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THE VIEW FROM THE FRONT OFFICE FRONT OFFICE MENU CHOICES: WHITE PAPERS Saturday, May 18, 2002 Estimates of savings with the Biocon System Case A - Based on feed back from John Simon on May 14,2002 the following savings are estimated by a customer in Dallas. They had one Biocon 100F unit in operation for approximately 4 months. Based on the results from this one unit they have plans to purchase an additional 15 Biocon units in sizes of 100F, 200F, and 1000F. These units will treat a total of approximately 5000 gallons of fluid. Before purchasing the Biocon 100F unit this corporation was changing fluid weekly. With the Biocon 100F unit in place the fluid has not been changed since the machine was installed. This customer is estimating that the savings for all 5000 gallons of coolant will be as follows by using the Biocon treatment system:
Case B - BP/Castrol In discussion with Walt Cifka from BP/Castrol on May 15 we received the following feed back. Mr. Cifka is very familiar with machine shop operations in Michigan Indiana, Ohio,Ontario. He estimates that the cost of coolant including, biocides, disposal, attrition and chemical maintenance etc. ranges from $2- $50 per circulating gallon of coolant per year. In smaller shops the savings are less and more difficult to calculate. In larger shops, that have a coolant manintenance program the cost are easier to calculate. In the example above for a coolant volume of 5000 gallons using a average cost of $25 per gallon the yearly savings with a Biocon system would be $150,000 per year. Mr. Cifka also pointed out that many plants have now disallowed the use of biocides. Legionella bacteria is a topic that is under discussion and there is a share of this disease in many plants. In terms of tool life the savings with a Biocon type system would be difficult to prove since so many factors including tool quality, operator skilln and raw material affect the tool life. |