No small beer
May 1st 2009 Daniel Thwaites Brewery is enjoying
estimated energy savings of more than
£30,000 per year through a three-year steam
trap management contract with Spirax Sarco.
The savings are based on Spirax Sarco's
assessment of the steam that is being saved by
regular, scheduled monitoring and
maintenance of the site's 220-strong steam
trap population. This saving should enable
the brewery to reduce its annual carbon
emissions by 20,000kg.
The new contract includes repair and
replacement activity as part of the deal,
making it more cost-effective and easier for
the brewer to manage its maintenance budget.
"In the past we have had annual trap surveys
done and then had to get the traps repaired at
additional cost," according to Mick Cockshott,
projects and utilities manager at Daniel
Thwaites Brewery. Spirax Sarco now carries
out any follow up maintenance automatically.
The contract also means that no one at
the brewery has to remember when to call in
the Spirax Sarco team, so there is no chance
of this vital maintenance work slipping
behind. "Surveys are scheduled in by Spirax
Sarco, so there's no need to put a reminder
in the diary,"Mr. Cockshott says. More articles from Spirax Sarco Ltd: | 
