Foundry & Metals

Foundries operate some of the most energy-intensive processes used in any industry. Melting furnaces, grinders and annealing operations are examples of controllable loads where even small percentage reductions in peak demand can send large savings directly to the bottom line. Typical loads that the Energy Director optimizes include large-scale foundry and casting operations, sheet rolling, stamping and extrusion, electro-plating and anodizing, heat-treating, air handling & scrubbing, and ferrous and non-ferrous smelting and refining. Working with foundry loads, the Energy Director pays for itself with immediate demand cost savings of 10 – 40 percent and payback on investment in less than 18 months, sometimes less than half a year.   

It is possible to control energy costs and efficiently increase your bottom line without disrupting day-to-day business. The solution is simple with intelligent demand control and intelligent demand response technologies specifically tailored for foundries.
Customers can use the system to monitor its operations and carefully interrupt loads within certain demand intervals, thereby reducing any peaks.

Typical foundry loads the Energy Director can optimize include:

• holding furnaces
• induction furnaces
• arc melting furnaces
• air compressors
• scrubbers
• industrial grinders
• vacuum melting furnaces
• temperature inputs
• heat treatments
• air handling

What is “demand control”?
Demand Control, also called demand management, is the process of understanding where, when and why energy demand spikes occur and taking ongoing, automatic measures to reduce them or shift them with minimal impact on facility operations. Learn more about Intelligent Demand Control provided by Powerit Solutions.

What is “demand response”?
Demand Response is the concept of end-user customers changing their electric energy usage in response to changes in electricity rates or incentives provided by utility companies.  The goal for utility companies is to lower system-wide demand during peak times through controlled loads rather than building additional power generation infrastructure.  Learn more about Intelligent Demand Response provided by Powerit Solutions.

If you’re interested in how the Energy Director can help you save please complete this Foundry Savings Evaluation and fax it to Powerit Solutions. A savings evaluation representative will conduct an analysis and contact you with the results.