Case Study
Wattics helps Smurfit Kappa identify electricity saving opportunities for one of their GopFert die cutter.
Wattics helps Smurfit Kappa identify electricity saving opportunities for one of their GopFert die cutter.
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 Cost [Euros] Night Day Smurfit Kappa Ireland Smurfit Kappa is a leading producer of paper-based packaging in the world with around 38,000 employees and a sales revenue of €7.4 billion in 2011. Wattics helps Smurfit Kappa identify electricity saving opportunities for one of their GopFert die cutter. With 400 production lines in 31 countries, major saving opportunities are targeted. Installation setup A 3-phase meter was wired to the main incomer of the distribution board powering up the GopFert units and once-off software profiling was conducted to record the machine’s power levels in each operational stage. Wattics insights 1. Vacuum unit left on when no boards are processed (Wattics breakdown uncovered that operators forget to swit