Designing Efficiency into the Machine

意大利作为一个国家是美国最大的机器出口商之一。2009年7月,Automation World Magazine首席编辑Gary Mintchell加入了一小群编辑,他们参观了来自各个行业的这些机器的许多建筑商。访问中的信息已汇编成他的一系列意大利现场报告。

意大利机械制造商Marchesini的精确设计和制造填充和包装机。
意大利机械制造商Marchesini的精确设计和制造填充和包装机。
Italy has a thriving machine building industry with a variety of companies specializing in many different technologies and industries. While all were concerned with weathering the economic crisis of 2009 and also with competition from China, they were also busy figuring out ways to maintain competitiveness and support green engineering.

Marchesini Group S.p.A.’s (www.marchesini.com) 1,000-plus employees design and manufacture packaging machines--primarily for the pharmaceutical industry. Located in Pianoro, it is one of the largest packaging machinery builders in Italy. Responding to drivers for more flexibility, reduced energy consumption and integrated, smaller packaging lines, the company has incorporated much automation into its designs.

Robots have been added to parts of the line proving to be flexible and economical. The transition to servo motion control for moving pieces of the machine has resulted in an average of more than 15 brushless servo motors per line. Software for track and trace of products during manufacture along with added data acquisition technologies means that Marchesini’s customers can monitor product quality better than before and, in the event of a product recall, limit the exposure to just those lots that are suspect.

Packaging machines on the whole tend to be smaller and lighter. On the other hand,Sacmi Imola S.C.(www.sacmi.com) in Imola, a manufacturer of larger machines in the ceramics, beverage, packaging, processing and plastics industries, has invested in the High Efficiency Resource Optimizer (HERO) project as part of its efforts to help customers reduce consumption, improve efficiency and “go green.”

英雄是一家研究实验室,致力于开发创新技术,以在生产过程的每个阶段获得资源节省。作为英雄项目的一部分开发的特殊应用程序,使主要机器的能源消耗平均减少了20%以上,以期更仔细的能源管理。因此,从申请的第一年开始,经济利益反映在公司的利润中,这是尊重环境和不断提高质量标准的战略的一部分。

喷雾器是陶瓷瓷砖生产中的主要能源消费者。SACMI在过去的十年中一直使用特殊的数值动力学计算代码和现场测量,以在热空气分配器内部的空气输送分布和温度剖面和滑动干燥塔中进行测量,以便找到问题,然后找到解决方案。由SACMI开发的具有切向外围爆发的热空气分配器可改善降低燃油消耗的热量。

Keep heat in

Keeping heat loss to outside air at a minimum is another energy efficiency goal. The hottest parts of the dryer are internally insulated with ceramic fiber resulting in lower air flow rates and higher infeed temperature than before. The dryers are externally insulated with thick layers of rock wool, while coupling flanges are insulated with ceramic fiber. Energy saving systems are integrated with machine control ensuring constant quality.

Cogeneration systems and recovery of kiln fumes following depuration with lime and the dust separator slip heater have been designed to significantly reduce emissions of carbon dioxide, a key contributor to the greenhouse effect. Kiln fume recovery also reduces fluorine compound emissions; the advantage of this system is that the fumes are always filtered before being expelled through the chimney, even when the spray drier is at standstill.

这只是两个例子的意大利人machine builders take into consideration energy efficiency, environmental quality and customers’ needs as they design and build their equipment.

Marchesini Group S.p.A.
www.marchesini.com

Sacmi Imola S.C.
www.sacmi.com
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