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In super\u00admar\u00adkets, online ship\u00adping facil\u00adi\u00adties, and distri\u00adb\u00adu\u00adtion centers, dock shel\u00adters effec\u00adtively\u200a\u2014\u200aand now, thanks to RadiCal, also effi\u00adciently\u200a\u2014\u200aprotect against weather and temper\u00ada\u00adture fluc\u00adtu\u00ada\u00adtions. (Photo | Van Wijk)<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n
This used to consume a lot of energy, espe\u00adcially when the loading process took longer. Erik Stoffer, Sourcing Manager at Dutch company Van Wijk, knows the problem. \u201cThe fan worked at full power during the entire loading process. Even when the cush\u00adions were completely inflated. It was really unnec\u00ades\u00adsary.\u201d<\/p>\n
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The RadiCal in scroll housing was a perfect fit for inflat\u00adable dock shel\u00adters. (Photo | ebm-papst)<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n
Van Wijk is one of Europe\u2019s leading manu\u00adfac\u00adturers of dock levelers and dock shel\u00adters. The company manu\u00adfac\u00adtures and sells them under the brand name \u201cLoading Systems.\u201d Its customers are spread all over the world and include super\u00admarket chains, furni\u00adture manu\u00adfac\u00adturers, online ship\u00adping giants, and other large distri\u00adb\u00adu\u00adtion centers. To meet its own quality stan\u00addards, Van Wijk was looking for a partner to find a more energy-effi\u00adcient solu\u00adtion for the inflat\u00adable dock shel\u00adters.<\/p>\n
A fan on an energy-saving mission<\/h2>\n
That\u2019s how the part\u00adner\u00adship with ebm-papst came about. They had just the right fan for the inflat\u00adable dock shel\u00adters: the RadiCal EC centrifugal fan in scroll housing. The fan was actu\u00adally designed for resi\u00adden\u00adtial venti\u00adlation, but ebm-papst recog\u00adnized its poten\u00adtial to shine in other areas as well, as Archibald Bakker, sales engi\u00adneer at ebm-papst Benelux, explains: \u201cSince Van Wijk was looking for an energy-effi\u00adcient solu\u00adtion for inflat\u00adable dock shel\u00adters, the RadiCal in scroll housing was a \u00adperfect fit.\u201d<\/p>\n
The fan shuts down the power as soon as the cush\u00adions are filled. The pres\u00adsure remains constant.<\/span><\/p>\n
Erik Stoffer, Sourcing Manager at Van Wijk<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
A vane anemometer is posi\u00adtioned in the fan\u2019s scroll housing. This sensor measures the actual air flow and trans\u00admits the data to the fan\u2019s inte\u00adgrated control elec\u00adtronics. The control elec\u00adtronics adjust the speed of the EC motor to the desired setpoint value, thus regu\u00adlating the air volume. Erik Stoffer is enthu\u00adsi\u00adastic about the new solu\u00adtion: \u201cThe fan shuts down the power as soon as the cush\u00adions are completely filled with air. The pres\u00adsure in the cush\u00adions remains constant during the loading process even though the power is low.\u201d The result: a 35 percent reduc\u00adtion in the application\u2019s energy consump\u00adtion. This not only reduces oper\u00adating costs, but also protects the envi\u00adron\u00adment.<\/p>\n
The RadiCal in a scroll housing was the perfect choice to create an energy-effi\u00adcient solu\u00adtion. (Illus\u00adtra\u00adtion | Timo M\u00fcller)<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n
Onwards and upwards<\/h2>\n
But that\u2019s not all. The inflat\u00adable dock shel\u00adters are set to become even more envi\u00adron\u00admen\u00adtally friendly in the future. Van Wijk sees a need to opti\u00admize the cush\u00adions, which are constructed from sturdy, wear-resis\u00adtant PVC, by making them thinner. The advan\u00adtages are obvious: \u201cThinner mate\u00adrial means lower mate\u00adrial consump\u00adtion. This not only saves produc\u00adtion costs, but is also more envi\u00adron\u00admen\u00adtally friendly,\u201d says Stoffer. \u201cWe will then be leading the way not only in reducing our energy, but also our mate\u00adrial consump\u00adtion.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Inflat\u00adable dock shel\u00adters are impor\u00adtant for logis\u00adtics compa\u00adnies. They close the gap between the docked truck and the ware\u00adhouse, protecting the building inte\u00adrior from external envi\u00adron\u00admental influ\u00adences. Drafts, rain and wind, as well as insects and dust, stay outside. The desired inte\u00adrior temper\u00ada\u00adture remains stable with neither heat nor cold escaping. Sealing off ware\u00adhouses is [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fans","category-machines"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mag.ebmpapst.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mag.ebmpapst.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mag.ebmpapst.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mag.ebmpapst.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mag.ebmpapst.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16417"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/mag.ebmpapst.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21922,"href":"https:\/\/mag.ebmpapst.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16417\/revisions\/21922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mag.ebmpapst.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mag.ebmpapst.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mag.ebmpapst.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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