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Closed-system savings: Kentucky metal-stamping plant's 330 welding stations utilize closed-system air filtration to reduce heating and air conditioning costs by $700,000.

Publication: Pollution Engineering
Publication Date: 01-SEP-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
For any manager of a manufacturing installation, staying on top of utility expenses must always remain a top priority. Complicating this challenge is the balance of maintaining a comfortable indoor climate, versus efficient smoke removal from metal fabricating processes.

Based in Somerset, Ky., Toyotetsu America is an automotive stamping division of Toyota. The plant recently installed a point-of-source, closed, air filtration system for its 330 welding stations, at the same time as a 2,500-ton heating and air conditioning system was placed in operation. By filtering welding-generated smoke in a closed system, management cut its usage of natural gas by up to 85 percent, for a savings of close to $60,000 in its highest month (December) by not requiring as much make-up air to heat or cool.

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