Fully accredited to the AS9100 aerospace standard, Harlow Group offers a complete range of fabrication services from laser cutting and CNC punching through to welding, fabrication, finishing and assembly. It also offers services for new products from initial concept through design and development to final production. It operates across sectors including aerospace and defence, construction, consumer and industrial electronics, medical, retail, transport, telecommunications and vending.
Using Ecopare’s Lean Energy Management solution, Harlow Group was able to identify electricity and gas usage per manufacturing workstation and individual pieces of capital equipment. These included the laser cutters, nitrogen production plant, air compressors, welding bays, presses and the powder coat plant.
Ecopare’s report provided information such as energy profiles across the day, week and month; the energy personalities of each asset to provide key insight as to when energy consumption was adding value or potentially wasting energy.
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