 2019, Stand 19J45, (24-27 September) include RFID goods tracking, robotics, autonomous guided vehicles (AGVs), automatic pallet movers, speed labelling and Böwe Systec’s advanced sortation system. w | www.redledge.co.uk Supply chain automation systems British Cables Company (BCC) in Manchester says it has replaced the control system on two insulated cable-making lines resulting in a 29% increase in the number of reels produced during an eight-hour shift. The new system controls the wire tension and maintains the correct drawing diameter as the wire is pulled through an extruder, while running at an increased speed of 1,800 metres a minute. The company was unable to source spare parts for the original control system. This resulted in frequent breakdowns costing over £60,000 per annum in lost production. Restarting the system added a further £38,000 per annum in engineering costs. The original control system was slow to respond, setting up the machine to produce a new colour of cable often resulted in several false starts, resulting in wire snapping and up to 10,000 metres of scrapped cable. The new ABB Compact HMI SCADA system, supplied, installed and commissioned by ABB’s Engineering Centre in Coalville, controls two ABB AC500 programmable logic controllers (PLCs) on each line. The PLCs are linked by ProfiNET to five ABB variable speed drives (VSDs), rated between 4 kW and 60 kW, each of which control the speed of ABB AC motors. In addition, a smaller ABB VSD is used to control the positioning of the water trough that cools the extruded wire. Upgrading the motors and drives has reduced energy costs by £16,000 a year across the two lines. The control system now triggers cable colour changes on the fly by reducing the machine speed to 200 metres a minute during the changeover. This has resulted in an 80 % reduction in waste. t | 01925 741517 e | layla.hewitt@gb.abb.com Control system cuts costs Continuing to invest 36 | Plant & Works Engineering www.pwemag.co.uk Sptember 2019 Process, Controls & Plant E-place your pumps

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