Plant Performance Services adds smarts to one pulp-mill pump and saves $720,000
Plant Performance Services adds smarts to one pulp-mill pump and saves $720,000
1 PagesSolution Results This improvement helped make Augusta Newsprint an industry showcase for the Department of Energy’s Office of Industrial Technology. Specific benefits to the mill included: • Motor speed was reduced from 1,150 RPM to 450 RPM, saving more than $30,000 annually in utility costs. • MTBF increased from 1.5 to 4.0 years. • A $720,000 operating cost reduction for a single pump over its 20-year life—through reduced mainten
