Modern Plastics Worldwide - March 2010 - dae uptlax
Modern Plastics Worldwide - March 2010 - dae uptlax
Modern Plastics Worldwide - March 2010 - dae uptlax
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MODERN EXECUTIVE<br />
was also supported by Focus<br />
on Energy with an incentive<br />
grant of $50/hp replaced, with<br />
an extra $10/hp bonus when<br />
Xten provides savings data.<br />
Right to the bottom line<br />
Xten is also working with<br />
CleanTech Partners, a funding<br />
partner of Focus on Energy,<br />
which has a financing system<br />
for new emerging technologies.<br />
Both the heater bands<br />
and variable drives fell into<br />
the scope of this program,<br />
and Xten received 5% interest<br />
financing, paid no money<br />
down, and pays back the loan<br />
through a 50/50 shared savings<br />
program on the heater bands and a<br />
30/70 split on the VFDs.<br />
“For every dollar we save on the<br />
heater bands, we keep $0.50 and pay<br />
them back $0.50,” explains Davidson.<br />
“That’s money directly to our bottom<br />
Don’t compromise<br />
on quality.<br />
For further information please contact:<br />
info@gabriel-chemie.com<br />
Shown here is the enclosure for the VFDs, linking the control<br />
panel to the press. Xten has installed four such drives on its<br />
largest machines. The VFDs automatically vary the energy<br />
usage depending on the process cycle demand.<br />
line. That is absolute genius. When you<br />
start looking at it, if the government<br />
wants us to keep manufacturing in the<br />
U.S., help small businesses, and reduce<br />
energy, what better way to do it than<br />
this? It allows us to turn a profit right<br />
www.gabriel-chemie.com Creativity<br />
away, but it’s not a gift. We’re<br />
paying them back. It’s a direct<br />
financing program to manufacturers<br />
who can promise to<br />
pay it back through the savings<br />
they’re realizing.”<br />
Xten production manager<br />
Rob Korpela adds, “We<br />
haven’t seen any negative<br />
change in performance of the<br />
presses using the radiant heater<br />
bands or the SyncroSpeed<br />
systems. The post-installation<br />
processing has been seamless.”<br />
Xten is also considering<br />
retrofitting its presses<br />
with Cincinnati Process<br />
Technologies’ (CPT) autobanking<br />
and auto-off controls.<br />
“Banking is reducing the level of something,”<br />
Dirr explains, “and Xten started<br />
this by addressing the human factor of<br />
a busy shop floor.” Ray Meldahl, who<br />
was hired by Xten using the staffing<br />
grant, began with a training program to<br />
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12 MARCH <strong>2010</strong> • MODERN PLASTICS WORLDWIDE plasticstoday.com/mpw
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