Alma Products

Alma Products is leading provider of extrusion, thermoforming and container printing services to the food packaging industry. By re-commissioning a redundant cooling tower and retrofitting a separate plate heat exchanger to an existing Montair chiller system, we provided a solution that is on track to reduce running costs by a massive 63% and has an ROI schedule of just 15 months.

Steve Ellis, Operations Director at Alma Products, explains why IsoCool stood above the competition: "We chose IsoCool because they had a consultative approach that took our business values, such as sustainable manufacturing, into account. Their solution effectively optimised our existing system and was therefore really cost effective in the short and long term".

The retro-fitted plate heat exchanger takes water from the cooling tower (that IsoCool re-installed utilising existing pumps) to provide the cooling source during times of the year when the ambient allows partial and up to 100% direct air cooling. This reduces the load on the chillers.

Steve Ellis explains: "We used to have the chillers running all year round. Now, as soon as the temperature is below 16°C, the cooling tower and plate heat exchanger kick in and offload the compressors. Below 10°C we run on 100% free cooling so when the temperature drops, so do our running costs – it’s fantastic".

He adds: "IsoCool's preparation was meticulous and the installation was carried out at times that suited us. The payback schedule they gave us beforehand is also proving accurate and we’re really pleased with the energy savings we've made."

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