Boeing fixes its air condition: Winnipeg facility saves energy with redesigned compressed air system

摘要

A redesigned compressed air system installed at Boeing Canada Winnipeg in 2014 has improved efficiency and delivered signifcant energy and air storage savings. The aerospace composite manufacturer, which employs more than 1,600 people in three locations totalling 730,000 square feet, produces nearly 1,000 composite parts and assemblies such as wing to body fairings, engine strut forward fairings, engine strut aft fairings and landing gear doors, for Boeing Commercial Airplanes. All its products are exported and in 2013 the operation had sales of $511 million. Parts are baked in large autoclaves pressurized with compressed air. An audit found the centrifugal compressors supplied only 3,000 cubic feet per minute (cpm), despite two additional autoclaves having increased the demand to 5,500 cfm, and there were high peaks and low valleys during normal production.