Sustainability

EHCOLO innovation and design for a sustainable future

As a leading producer of packaging machines, we ensure that our machines are manufactured in an environmentally responsible manner. It means each department in our production setup and every employee contribute to minimize the environmental impact. Our 3 keywords are Remove, Reduce and Recycle.

Having that in mind when we design and manufacture our machines gives directly effect on economic, environmental, and social factors.

EHCOLO’s long term economic commitment is well known by our customers, but our machines and systems only become sustainable in economic terms if we constantly optimize our production and services processes along with customers benefits.

Uptimize cost effiency

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Machine life cycle​

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Operating and maintenance cost​

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Energy comsumption during operation​

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Now we get all of our factory power and more from solar panels mounted on our roofs.

Production-based energy comsumption​

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Material consumption, waste, emissions from operations​

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Operation-based energy consumption​

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Packaging, transportation, disposal​

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Environmental commitment is in our blood

 

EHCOLO will continue our production for many years ahead and therefore we must create the necessary conditions today. Environmental commitment is in our blood. Natural resources used are scarce and therefore need to be used cautiously. EHCOLO’s efforts is directed continuously to reduce energy consumption in our machines and plant operations. Our aim is to minimize waste and logistic complexity.

We bear a particular responsibility for the environment

 

As a successful family-owned company, we bear a particular responsibility for our team, our customers, and our partners. And for the environment, society, and the regions surrounding our locations, to which we have been tied for numerous years.

Our employees, their know-how, and their dedication are what characterize us and make us strong. We see the people behind the performance, appreciate them, and foster their development by means of an extensive range of training offers, by treating one another with respect, and with intensive occupational health and safety measures. This enables us to set a great deal in motion – and shape the future that we would like to see.

Training and education standards​

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Development for the region

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Health and safety standards

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Working
conditions

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We care about the environment 

Climate change is one of the most pressing issues of our time where we believe businesses has a key role to play. We care about the environment and that’s why we have been innovative and thinking green when developing our machines.

At Ehcolo we have the ambition to proactively implement technology, based on the latest innovations, to achieve the lowest possible carbon footprint for our equipment. We will continuously be developing, as new solutions and technologies emerge.

What makes Ehcolo energy efficient?

Since 2009 we have continuously strived to make our machines more and more energy efficient. All mechanical parts have been redesigned, incorporating energy efficiency into our well tested original sturdy designs. Surfaces with high drag have been Teflon coated. Low friction ball bearings, at all moveable joints. Weight reduction from either design or material change to aluminum on moveable parts. Ineffective air cylinders have been replaced by electric actuators; where this have been physically possible. Gearmotors have been updated to meet the highest international efficiency standards.

“Today we are very well on our way, being the leading manufacturer of palletizers, in terms of low energy consumption and of course also related to the best quality obtainable” – Ole Andersen, managing director of Ehcolo.

All asynchronous motors are currently Premium Efficiency Class IE3, which is the best standard available today. On all axis for positioning, we use SEW servo motors, which is beyond the international efficiency standards as no standards yet comply with the low energy consumption from these motor types. The Ultra-Premium Efficiency Class IE4 is currently in preparation, and we are looking forward to what this can offer us in terms of future improvements. Our control system is the best in its class, with all motors running on the AcoposMulti servo control system from B&R/ABB.

All motors are driven by this system, which ensures soft start and stop of all movements, contributing to longer mechanical lifetime, and lowest energy consumption. For complex machines where movements are executed consecutively, kinetic energy is often released in the braking resistors in the form of heat. By connecting ACOPOSmulti servo drives via the DC bus, up to 30% of the energy used for movements can be saved. Brake energy is stored in capacitors and made available later for acceleration. This braking energy is re-used by other running motors, reducing energy consumption by up to 20% compared to systems without regeneration capabilities, which contributing to a safer and healthier environment and economy.

The user profits not only from efficient use of energy, but also from a cooler control cabinet because the heat from the resistors is greatly reduced. The measurements on our palletizers, have proven that we save 20% on the energy due to the AcoposMulti system alone. See more advantages of packaging machines from Ehcolo here.