Famous toys and games manufacturer’s, Hasbro, has found the answer to cooling its factory in Waterford, Ireland by installing the Breezair Evaporative Cooling System. The state-of-the-art system has reduced temperatures in the plastic injection-moulding workshop from a sweltering 28°C in summer to a comfortable 23°C. Breezair has drastically improved working conditions within the workshop resulting in greater productivity for the company.
A wholly owned subsidiary of Hasbro Games, the worldwide leader in children’s and family leisure time entertainment, Hasbro Ireland was established in Waterford in 1977. The company operates from a modern production facility of 250,000 sq.ft where it employs a workforce of approximately 500 manufacturing Games, Playdoh products and Puzzles. In addition the company offers turnkey logistics solutions to customers, supported by integrated process technologies, injection moulding, thermoforming, printing, board & paper conversion, rigid box manufacture, etc.
The poor thermal environment in the injection-moulding workshop exacerbated by the 36 moulding machines and single vacuum forming machine caused problems of fatigue and low morale amongst the workforce. Looking at ways of improving the situation, Plant Engineer, Norman Pearson, investigated a number of possibilities. Dismissing air conditioning as prohibitively expensive for such a large area, Norman settled on Breezair as the most economical and effective way of cooling the injection-moulding workshop.
A total of four Breezair coolers have now been installed in the injection-moulding workshop area creating a far better working environment and greater thermal comfort. Such has been the success of Breezair that an additional three units have now been installed in other parts of the factory to spot cool areas where temperatures are particularly high.
“The level of complaints have been drastically reduced and the morale amongst the workforce is very much better”, says Norman Pearson. “I would recommend installing Breezair in any factory where high temperatures are causing a poor thermal environment”.
Seeley International has become the only evaporative air cooler manufacturer in the world to pass the stringent VDI (Verein Deutscher Ingenieure) and achieve VDI Standard 6022 compliance.
Celtic Linen Ltd, a leading Irish textile rental group, has resolved the problem of lost production in summer by installing Breezair evaporative cooling at its laundry in Carlow.
