Enhancing efficiency and eliminating unnecessary costs are the foundation of any high-performing plant in the glass industry. That’s why we offer solutions like thorough Plant Audits and Value Engineering, all designed with the same goal in mind: to optimize your production, enhance quality, and maximize efficiency – and that’s where Solutions Clinic comes in.
Plant Audits identify the bottlenecks, inefficiencies, and hidden opportunities – and once the audit is complete, the Solutions Clinic steps in to design targeted, actionable improvements.
Value Engineering brings those Solutions Clinic insights to life, transforming plans into practical, measurable gains on the plant floor.
Plant Audits
Your glass industry batch plant may be aging – you might need to increase its capacity, improve operations, or deal with difficulties in finding spare parts, which can harm plant maintenance. However, the solution is not always a completely new batch plant.
We can upgrade your existing plant by solving issues in, for example, dosing or dust removal. In many cases, though, it’s worth considering the bigger picture. With a new batch or recycling plant, we can significantly improve your business and make it more sustainable.
The main goal of the Plant Audit is to gain a realistic and up-to-date view of the state of the batch plant, as well as your expectations and constraints. The aim is to uncover inefficiencies, bottlenecks, and risks that may slow down production or driving up costs. An audit identifies ways to improve energy efficiency – reducing operational costs while taking a meaningful step toward more sustainable production. Resources are determined by what we together agree to be done.
In a typical case we map the condition of different sections of the batch plant (mechanics, electrics, control system) by position. Conversations with your operating and maintenance staff, and along with guidance to them on more efficient operation and maintenance are essential parts of the Plant Audit. While the audit is underway, the Solutions Clinic works in close collaboration to start turning insights into practical actions. All findings are compiled into a comprehensive Plant Audit report, which includes our tailored suggestions and concrete next steps – based on our perceptions, surveys, and the data gathered on-site.
