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Converting scrap aluminum has become more profitable for Don
Carey
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"Their
burners cut my fuel consumption by 26 percent"
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Don
Carey
President &
COO
Ohio Valley Aluminum Company |
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A new furnace was being planned at Ohio Valley Aluminum Company.
Don Carey, the smelting company's president, was generally satisfied with his existing burner equipment, but wanted to see if any supplier other than his current one would
promise--and deliver--better performance than he had achieved from furnaces on line at the time.
Carey "challenged" ITS in the form of a guaranteed end result. ITS had to meet or exceed the operating parameters of existing burner equipment within the plant. If the new burner equipment failed to measure up, ITS had to remove the burners at no charge to Ohio Valley, and then install the competitive brand burners, also at no charge to Ohio Valley.
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Gaining A Benchmark
To establish a baseline, Ohio Valley and ITS monitored two existing furnaces in the plant for 90 days. The statistics obtained gave both parties a clear picture of all parameters and established the targets ITS must meet or exceed.
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Rising Above The Challenge
Armed with the 90-day test data, ITS went to work. In conjunction with its supplier, Stordy Combustion Engineering Limited of the UK, ITS put together a burner system designed to out-perform the furnaces tested at Ohio Valley.
The new Stordy burner was installed and the same test parameters were kept for 90 days so that the baseline data could be compared with the data from the previous test of existing furnaces.
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This ultra-efficient burner system supplied by ITS is one of ten for the facility |
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And The Winners Are
The winners are Ohio Valley Aluminum, Stordy Combustion and ITS. Comparisons showcased the remarkable efficiencies of the new Stordy-equipped furnace. President and CEO Don Carey stated that fuel consumption was 25 percent less in the new furnace.
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"The people at ITS are a pleasure to work with, because they do what they say they're going to do," Carey said. "They did the total installation, did it in a timely fashion, and did it in a quality way from top to bottom."
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The
Aftermath
Since installing the first burner system, ITS has retrofitted another of Ohio Valley's furnaces with it's higher efficiency Stordy burners.
In addition, CEO Carey has mandated that his company change over to ITS burner systems for all melting and holding furnaces in the plant.
Why the change? "Gas usage and overall efficiencies," Carey said. "The economics of it are just too good to ignore."
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