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In order to provide
further information about the benefits of using New Steel
Technology we have provided several case studies.
The key advantages of this
New Steel are:
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Increased Blade usage
before regrinding
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Lower overall cost,
despite initial capital being higher
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Less actual wear on
cutting edges and mating surfaces
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Sharpness is retained
for much longer
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Regrind ability is
increased - this means the number of regrinds prior to undersize often doubles
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More product
through-put before blade changes
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Less downtime due to
Blade changes
Consider This: -
Your Blades lasted at
least twice as long and you halved your downtime due to blade changes. How
much would you save?
Customer A
Blue Chip
Confectionary Manufacturer
| Application |
Wrapper
Cutting on Chocolate Bars |
| Type
of blade |
Flat
Blade |
| Specification |
PowerEdge-HPS-500 |
M2
HSS |
 |
| Annual
quantity purchase |
20 |
50 |
| Cost
of Purchase |
£6,000.00 |
£5,000.00 |
| No.
of regrinds annually |
20 |
80 |
| Cost
of Regrinds |
£1000.00 |
£3000.00 |
| Total
No. of knives fitted annually |
40 |
130 |
| Total
annual cost of knives per machine |
£32,000.00 |
£157,900.00 |
| Downtime
- assume 1 hour |
40
hours |
130
hours |
| Downtime
cost - assume £6,000 per hour |
£247,000.00 |
£780,000.00 |
| No.
of machines |
8 |
8 |
| Downtime
cost per machine |
£31,000.00 |
£97,500.00 |
| Total
Savings on downtime by using PowerEdge 500 |
£533,000.00
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Customer B
Large Web Offset
Printer
| Application |
Newspaper
Production |
| Type
of blade |
Toothform |
| Specification |
PowerEdge-HPS-500 |
Conventional
Steel CS95 |
 |
| Annual
quantity purchase |
20 |
120 |
| Cost
of Purchase |
£3,600.00 |
£4,500.00 |
| No.
of regrinds annually |
20 |
60 |
| Total
number of knives used |
40 |
180 |
| Total
cost of regrinding |
£400.00 |
£1,200.00 |
| Total
annual cost of knives |
£4,000.00 |
£5,700.00 |
| Downtime
to fit knives assume 1 hour |
40
x 1 = 40 |
180
x 1= 180 |
| Downtime
cost - assume £6,000 per hour |
£240,000.00 |
£1,080,000.00 |
| Downtime
cost per Machine over 10 Machines |
£24,000.00 |
£108,000.00 |
| Total
Downtime Saving |
£840,000.00
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