16-10-2019 / Eggborough, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS
Saint-Gobain and its many well-known brands design, manufacture and distribute material solutions found in buildings, transportation, infrastructure and many industrial applications. As well as providing comfort, performance and safety their solutions also address the challenges of sustainable construction, resource efficiency and climate change. One of these materials is glass. Saint-Gobain is Europe’s number one manufacturer of flat glass for the construction industry and this takes place at their site in Eggborough, East Yorkshire.
Production at this large site runs 24 hours a day, seven days a week and for 365 days a year. Transportation of the glass around site and for preparation for shipment off-site involves a mixture of HubTex transport systems, Jungheinrich forklift trucks and pedestrian pallet trucks. To ensure the continuous availability of these systems the company has installed 21 Fronius Selectiva Chargers with the innovative Ri charging process. Saint Gobain initially used a mixture of 50Hz chargers and decided to trial a Fronius Selectiva, comparing it against these conventional chargers. Convinced by the Fronius technology and efficiency of the charger, it changed 8 chargers to start with. Experiencing just a 16 month paypack period and savings of £225 per week on its energy bills across the charging process, just a year later the company opted to change all of their chargers in their charging room over to Fronius. This totalled 21 chargers in all. They combined this with a “Fit and Forget” maintenance package from distributor EcoBat.
Since installing the Fronius Selectiva chargers, the battery room has a much better atmosphere, and is much cooler. The experience for those changing the batteries has greatly increased and we are seeing significant savings in electricity costs.
Richard Simpson, Facilities Manager