{"id":9939,"date":"2021-04-08T08:32:51","date_gmt":"2021-04-08T07:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nortegas.es\/companies\/success-stories\/castmetal-vitoria\/"},"modified":"2021-06-25T08:19:19","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T07:19:19","slug":"castmetal-vitoria","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nortegas.es\/en\/companies\/success-stories\/castmetal-vitoria\/","title":{"rendered":"Castmetal Vitoria"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"module landing p-4\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row grey p-0\">\n<div class=\"col-md-6 align-self-center\">\n<h3>Customer details<\/h3>\n<p>\nTrading name: <strong>Castmetal Vitoria (SAFE METAL)<\/strong>.<br>\nAddress: <strong>Vitoria-Gasteiz, \u00c1lava<\/strong>.<br>\nActivity: <strong>Thermal treatment and steel production<\/strong>.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-6 p-0\"><img alt=\"Catmetal\" width=\"705\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9721 lazyload\" data-src=\"\/assets\/uploads\/2021\/04\/castmetal-fachada.jpg\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"special-heading text-center p-t-50\">\n<h2>Background<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<p>Producing carbon or low alloy steels requires annealing or tempering furnaces, which are essential to produce different components, such as lorry axle housing, crossmembers, dozer loaders or railway bogie sleepers.<\/p>\n<p>They are all large parts requiring a large amount of energy to power the thermal treatment furnaces and, in turn, they need large consumption volumes that can be decisive in determining how competitive a company is.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-6\"><img alt=\"Castmetal\" width=\"705\" height=\"450\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9728 lazyload\" data-src=\"\/assets\/uploads\/2021\/04\/castmetal-interior.jpg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-6\">\n<h4>Existing facility<\/h4>\n<p>Even though Castmetal already used natural gas to heat its offices, when it came to heating the main workshops using radiant screens, they subcontracted the tempering furnace and annealing furnace part when necessary.<\/p>\n<p>Nortegas\u2019s proposal was to expand the existing natural gas facilities in order to implement that process and eliminate the ensuing dependencies, thus generating more business and ensuring Castmetal could be more competitive. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"special-heading text-center p-t-50\">\n<h2>Solution provided<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-6 align-self-center\">\n<p>Based on the study carried out for Castmetal, these tasks were performed to improve its facilities:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"list-icon\">\n<li>Expansion of the natural gas supply to power the new tempering furnace and the annealing furnace for thermal treatments.<\/li>\n<li>Extension of the existing ERM (Gas Regulation and Measurement Station), from which a new derivation was set up for the two furnaces.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-6 align-self-center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gE4WwfEFmfE\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row p-4\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"special-heading text-center\">\n<h2>Results<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row grey p-3\">\n<div class=\"col-md-6 align-self-center\">\n<p>Thanks to the advantages of natural gas and the incorporation of the new furnaces, the benefits for Castmeal were as follows:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"list-icon\">\n<li>They no longer had to subcontract that part of the process, which meant the company would be more competitive and independent, while also vertically integrating the whole value chain of the production process.<\/li>\n<li><strong>33.7% savings in CO<sub>2<\/sub> emissions.<\/strong> They will thus emit 261 Tm of CO<sub>2<\/sub> fewer per year compared to a diesel furnace of the same characteristics<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fewer emissions:<\/strong> natural gas produces hardly any combustibles which dramatically reduces the emissions of particulates to the atmosphere.<\/li>\n<li><strong>73.7% economic savings<\/strong> with respect to a diesel furnace of the same characteristics and <strong>48.2% economic savings<\/strong> compared to an electric furnace of the same characteristics.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-6 p-0 align-self-center\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-6\">\n<div class=\"icon-box text-center\">\n<div class=\"icon-box-icon m-b-30\"><img alt=\"ahorro en emisiones \" class=\"icon-img lazyload\" data-src=\"\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ecologico.svg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"icon-box-title\">\n<h3>33.7% savings in emissions<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-6\">\n<div class=\"icon-box text-center\">\n<div class=\"icon-box-icon m-b-30\"><img alt=\"ahorro de gas natural \" class=\"icon-img lazyload\" data-src=\"\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ahorro.svg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"icon-box-title\">\n<h3>73.7% economic savings<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row p-4\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"special-heading text-center\">\n<h2>Contact<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<p>Nortegas will help you carry out your installation as efficiently as possible. <strong>If you already have a natural gas installation, we will help you to adapt your facilities to the new processes<\/strong>, with the help of our authorised installers and our team with extensive experience in gas-based solutions.<\/p>\n<p>If, on the other hand, <strong>you do not have any type of installation, we will provide a personalised study and adapted to your needs<\/strong>. If you are considering a change of system or a new installation, we have a team of experts to advise you.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-12 grey text-center\">\n<h3>Please contact us on <strong>900 902 933<\/strong> or <a data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\"#modal-formulario\" class=\"inner-link\">request your personalised study<\/a>.<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Customer details Trading name: Castmetal Vitoria (SAFE METAL). Address: Vitoria-Gasteiz, \u00c1lava. Activity: Thermal treatment and steel production. 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