Reduction of energy consumption at industrial enameling plants

Energy is usually the fourth biggest operational cost for an industrial enameling plant after respectively amortization of equipment, enamel consumption & labor cost.**

For this reason it is important to pay attention to the energy consumption of various enameling machines when purchasing new equipment and to consider investments in energy saving measures and/or heat recovery equipment for existing equipment.

Last-but-not-least it is important to keep your enameling equipment in a good condition by regular preventive maintenance and operation with the appropriate settings.

Below a short presentation about energy savings at industrial enameling plants

** In countries with relative low labor cost, energy might even be the third biggest enameling cost.

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  • Ronald Ditmer is the founder and managing director of Ditmer Trading & Consulting BV. Involved in the porcelain enameling industry since 1984 and specialized in setting-up complete enameling plants, designing enameling equipment and troubleshooting enameling processes & equipment.

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