JBS Couros may expand energy-saving idea
07/11/2014
The group found that energy use in the tanning drums at Cacoal was higher than in similar operations at its other tanneries; it has 25 in total, 19 of them in Brazil. Working with a partner, engineering group WEG, the team at Cacoal narrowed the problem down to the motors powering the drums in the plant’s beamhouse.
New up-to-date motors that offer better control of the speed at which the drums rotate and of the energy they consume and JBS Couros’ central energy maintenance team measured a 34% improvement in energy consumption in this part of the Cacoal operation, helping the tannery achieve an overall energy saving of 13%.
JBS Couros sustainability and marketing manager, Fernando Bellese, told leatherbiz: “The project has been tested, brought good results and will be used as a benchmark. Now, there will be an individual assessment in our other plants to verify which ones require the same kind of upgrade.”
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