In the ever-evolving industrial landscape, efficient thermal management of coolant fluid (CFL) has become crucial to reduce waste, disposal costs, and enhance environmental sustainability.
Tecnoforme, with its groundbreaking REFRESH THEORY, stands out by introducing cutting-edge solutions to optimize CFL usage, delivering significant benefits in terms of thermal control and energy savings.
THERMAL CONTROL AND ENERGY SAVINGS
Challenges related to CFL management revolve around three key pillars: thermal control, filtration level, and fluid handling.
Specifically, for thermal control of water-based coolant fluids (emulsions), maintaining the temperature of the working fluid is essential to ensure its optimal condition and avoid deterioration or "breaking" of the emulsion.
In the machine tool industry, companies often use large centralized systems for coolant management, which supply coolant directly to individual machine tools.
Typically, each machine is equipped with a refrigeration unit (comprising a cooler, heat exchanger, and delivery pump) to cool the fluid within the chip and coolant management system integrated into the machine tool.
Tecnoforme’s new solutions revolutionize CFL thermal management. Energy optimization is achieved by eliminating individual refrigeration units for each machine tool (if present) and integrating directly with the centralized coolant recirculation system.
Thermal management is handled by controlling the input and output flows of the centralized system to individual units through specific thermal control systems on Tecnoforme’s filtration and fluid recirculation systems.
This approach is possible when the centralized system includes a thermal control unit supported by high thermal inertia.
This innovation increases onboard machine space, ensures more efficient energy use, and allows the implementation of modular cooling equipment with high performance, capable of recovering energy directly from the centralized system.
ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS
Energy savings are achieved through:
- Hydraulic supply and return connections between the centralized system and Tecnoforme’s unit, automatically managing flow for thermal control.
- Higher overall heat exchange efficiency due to direct contact between hot and cold fluids during recirculation and refresh phases.
- The application of large cooling units in the centralized system provides higher efficiency compared to individual units installed on each machine tool, leading to reduced electricity consumption.
This contributes to greater environmental sustainability, improved system performance, and significantly lower operational costs related to single-unit maintenance.
Additionally, with specific energy recovery units, electrical consumption is reduced significantly while capturing low-temperature heat from the working fluid. This heat can be reused in preheating and heating processes for other systems or production lines within the facility.
REDUCING DISPOSAL COSTS
Another significant benefit of this innovative solution is the reduction in the total volume of coolant fluid required for system management, lowering CFL disposal costs. With volumes reduced by 1/4 to 1/3 compared to traditional centralized systems, businesses benefit from more compact systems and lower disposal expenses.
Tecnoforme’s specialized thermal management and recirculation systems are redefining coolant refrigeration standards.
Energy optimization, reduced disposal costs, and improved system performance demonstrate our commitment to sustainability and efficiency, providing companies with a competitive edge in the industrial sector.
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