Last month, Lao Li in the workshop bet with me that the energy consumption of our factory's batch of coffee packaging machines that have been in service for five years will definitely not be reduced. I pointed to the No. 3 production line that was being transformed and competed with him: "Believe it or not, when this new system is online, the speed of the electric meter can be slower than your electric fan?" This is not bragging. For this energy-saving transformation of coffee packaging machines, our technical department has been in the power distribution room for three months.
You may not know that traditional coffee packaging machines are "electric tigers" when they are running. Especially when it comes to small bag packaging tasks, the energy consumption of the equipment can jump up by 30% when it is frequently started and stopped. At the beginning of the year, a customer from Yunnan came to inspect. He stared at the electricity bill and said, "Your coffee packaging machine is easy to use, but the electricity bill makes me panic!" This statement really hit our lungs, and we listed energy-saving transformation as a top priority when we came back.
The killer of this transformation is the intelligent energy consumption management system we have developed. This system has installed an "energy-saving housekeeper" for each coffee packaging machine. The equipment automatically switches to standby mode when it is idle for a timeout, just like an automatic flameout device is installed on the machine. When demonstrating to a customer in Zhejiang last week, their workshop director found that the standby power consumption was even lower than that of a mobile phone charging. He took a video on the spot and posted it on WeChat Moments: "Is this coffee packaging machine grown by eating energy-saving pills?"
What's even more amazing is the heat recovery module. The heat emitted by the old sealer can bake sweet potatoes. Now we divert the waste heat to the preheating area, which has reduced the workshop temperature by seven or eight degrees. Last month, a customer from Guangdong came to inspect the goods. He was so happy when he touched the warm coffee packaging bags: "So you turned the coffee packaging machine into a hand warmer?" This is true. This transformation alone has reduced the overall energy consumption by 20%.
Now when I walk into the workshop, the more than 20 coffee packaging machines that have completed energy-saving transformation are running happily. After a chain brand in Jiangsu replaced our full set of equipment, the average monthly electricity bill was directly reduced by 30%. Their factory director called me the day before yesterday to show off: "Now my coffee packaging workshop can be used as a model room. The Environmental Protection Bureau came to inspect and praised us for our good living!"
What I am most proud of is the dynamic power regulation technology. This system allows the coffee packaging machine to automatically match the energy consumption according to the thickness of the film material, using soft power for thin bags and strong power for thick packaging, just like installing a smart throttle on the equipment. Once when debugging equipment for a Northeast customer, their technician looked at the real-time power curve and exclaimed: "Is this coffee packaging machine a spirit? How come it knows how to work with less effort!"
At present, the industry is clamoring for green transformation, and our factory's coffee packaging machine energy-saving transformation plan is in line with the rhythm. From intelligent standby to thermal energy circulation, every transformation detail reveals a "stingy" ingenuity. Next time if you pass by the factory, you are welcome to listen to how our modified coffee packaging machine works - the movement is so quiet, it is guaranteed to be more subtle than the cicada outside the window!
