Energy and climate management software tested in Stolberg

December 15, 2022

As part of its strategy for greater sustainability, Kerschgens has been partnering since earlier this year with Numcamp, a start-up from Berlin that has developed a new energy and climate management app.

Berlin-based start-up Numcamp supports Kerschgens in becoming more sustainable

The EnPI app offers users easy access to functions that help monitor and save energy and CO₂. After entering into this partnership, Kerschgens has begun to take a closer look at the energy consumption of some of its machines. One of them is the abrasive blasting and conservation line, which heats up metal in a preheating furnace using liquid gas, then removes cinder and rust from the surface by blasting it with small steel balls. In a final step, the clean surface is protected against corrosion with a thin layer of paint.

Using the evaluation functions provided by the Numcamp software, Kerschgens was able to optimize its use of the blasting and conservation line and increase its efficiency per ton of blasted material by 30%. This saved the company approximately 22,500 liters of liquid gas (which corresponds to approx. 35 tons of CO₂) in the first 9 months of this year.

Dominik Garbrecht is responsible for internal and external logistics at Kerschgens and also manages the use of the app. ” The EnPI tool and its evaluation functions allow us to precisely analyze the energy consumption of individual processes and to use any potential for improvement. The example of the liquid gas consumption of our blasting line shows that even small changes in our daily operations can result in significant cost and CO₂ savings”, he summarizes his initial experience with the new technology. The positive results give Kerschgens an incentive to tackle other areas of its operations, such as the diesel consumption of its vehicle fleet.

This partnership creates a win-win situation for both sides: While Kerschgens can optimize its operations, and thereby its profit, its young partner Numcamp can benefit from the experiences, ideas and suggestions for improvement gained from this field test.

Numcamp is a start-up based in Berlin which has developed a modern app for energy and climate management. The EnPI app offers at-a-glance information, is easy to use and packed with smart features and functions. Saving energy and CO2 has never been this easy.

More information:
Kerschgens Werkstoffe & Mehr GmbH
Anna-Theresa Kluchert
Phone: +49 (0)2402 1202-103
E-mail: kluchert(at)kerschgens.de
www.kerschgens.de