Compressed Air Best Practices - September 2008 - (Page 34) | 09/08 Compressed Air Industry FOOD PACKAGING & PROCESSING Compres mpre essed tr G | S A V I N G W I T H E N E R G Y: T H O M A S M O R T C O N S U LT I N G The other good thing we did was exhaustive tracking and measurement of processes. We had to know how things were working and how to identify malfunctions or identify potential problems. We had to learn how to use all the different types of measurement instruments and took manual readings and records. This allowed us to develop processes that were simpler and faster. kW CO2 O How did your background at Delphi Automotive help you? As an Energy Management Engineer at Delphi Automotive, I was given the opportunity to see the world. Delphi has plants all over the world with different types of manufacturing processes. It was interesting to see which energy management concepts could be turned into real-life working projects. We were able to discover which projects actually work and which don’t work. Also we were able to see which energy-saving projects could be replicated over many plants. Compressed air projects were a type of energy-saving project we were able to replicate internationally. Learning styles were discovered to be very different during the international training sessions we conducted at Delphi. The training I conducted in Germany had to be different from the same session in Italy. The Germans wanted a very technical session. All of the numbers and calculations had to be explained and justified. We were able to work off of process diagrams and technical drawings. In Italy the preference was “hands-on” with the machines in the factory. We would go out to their factory and explain the process with the machines in front of us. They wanted to open and close the valves. Compressed air was an energysaving project we were able to replicate internationally. Thomas Mort received the 2003 Society of Automotive Engineers International Environmental Award. 34 4 www ww w w ww.airb estpra tices.com b stpractices.com com http://www.airbestpractices.com
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