Frigel on Izaro Manufacturing Tech (Automotive)
Increased efficiency thanks to the adiabatic Ecodry system and 3FX compact chiller
A new Frigel cooling system consisting of an adiabatic Ecodry system in combination with the high-efficiency 3FX compact chiller for water and units cooling for the mould temperature precise control. This new solution has brought a significant increase in the efficiency of the complete system and the cooling capacity of the plant.
SMP Meerane, located near Dresden (Germany), part of the Motherson Group, an automotive market leader headquartered in India, operating plants around the world and here producing parts for major automakers for Porsche, VW, BMW, among others. In addition, SMP is a partner of Frigel through a joint-venture with Frigel India.
The system key points:
- Increased system efficiency: changing the old water-cooling chillers for the new high-efficiency ones with inverter valves in each compressor and free-cooling in winter, have resulted in significant energy savings. The project guarantees a total or partial cooling (in winter) for a temperature of max 15° C, which represents about 65% of the days/year in the place of installation
- Increased cooling capacity: the new injection machines required a renewal of the cooling system and the choice of three 3FX in parallel in order to obtain a higher cooling capacity and easy availability.
- Energy savings: thanks to the MTCUs with adjustment points close to the central temperature, the T-adjustment point of the water-chiller has increased to 20° C (will increase in the future) with a strong energy saving (before which was 10° C).
- Less cost of maintenance: thanks to the Glycol-free system you can have a range of advantages, 1) the heat transfer is more effective with pure water than a water-glycol mixture, 2) water is much more cheap than glycol; 3) smaller pumps are required to circulate pure water than water-glycol mixture, decreasing the scale of the project but electricity consumption as well.
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