Panels & Furniture Asia November/December 2022

PRODUCT HIGHLIGHT
Greater sustainability
with Dieffenbacher’s CPS+
continuous press system
Environmental regulations are
tightening and the cost of CO2 emissions
is increasing, but with Dieffenbacher’s
CPS+ continuous press system,
manufacturers can balance economic
and sustainability goals to build a
better future for their business and the
environment.
Dieffenbacher’s Press Emission
Control System is just one tool to help
achieve that balance. It protects the
environment by cleaning exhaust gases
from the press through a washing
process. Dust and condensable fractions
of exhaust gases are bound to fine water
droplets. These solid and liquid parts
are separated in the system’s Inline
Scrubber. In addition, pre-absorber
units are available to reduce volatile
organic compounds (VOC) emissions,
particularly formaldehyde.
Another way to balance economic and
sustainability goals is to reuse heat
from the press exhaust air elsewhere
in the production process. When the
press exhaust air is cleaned by a wet
air cleaning system, for example, the
Inline Scrubber in the Press Emission
Control System, the process water
from the wet air cleaning system cools
down. The result is more effective
air cleaning, as cold water can bind
emissions better. The recovered
low-calorific heat from the process
water can then be used, for instance,
to preheat the hall air inside the
production building to save heating
energy and costs. It can also be used
to preheat the glue. This not only
saves energy, but the resulting lower
viscosity glue enables a more precise
glue spray pattern. More consistent
operations, meanwhile, produce less
excess glue. These are two of the
various ideas to reduce energy costs
and emissions and increase profits by
reusing press exhaust air, according to
Dieffenbacher. P
Reuse heat from
the press exhaust
air elsewhere in the
production process,
such as to preheat
the glue
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