Rockwell Automation White Paper Educates Food Industry on Benefits of an Integrated Energy Management Strategy

羅克韋兒自動化白皮書為食品工業的利益提高提供整合能源管理策略

New white paper outlines steps food manufacturers can take to more effectively manage and reduce energy costs and improve power quality

  新白皮書概要了食品生產商可以采取的怎樣更高效管理，減低能源消耗以及提高能源利用律的措施。

MILWAUKEE, Jan. 5, 2006 — Food manufacturers have experienced as much as a 50 percent rise in energy costs — significantly impacting the total cost to produce final product. To help manufacturers improve their operational efficiency, Rockwell Automation today announced the availability of a new white paper that highlights the primary areas of energy consumption in food production and outlines the steps manufacturers can take to move toward more energy-efficient operations. The paper, "How a Well-Planned Strategy Can Help the Food Industry More Effectively Manage Its Energy-Related Costs," is available at www.rockwellautomation.com/industries/food.

  密爾沃基，2006年1月5日消息——食品生產商的能源消耗成本已經上漲了50%——這已經嚴重地影響了最終產品的總成本。為了幫助生產商提高他們的運作效率，羅克韋爾自動化今天宣布該公司發布了最新的白皮書，指出了食品生產中能源消耗的主要地方，并且概要了生產商可以采用的提高能源效率運作的措施。這本名為《一個充分計劃的策略如何幫助食品工業更有效地管理能源相關成本》的白皮書可以在下面網址查看www.rockwellautomation.com/industries/food

"The key to effective energy management is information and knowledge—information on what''''s happening and the knowledge to do something about it," said John Kascur, vice president, Food Industry Initiative, Rockwell Automation. "Through our Power and Energy Management Solutions, Rockwell Automation helps food manufacturers gather the information they need to improve energy efficiency, lower energy costs and improve plant reliability."

“有效能源管理的關鍵是信息和知識——正在發生什么的信息和如何應對的知識。”羅克韋爾自動化食品工業部副總裁John Kascur說，“通過我們的電力和能源管理方案，羅克韋爾自動化幫助食品生產商收集所需要的信息來提高能源效率，減低能源成本以及提高設備可靠性。”

As energy costs continue to rise, food manufacturers are taking greater control over these expenses and gaining a critical competitive advantage. The key to reducing energy-related expenses is understanding where, when and how much is being consumed. Armed with this information, companies can proactively manage load requirements, improve system performance and reduce costs.

  隨著能源成本的不斷上漲，食品生產商投入了更高的費用來贏得重大的競爭優勢。降低能源相關開支的關鍵是了解什么地方、什么時候、多少的量的能源消耗。有了這些信息，企業就可以精確的管理裝載需求，提高系統性能，減低成本。

Electricity costs are only a part of the overall energy issues that face food manufacturers. Natural gas prices have skyrocketed in recent years, with additional increases expected in 2005-2006, which will in turn increase production costs related to many processes, particularly those using ovens. Steam and compressed air costs also are impacted by higher electricity and natural gas costs.

  電力成本僅是食品生產商面對的整個能源問題中的一部分。天然氣價格近年來飛速上漲，超出了2005-2006年的預計增長，這就相應的增加了很多工序的生產成本，特別是那些使用烤爐的工序。蒸汽和壓縮空氣成本也同樣受到了電力和天然氣價格上升的影響。

The Rockwell Automation white paper highlights several case history examples of how food manufacturers have utilized energy management systems to control energy consumption and reduce costs. It also includes a discussion of how power optimization tools, such as variable frequency drives, can by applied to motor systems to significantly reduce the amount of energy used in a manufacturing process.

  羅克韋爾自動化白皮書列舉了一些食品生產商是如何成功利用能源管理系統控制能源消耗和減低成本的歷史案例。該書也討論了如何優化能源設備，例如各種頻率的驅動可以應用于電動機系統，極大地降低生產過程中的能源消耗量。

Rockwell Automation (NYSE: ROK), is a leading global provider of automation, power, control, and information solutions that help manufacturers achieve a competitive advantage in their businesses. Headquartered in Milwaukee, Wis., U.S.A., the company employs about 21,000 people serving customers in more than 80 countries.

  羅克韋爾自動化（紐約證卷交易所代碼：ROK）：是全球最大的自動化、電力、控制和信息解決方案供應商，致力于幫助生產商提升其業務競爭優勢。公司總部位于美國威斯康星州密爾沃基市，公司雇員大約2萬1千人，業務遍及全球超過80個國家。

（消息來源：www.rockwellautomation.com，Toby編譯）