Frozen food firm's fresh approach

In 1952 a Birds Eye frozen foods production unit was set up in Lowestoft; today there are four factories, producing 120,000t of frozen products that it is estimated are enjoyed by 4.2 million people in the UK on an average day.  

Recently the services of the Grundfos Energy team were called upon to investigate three pumps that were causing process issues due to high running and maintenance costs. Following on-site investigations, Grundfos provided an energy check report that enabled the customer to make an informed decision about replacing the pumps.  Selected replacements were members of the high efficiency Grundfos CRiE family that will deliver savings of 107,835kWh/y. which equates to £9705 saving. 

So impressed were the estates staff with these results, that they requested a further Grundfos pump audit on some old pumps for which they had no duty or running data. This showed the system to be 82% inefficient. By upgrading to a Grundfos Hydro MPC-E booster the company now saves £12,262/y and benefit from improved performance and a stable system. With an ROI of only 1.52y, this shows that fresh thinking on pump solutions can yield energy and financial dividends.