How to Create a Lean Manufacturing Process with Environmentally Friendly SelfCleaning Industrial Filters

Running the Numbers:

So, how do the numbers wash out Here is a way to conduct a preliminary feasibility study to begin your return on investment justification. This five-minute analysis could save you millions in cost savings.

Conducting an instant preliminary feasibility study:

Undoubtedly, you have some questions. You are wondering whether self-cleaning filters can help with your waste minimization problems. Or just how much they can reduce your disposal costs. Or improve your return on investment.

Grab a calculator and a pencil. By completing the following self-survey, you can quickly calculate what disposable media filters are costing you in terms of disposal costs alone.

When you finish, you will have taken a major step toward determining whether self-cleaning filters are a viable alternative to the filters you are currently using or considering.

Determining Your Disposal Costs for Disposable Media Filters:

1. For one filter, multiply the number of cartridges or bags it contains by the number of changeouts per year . This will give you the total number of spent media per year . Write your answer below.

Example: A cartridge filter with 36 - 10-inch cartridges is changed every week: 36 cartridges x 52 weeks - 1,872 cartridges per year .

CARTRIDGES PER YEAR: __________

Spent Media per Year:

2. If you are using 10-inch cartridges or bags, divide the total number of spent media per year by 180 (this is how many of these cartridges or bags fit into one 55-gallon drum). If you are using 30-inch cartridges, divide the total number of spent cartridges per year by 60. In each case, the result is the total number of 55-gallon drums that you will fill each year.

Example: 1,872 total spent cartridges divided by 180 = 10.4 barrels per year .

BARRELS PER YEAR: __________

10-inch cartridges or bags:

30-inch cartridges:

3. Multiply the number of barrels per year by the cost per barrel for disposal.

Example: Assuming you pay $500 per barrel for non-hazardous waste (or $1,000 per barrel for hazardous waste), the calculation is 10.4 x $500 = $5,200 (or 10.4 x $1,000 = $10,400).

DISPOSAL COSTS PER FILTER PER YEAR: $__________

Remember 's8211; these calculations are based on a single filter, and they account for disposal costs only. Additional costs include the purchase price for disposable cartridges or bags (typically at least $3 apiece) as well as associated costs such as the labor required for media replacement, the increased emissions, and the increased safety risk.

--by Ask Filter Man

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How to Create a Lean Manufacturing Process with Environmentally Friendly SelfCleaning Industrial Filters

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