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36 ENVIRONMENT
Turning green
Caring for the environment is an
important value of the
SECO/WARWICK Group. It is
understood not only as sustainable production
of ecological and innovative solutions, but also
as care for energy savings, involvement in
ecological social campaigns or supporting
Partners who contribute to improving the
natural environment. This is a part of longterm
strategy. SECO/WARWICK implements
innovative technologies allowing our company
to make many pro-environmental changes in
the energy, aviation, automotive and recycling
industries. Thus, it makes the world a better
place – an ecological place.
The innovations implemented at
SECO/WARWICK directly related to the
manufactured furnaces concern ecology,
among others. Vacuum furnaces use vacuum
(heat treatment under pressure created by air
evacuation) as the protective atmosphere for
heat treated part surfaces. “Vacuum heat
treatment has a number of ecological
advantages. Thanks to the vacuum-processed
element’s high quality, the finished work does
not require additional mechanical treatment,
saving emissions, time and costs. No need for
protective gases, zero start-up time, and
minimal preparation time also increases the
total value of vacuum processing. Using
SECO/WARWICK vacuum solutions,
customers around the world reduce their
carbon footprint. LOW PRESSURE
CARBURIZING (LPC) is a green alternative to
traditional carburizing processes. It is available
in CMe, Pit-LPC and Vector furnaces. It results
in shortening the carburizing time by 5 times,
which leads to both cost and energy
consumption reduction,” explains Maciej
Korecki, vice president of the vacuum
segment at the SECO/WARWICK Group.
For aluminum technologies, an example of
an ecological solution is the patented Vortex®
Jet Airflow technology for processing
aluminum coils that reduces processing time
by up to 30% compared to other available
technologies. The EV/CAB solution is
SECO/WARWICK’s response to modern
electromobility needs, or the eco-friendly
JetCaster vacuum casting system with a gas
crystallization method, which enables users to
produce twice as many castings with a
comparable level of energy demand, resulting
in a reduction in production energy
consumption by 40 % and cooling water
consumption reduction by 50%.
“Of course, these are not all of S(ECO)
responses to the industry’s green appeal. We
are a leader in the implementation of
ecological solutions in metal heat treatment
systems. We focus on both created as well as
tried and true green solutions; in fact, an
ecological approach is included in our
mission, where we declare that the creation of
innovative products providing our customers
with reliable, safe and environmentally friendly
heat treatment and metallurgy solutions can
be monetized.” explains Sławomir Woniak,
CEO at the SECO/WARWICK Group.
SECO/WARWICK changes its technologies
to green by providing solutions that reduce
production energy consumption, increase
production efficiency, shorten process and
treatment time, and reduce energy and
process gas consumption.
“The ECO prefix is inscribed in our name
and the Group’s DNA. We do not talk and do
not think differently about ecology other than
Secology, because we look at environmental
protection so broadly. Secology is therefore a
set of projects and ecological social initiatives,
ecological investments within the company
and green technologies that we use or create.
Therefore, Secology is not a new science or
religion, it is the attitude and strategy of the
SECO/WARWICK Group visible in various
aspects of its operation,” says Katarzyna
Sawka, Vice President of Marketing at the
SECO/WARWICK Group.
“The ECO COMPANY 2023 award we
received is valuable because it confirms that
our green activities are important, valuable,
and noticeable. We know that heavy industry
can be ecological, and we consistently prove
this thesis with our solutions, actions, and
attitudes,” concludes K. Sawka.
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