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Utopia Bathroom Group, the UK’s brand leader in fitted
bathroom furniture, has slashed its electricity bills by
investing in energy-saving dust extraction technology
from ECOGATE®
.
ECOGATE®
– PERFECT FIT FOR UTOPIA
For 25 years, Utopia has been
designing and manufacturing high
quality bathroom furniture, bathroom
suites, and bathroom accessories which
are sold through a network of 600
retailers covering the UK and Ireland.
Today, the company employs 140 people
at its large, modern manufacturing
centre in Bilston, West Midlands.
Utopia’s managing director, Dave
Conn, along with production engineer,
Jon Phelps, first saw the Ecogate
technology being demonstrated at the
W12 exhibition and were soon convinced
that retrofitting the Ecogate system
would make significant savings to the
running cost of Utopia’s existing dust
extraction systems.
In May 2013, Ecogate Ltd, together
with authorised installer Dust Control
Systems Ltd (DCS), were called in by
Utopia to carry out a thorough energy
appraisal and present proposals for
retrofitting Ecogate throughout the site.
Ian Rayner, sales manager at Ecogate,
explains: “Utopia were operating two
large-capacity drag chain filters, and a
total of eleven main fans; ranging from
11kW to 75kW. And, with production
operating on a two-shift pattern, fans
were running virtually all day, 7 days a
week. We were able to determine the
extraction demand for every single
machine in the workshop and calculate
how each system could be adjusted for
volume and duty cycle by optimising with
Ecogate. We put forward an ‘extraction-
on-demand’ proposal, demonstrating
that annual savings of around 450,000
kilowatt hours (kWh) were achievable –
giving a full return on the investment in
approximately two years. Furthermore,
the installation was backed by a Carbon
Trust assessment which meant that it
qualified for Green Equipment Finance
through Siemens (SFS Ltd).”
Utopia commissioned DCS to carry
out the work which involved the
installation of eleven Ecogate Power
MASTER®
variable speed drive units,
each with integral Ecogate greenBOX®
12+ controllers, and a total of twenty
six motorised Ecogate damper gates
which automatically open and close
as machines come on or off line.
Responding ‘on-demand’ to variations in
machine usage, the Power MASTER
units continually adjust the speed of the
fans, and optimise energy consumption.
Additionally, to aid clean-up on CNC
machining centres, eleven push-to-run
overrides were installed, complete with
automatic 5-minute ‘return-to-service’
functions.
Utopia’s Jon Phelps says, “Installing
Ecogate made sound business sense.
Prior to Ecogate the extraction system
was running at full capacity – even if only
half the machines were operating.
A bank of Ecogate Power MASTER variable speed drive units with integral controllers.
Ecogate automatically adjusts speed of main fans
as machines come on or off line.
Twenty six Ecogate automatic motorised gates
are fitted to individual machines.
Utopia Bathroom Group’s manufacturing centre,
Bilston, West Midlands.
For more information contact:
DCS Tel: 0800 040 7116
www.DCSlimited.co.uk
Ecogate Tel: 01924 566770
www.ecogate.co.uk
Recently, we reached the six month mark
since first installing Ecogate, and
analysis of the system data produced
staggering results – total savings were
way ahead of original predictions, and
equated to annual savings of 700,000
kWh. Ecogate is a remarkable system
which, as well as saving energy, has also
increased the efficiency of the extraction
system. And, the DCS installation team
installed and commissioned the
complete system to schedule, over a two
week period, with no interruption to
production.”

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Utopia - Ecogate

  • 1. Utopia Bathroom Group, the UK’s brand leader in fitted bathroom furniture, has slashed its electricity bills by investing in energy-saving dust extraction technology from ECOGATE® . ECOGATE® – PERFECT FIT FOR UTOPIA For 25 years, Utopia has been designing and manufacturing high quality bathroom furniture, bathroom suites, and bathroom accessories which are sold through a network of 600 retailers covering the UK and Ireland. Today, the company employs 140 people at its large, modern manufacturing centre in Bilston, West Midlands. Utopia’s managing director, Dave Conn, along with production engineer, Jon Phelps, first saw the Ecogate technology being demonstrated at the W12 exhibition and were soon convinced that retrofitting the Ecogate system would make significant savings to the running cost of Utopia’s existing dust extraction systems. In May 2013, Ecogate Ltd, together with authorised installer Dust Control Systems Ltd (DCS), were called in by Utopia to carry out a thorough energy appraisal and present proposals for retrofitting Ecogate throughout the site. Ian Rayner, sales manager at Ecogate, explains: “Utopia were operating two large-capacity drag chain filters, and a total of eleven main fans; ranging from 11kW to 75kW. And, with production operating on a two-shift pattern, fans were running virtually all day, 7 days a week. We were able to determine the extraction demand for every single machine in the workshop and calculate how each system could be adjusted for volume and duty cycle by optimising with Ecogate. We put forward an ‘extraction- on-demand’ proposal, demonstrating that annual savings of around 450,000 kilowatt hours (kWh) were achievable – giving a full return on the investment in approximately two years. Furthermore, the installation was backed by a Carbon Trust assessment which meant that it qualified for Green Equipment Finance through Siemens (SFS Ltd).” Utopia commissioned DCS to carry out the work which involved the installation of eleven Ecogate Power MASTER® variable speed drive units, each with integral Ecogate greenBOX® 12+ controllers, and a total of twenty six motorised Ecogate damper gates which automatically open and close as machines come on or off line. Responding ‘on-demand’ to variations in machine usage, the Power MASTER units continually adjust the speed of the fans, and optimise energy consumption. Additionally, to aid clean-up on CNC machining centres, eleven push-to-run overrides were installed, complete with automatic 5-minute ‘return-to-service’ functions. Utopia’s Jon Phelps says, “Installing Ecogate made sound business sense. Prior to Ecogate the extraction system was running at full capacity – even if only half the machines were operating. A bank of Ecogate Power MASTER variable speed drive units with integral controllers. Ecogate automatically adjusts speed of main fans as machines come on or off line. Twenty six Ecogate automatic motorised gates are fitted to individual machines. Utopia Bathroom Group’s manufacturing centre, Bilston, West Midlands. For more information contact: DCS Tel: 0800 040 7116 www.DCSlimited.co.uk Ecogate Tel: 01924 566770 www.ecogate.co.uk Recently, we reached the six month mark since first installing Ecogate, and analysis of the system data produced staggering results – total savings were way ahead of original predictions, and equated to annual savings of 700,000 kWh. Ecogate is a remarkable system which, as well as saving energy, has also increased the efficiency of the extraction system. And, the DCS installation team installed and commissioned the complete system to schedule, over a two week period, with no interruption to production.”