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As part of its strategy of digitalisation and continuous improvement of production processes, Vicaima Indústria began implementing the SensorMac Project in 2023. This project focuses on the sensorisation of various types of equipment and activities, beginning with the "Energy" component, which involves monitoring energy consumption at key stages of the production process.
Through sensors installed in industrial equipment, it is possible to obtain real-time data on energy expenditure, which will be used to monitor and optimise performance, predict failures, schedule preventive maintenance and identify opportunities for reduction and optimisation, increasing the efficiency and reliability of production processes.
The SensorMac Project – Energy began to be implemented in 2023, with the sensorisation of 10 data collection points completed. Throughout 2024, an additional 13 monitoring points were installed and the implementation of the energy consumption management and analysis tool commenced, with completion planned for the first half of 2025.
The use of the company’s own resources, such as sawdust and shavings, resulting from the production process brings several benefits, including helping to reduce waste and conserve resources, promoting the circular economy which, at the end of the materials’ life cycle, can generate energy, helping to reduce the company’s carbon footprint and contributing to the transition to a carbon-neutral economy.
In 2022 we began the technical and feasibility study for the implementation of an ORC - Organic Rankine Cycle system, one of the most promising technologies for converting thermal energy into renewable electrical energy. This system enables, on one hand, the utilisation of residual heat from the boiler’s thermofluid and, on the other, the generation of renewable electricity by using and valorising an endogenous waste from the company (wood waste) to produce clean energy, making a significant contribution to the reduction of GHG emissions.
This incorporation will lead to direct gains in the consumption of the Vale de Cambra industrial unit, since it will not be necessary to purchase a significant part of the electricity from third parties, with Vicaima Indústria’s plant being supplied by energy from renewable sources.
The ORC system became operational in the second quarter of 2024, contributing, in this year, to a reduction of 117 tCO?e/year, with the generated energy used for self-consumption.
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