LEV Electrical Interfacing
LEV interfacing installations are a cost-effective way to reduce the energy consumption and CO2 footprint of Local Exhaust Ventilation, supporting sustainability goals and reducing excessive noise pollution in the working environment.
Energy Savings, Sustainability & Employee Wellbeing
- Electrical interfacing available for a wide varitey of dust, fume, and oil mist extraction systems
- Integrated timer ensures continued extraction throughout clearance times, ensuring HSG258 compliance
- Reduces excessive noise pollution, creating a quieter working environment for your operators
- Reducing your energy consumption and energy bills
- Supporting companies achieve sustainability goals, reducing your carbon footprint, great for ISO 14001 accreditation
While being a non-productive cost, proper LEV is a crucial requirement for HSE compliance.
- Current extraction units may run continuously for the duration of a working shift.
- This leads to unnecessary energy consumption and higher electricity costs.
- It can also lead to unnecessary wear and tear on your extraction equipment.
- There’s no denying that extraction equipment, especially for larger particles, can create a noisy environment for operators.
- This can lead to complaints about noise pollution, reduced worker efficiency, and additional PPE requirements to protect workers’ hearing.
- Alternatively, it can lead to operators switching off the extractor, leading to improper usage, HSE non-compliance and preventable exposure to airborne particulate.
LEV electrical interfacing is an innovative method to reduce energy consumption and noise pollution in the workplace.
LEV Electrical Interfacing - Return on Investment
Production environments, no matter how efficient, will always have an element of downtime where components are moved and machine tools are reset.
Ordinarily, during this downtime the LEV extraction systems are still running, causing unnecessary noise pollution and energy consumption.
By fitting interfacing kits to your extraction units, the extraction will only run when the machine is in operation. The adjustable run off timer ensures the units continue to extract until the cabinet is clear before shutting the unit off.
The reduction in noise pollution creates a quieter, safer work environment that can boost efficiency.
For a production environment operating for 8 hours a day, roughly 50% of that time is downtime where components are removed and machine tools are reset.
Organisations can expect to see a significant reduction in energy consumption, and a typical ROI within 3-24 months.
Reducing your carbon footprint, one extraction system at a time
Our BOHS qualified staff have over 60 years of combined experience working with large-value projects, high-profile customers in various sectors including Formula 1, Education, Aerospace, Automotive, and Composites, providing a value-added partnership.
Step 1: Site Survey
Our BOHS qualified designers visit your site to assess your unique LEV set-up and determine whether electrical interfacing is viable.
Step 2: Energy Savings
Using your power consumption, production running time, and several other variables, our engineers calculate the expected return on investment (ROI) for the cost of the interfacing installation, to determine how long it will be for you to see energy savings.
Step 3: Site Installation
The interfacing kits are installed to your LEV units, interfacing with your machine tools so that the extraction system switches off when the machine tools are no longer in use and the clearance time has passed, ensuring suitable control is maintained.
Step 4: Benefits to your Business
Once installed, your business will start to experience the benefits including reduced energy consumption and carbon footprint, as well as providing a quieter working environment for machine operators when setting machines.
Why Choose McCarthy Environmental
Our BOHS qualified, mechanical engineers have over 15 years of experience in the industry, bringing you peace of mind that your installation is in good hands.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What variables affect the energy savings?
There are a number of factors that can affect the rate of potential energy savings:
- The kw cost to the business
- The unit running time per week
- The electrical configuration of isolators and breakers
- The kw size of motor
Once we have determined these figures, we can calculate the expected return on investment in months, showing you when you will expect to see the ongoing energy savings.
Can this apply to all types of extraction unit?
Electrical interfacing can be used across a variety of dust, fume and oil mist extraction units. It really depends on the electrical configuration of your system.
How does electrical interfacing work?
For example, with an oil mist extractor connected to a CNC machine, the timer for the interfacing kit interacts with the coolant pump so that when the coolant pump switches off, the extraction unit will receive a signal via a 24v run off timer that will, once the set clearance time has passed, switch off the extraction unit.
Each interfacing kit will be installed in a way that suits your exact electrical set-up, to ensure your employees remain protected from airborne contaminants, and your systems remain compliant with HSG258.
Does electrical interfacing affect HSG258 compliance?
The safety of your employees is always our number one priority. Our electrical engineers will always ensure that the interfacing kit is installed to work with your clearance times for the materials you process, ensuring complete extraction before the unit switches off.
This ensures your energy consumption savings are not at the cost of your employee’s health, or your compliance.
Does my production need to stop to install this interfacing kit?
Yes, production at that machine will need to cease while our engineer isolates the cabinet to install and configure the interfacing kit, however this should not take more than an hour.
The additional benefit of interfacing kits is the reduction in noise pollution for your employees when the machines are not in use, providing additional benefits to your employee’s wellbeing and productivity.