Simplification of enameling processes and/or equipment may result in :
- Improved surface quality
- Reduced enameling cost
- Shorter process time
- Faster process feedback
- Reduction of factory space
- Saving energy
Enameling cost reduction
Porcelain (vitreous) enameling is a relative complex coating process with many steps & dito variables.
This complexity makes it very well suited for continuous improvement initiatives.
Continuous improvement of enameling processes & equipment
Assisting industrial companies worldwide with improving their enameling operations by applying Lean Six Sigma methods & tools, like DMAIC.
Below some practical examples :
- Simplification of enameling process
- Enameling cost reduction
- Continuous improvement of enameling processes & equipment
- Reduction of energy consumption at industrial enameling plants
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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.