Dynapar Controls
Gurnee, Illinois
Intern: Amanda Rhear
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Dynapar Controls manufactures motion feedback controls or “encoders” which
are used in a variety of industrial applications including elevators
and wind turbines. The company operates a 40,000 square foot facility
in Gurnee, Illinois, which employs 118 people.
The intern looked into energy and waste savings opportunities. She also
conducted a chemical inventory and updated required safety procedures
at the facility.
Results:
The intern found that by implementing lighting upgrades, the facility
could save over $5,000 a year. These recommended upgrades included:
- Converting all of the HID lamps to T8 lamps with electronic ballasts
- Replacing incandescent exit signs with LEDs
- Removing vending machine backlighting
- Installing occupancy sensors in offices, bathrooms and conference
rooms
- Installing task lighting on the plant floor as opposed to industrial
fixtures
- Converting U-shape T12 lamps to linear T8 lamps
Opportunities for energy savings of over $6,500 a year within the air
compressor system were also identified. These included:
- Tagging and repairing air leaks through the use of an ultrasonic
leak detector,
- Utilizing outside air as an intake to the air compressors,
- Capturing the waste heat from the compressors for use as building
heat during the winter,
- Reducing the air compressor pressure by 30 psig.
The intern recommended that computers be shut down over night and on
weekends. This measure has the potential to save the facility over $3,500
a year.
Bundling delivered electricity with another facility could result in
over $27,000 savings a year.
The facility implemented a more cohesive chemical management system
with other Danaher Control facilities. This has the potential to save
$700 a year.
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