ABECE Green & Safe
ABECE GreenBox
The GreenBox curing system has been used and been appreciated by many of our customers since the early 1970’s, which is when we started to build the automated curing chambers. We are still also providing the more energy consuming separate chamber systems that became popular in the 1980’s, but as energy is becoming more costly both in environmental and monetary terms there is a strong incentive to prefer the GreenBox concept, which has been modernized and developed over the years.
The need for adding of heat in a GreenBox is actually none or at most a minimum and compared to the separate chamber system the GreenBox also allows usage of less costly cement. We are of course also happy to build separate chamber system when our customers insist, but be aware; a separate chamber concept needs 0,1–0,2kWh per tile for curing. Money that is taken directly from your P/L sheet.
Servo knives
Green is also about caring for your employee’s physical environment. Our servo knives for example are driven by servos and are much more quiet than a pneumatic driven knife. Also, when using a servo knife, you do not need an energyconsuming compressor to operate it. Our continuous motion drive consumes less energy.
Frequency inverters and servos in general
All motors in an automated ABECE plant are frequency inverters or servo drive controlled. This is decreasing the energy consumption. We are regularly measuring the energy consumed of our machines in newly installed plants and a production line with 200kW-installed power has a typical average usage factor of less than 20%. This means that the plant only spends around 300kWh per shift, except any energy needed for curing after longer stops.
Robots
The use of industrial robots is an absolute revolution in concrete roof tile packaging. It not only increases productivity and minimizes downtime and factory space required – it also saves energy. A robot packer with installed power of 60kW has an average usage factor of less than 10%!
This is most easily explained with simple physics. The robots always take the tile packs the shortest way from A to B and this is what counts. Also – a robot packer is easy to adapt to your existing building. And that is yet another way to act green.
Safe ABECE
For us at ABECE – Green and Safe thinking goes hand in hand. Whilst GREEN ABECE is all about focusing on a sustainable environment for our planet, SAFE ABECE is about ensuring a safe working environment for all our customers employees operating plants all over the world.
All our machines and solutions meet all regulations and directives and come with state of the art safety solutions built in with full integration with the control system and operators HMI panels for easy handling – so that you can focus on producing great concrete roof tiles in the safest possible way.
A winning concept is when combining a contribution to a better environment with lowering of our clients costs thus improving their balance sheet. In addition to the green properties of the tile itself, let us give you some examples of how our technology and solutions support the GREEN THINKING.
Sustainability
Here at ABECE, we are constantly evaluating ourselves and our business, to create a sustainable workplace both today and in the future.
Our sustainable framework guides us in the right direction, both regarding the environment as well as the way we operate in our day-to-day business. Below you will find our guidelines concerning our employees, customers, safety, and more.
Social sustainability
ABECE will treat all people equally.
Rules and regulations
ABECE will always follow all laws and regulations for the country/countries in which we operate.
Bribery and corruption
ABECE will actively work against bribery and corruption.
Working environment
ABECE works actively to improve the working environment for all our staff to have the optimal working conditions.
Safety
ABECE actively work to maintain the highest possible safety standards in-house as well as during site work. We deliver production equipment meeting the applicable safety norms and regulations.
Transportation
ABECE will constantly work to combine freights to reduce the number of individual freights. Our aim is also to go towards carbon-neutral freights.
Customers, partners and suppliers
ABECE will actively work to take the expectations of customers, partners and suppliers into consideration. Together with our customers and suppliers we strive to develop a sustainable strategy.
Energy
ABECE will actively work to reduce energy consumption. We aim to use energy saving solutions such as, solar cells/panels, green energy and other environmental friendly options. We develop and promote production methods and solutions to minimize energy consumption in production of concrete roof tiles as well as develop energy saving products for the end user of concrete roof tiles.
Environment
ABECE will actively work to further develop our environmental engagement, including use of more environment-friendly products, a more environment-friendly production process and to increase environmental awareness.