ABB has won the Environmental Contribution of the Year award at the Pump Industry Awards. ABB and its partner Halcyon Drives won the 2013 award for a pump control system that is saving £68,000 a year on energy costs for Tata Steel.
“Winning this award shows the strength of ABB and its partners, continuing to provide the services and solutions that help companies make major reductions in their environmental impact,” says Neil Ritchie, Local Business Unit Manager, Drives and Controls, ABB Limited.
The Tata Steel plant in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, produces speciality steels for customers with demanding applications in aerospace, oil and gas, power generation and the manufacture of industrial bearings.
During production, hot steel billets are cut by a gas cutter, generating scrap material that flakes off the billet. Three 90 kW flume flush pumps are used to flush water across the billet to carry this scrap away. Whilst in production, two flume flush pumps run continuously. This scrap is filtered out of the water, which is then returned to the process via a holding tank, known as a clear well, by two duty 75 kW filter feed pumps.
All these pumps were originally driven by motors running direct-on-line, with no form of speed control.
ABB Drives Alliance member Halcyon Drives supplied, installed and commissioned three, 90 kW and two 75 kW ABB industrial drives to control the pumps. Rated at IP55 to stop the ingress of dust and moisture, the drives with in-built intelligent pump function, multi-pump control, ensures that the optimum number of pumps is running to satisfy the process demand and brings a backup pump online in the event of a pump failure.
The award was presented to Ben Holroyde, Project Planning Engineer, Tata Steel, Rotherham and Darren Henighan, ABB at a ceremony at the St John’s Hotel, Solihull on 14th March, by Naga Munchetty, TV Presenter and Marek Lukaszczyk, European Marketing Manager, WEG Electric Motors, sponsors of the award.
Neil Ritchie
ABB Limited
Discrete Automation & Motion
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