Powder Coated Tough - Spring 2009 - (Page 22) EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES During pretreatment the CPQ3000 system is monitoring the spray pressures at each stage and temperature at the three cleaning stages while controlling chemical additions. . ECC’s Green Strides stablished in 1983, ECC Controls of Illinois Inc., Rolling Meadows, Ill., has focused its control technologies on building automation controls to reduce electric and gas in manufacturing plants. In 1998, ECC concentrated its efforts in control automation for the finishing industry. Since 2005, ECC has focused its control technology to meet its customers’ corporate goal to “Go Green,” according to John O’Connor, vice president of sales and marketing at ECC. Engineering includes focusing on control strategies that reduce gas, electric, and water usage in the finishing area. By doing so, E ECC has also seen improvements in quality and production rates in addition to reducing costs. For example: Electric. Reducing washer spray pressures using Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs) when gaps in line density are detected or the conveyor is off helps to reduce energy consumption. The VFDs also allow the system to adjust spray pressures based on part size to provide adequate coverage without knocking small parts off the racks. Gas. Reducing oven temperatures during line shutdowns helps to reduce energy consumption. When the line is restarted, the system slowly ramps up conveyor speed as the cure oven heats back up so parts are properly cured. Water. Controlling rinse overflows and/or counterflows based on the actual contamination conditions and chemical feed based on titration results help reduce water consumption. “Fully automating wastewater treatment systems helps reduce plant discharge volumes by 10 percent to 20 percent,” O’Connor says. “This is done by using flow control strategies and maximizing concentrate treatment rates. If out-ofspecification conditions occur, the waste stream is redirected to eliminate discharge violations.” Powder Coated Tough 22
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