Rieter Automotive North America Inc., Tillsonburg, Ontario

3 Pages·1996·0.66 MB·English

PROJECT PROFILE Ontario
ifieter Automotive North America Inc.
Tillsonburg, Ontario
Our company cares about the environ-
ment and looks for ways to reduce the
impact of its operations. Saving water in
our operation was a natural step and it
be4tied to reduce our costs as well."
Steve Moms
Project Engineer
Rietet Automotive N.A. Inc.
THE COMPANY
Rieter Automotive N.A. Inc., is
located in Tillsonburg, Ontario and is
the largest Canadian manufacturer of A cooling tower on the roof of Rieter Automotive allows water to be recirculated,
felt-backed firewall material for auto- greatly reducing water consumption.
mobile manufacturers. The company
has expanded three times since it was
founded in 1969 and now employs ACTION TAKEN PARTNERSHIP IN POLLUTION
350 people.
Morris asked Berg Chilling Systems PREVENTiON AND RESOURCE
Inc., of Scarborough, Ontario, to CONSERVATION
THE CHALLENGE design a system that would remove Industrial companies doing business
Rieter Automotive encourages its the heat from the water. On the com-
in Ontario may seek ministry/industrial
employees to look for ways to reduce pany's recommendation, Rioter
services that will help them to:
plant costs so that the company can Automotive installed a 270 ton (950kW)
stay competitive. Plant engineer Steve cooling tower (Model 29630) on the * use energy and water more effi-
Morris knew that Rieter Automotive's roof of the plant. A filter was installed ciently;
large demand for water affected the to remove pipe scale, as well as an
*
town's ability to service the region. automatic chemical treatment system reduce, reuse and recycle solid
The plant was consuming about 20 to keep the water clean, auxiliary waste;
per cent of the town's supply. equipment and 3,000 metres of pipe.
*
Morris felt that any reductions in reduce or eliminate liquid effluent
water use and in discharges to the RESULTS and gaseous emissions.
sewer would help the environment and
The new system cost more than
improve the company's bottom line. Equipment and services supply
- $200,000. It has reduced annual water
companies can benefit from the infor-
consumption in the plant by more than
OPPORTUNITIES 200,000 cubic metres, equivalent to mation provided on technologies iden-
tified for business development.
Water is used to cool the oil in the amount used by 800 homes, and
Rieter Automotive's 25 hydraulic saved the company $10,000 a month
presses. The company had been dis- in sewer charges.
i
charging this water directly to the
t
sewer. lithe heat could be removed REPLICATION OPPORTUNITIES
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from the water using a cooling tower, Manufacturers who use water for (fl
the water could be recirculated to cool cooling and then discharge it directly — ,- .
the hydraulic oil.
to the sewer would be wise to consid-
er installing a cooling tower to reduce
water consumption.
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PLEASE CONTACT: AND ENERGY SERVICES
For information on Ministry of
Steve Morris Environment and Energy assistance to
Rieter Automotive N.A. Inc. industry, please contact the Industry
73 Goshen St. Conservation Branch at
RO. Box 400 [phone], Fax [phone].
Tillsonburg, Ontario
N4G 4H8
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Yury Mikhail
Berg Chilling Systems Inc.
51 Nantocket Blvd.
Scarborough, Ontario
M1P 2N6
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Tom Markowitz, P Eng.
Industry Conservation Branch
Ministry ot Environment and Energy
56 Wellesley St. W., 14th Floor
Toronto, Ontario
M7A 2B7
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
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