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Thermal Division Implements an Energy Optimization System.
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VAC AERO has successfully completed the installation and start up of a a Dibalog Energy Optimization System (EOS) at its Oakville, Ontario heat treating facility which operates more than two dozen vacuum and atmosphere furnaces.
The EOS is designed to reduce the Oakville plant’s total peak electrical demand. In many jurisdictions peak demand is the highest average demand in any fifteen minute time span during the billing period. In Ontario, Canada, peak demand is used to calculate the delivery charge at Oakville Hydro. (Consumption is independent of the peak demand and is billed as a different line item on the bill). Therefore, since a significant portion of the plant’s electrical energy costs are determined by its peak demand, electrical energy costs can be significantly reduced by lowering this peak demand value...READ MORE
In June, a case study based on first-year results of the dibalog EOS implementation at VAC AERO will be published in Industrial Heating Magazine's “Energy-Conservation Focus” issue.
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Technology Trends in Vacuum Heat Treating, Part 1: Markets, Processes and Applications
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By Daniel Herring.
The last decade has seen double-digit growth in the use of vacuum heat treating and increased vacuum market share throughout the Americas. Vacuum processing is growing more than any other technology, due in large part to the demand for high quality, precision and repeatability of part performance in ever more sophisticated and demanding service applications. Each of the common vacuum processes will be discussed in this and future articles in this series. READ MORE
Published with the permission of Industrial Heating Magazine
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VAC AERO Reorganizes Thermal Processing Division.
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VAC AERO's Oakville Thermal Processing Division has undertaken a major re-organization effort to further improve production efficiency.
The project includes building renovations for expansion of manufacturing space combined with equipment re-locations and new equipment additions to improve part flow and reduce turn-around-times. All changes have been carefully planned using lean manufacturing concepts. In close cooperation with a customer, a Kanban system has already been successfully implemented for one major heat treating program and is expected to be expanded to other programs in the near future. New energy efficient lighting is also being installed in the company's three Oakville facilities. The re-organization is scheduled for completion by the end of August, 2009 with little to no impact on ongoing operations.
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