Section 2 i) Initial Research Work - Gewerbliche Schule Ravensburg

TOX EnergyEnergy efficiency is very important and because of that TOX encourages theiremployees to save energy.They capture the waste heat of machines and use it to heat up other rooms of thecompany and if the waste heat is not enough, they’ will use heat pumps.In summer they save energy for cooling the rooms by shutting the blinds. They alsouse heat generated by the compressed air process to heat up the water which isused around the company through pipes which have been re-insulated to minimizeheat loss. They are member of „EnBW Netzwerk Energieeffizienz Ravensburg“.TOX works closely with their energy supplier to establish times of the day whereenergy usage in the area is low, and reduce the peak load on the grid by using theirlarger machines at these times. They regularly check their compressed air lines forleaks and dropped the pressure from 10 to 6 bars to achieve the same effect withless energy. They use energy saving lighting such as Fluorescent tubes, they haveremoved 33% of their lighting on the shop floor, and also use light sensors to turndown the light if there is enough light from outside.Example of heat captureJoining techniquesThe TOX Joining Technique combines two closely related technologies, already wellestablished and proven since many years in mass production, and finding new andinnovative clinching applications every day in the sheet metal joining industry.29