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Case Study - 10/01/2007

Background

The introduction of PG5/2 (04) required the cremation industry as a whole to reduce harmful emissions to atmosphere by 50%.

There were a number of plusses and minuses, as one would expect. On the plus side was the fact that the technology was known, having been used in other areas of the combustion industry for many years, with great success. On the minus side was the size of the equipment which was designed for industrial installations and in a number of cases it’s installation within the confines of a crematorium would not only be unsightly, but in a number of cases, a physical impossibility.

Added to this was the cost of the new equipment coming so soon after the previous legislative changes, namely PG5/2(95), which had shaken the industry to it’s foundations only a short time earlier. It seemed that no sooner had the outdated cremators been replaced with new modern equipment, than the crematorium operators were faced with another expensive round of changing these for even more modern equipment, for it does seem that in the majority of cases it has been decided that if they are faced with installing filtration systems, this automatically means replacing these newly installed cremators also, some of them only 5/6 years old.

Of course this is not the case at all. In many cases replacing cremators of this sort of vintage means there will be very little, if any, difference between the ‘new’ cremators and those which they would be required to replace. The one difference between the ‘old’ and the ‘new’ is the way in which it is controlled.

Essentially a cremator is a metal box filled with bricks. The bricks can be replaced, as can the metal skin. What determines the age of the machine is the type and style of the control system, and even that must adhere to the laws of physics. Essentially that is all which needs to be replaced.

At Combustion Solutions Limited we have designed and developed a modern innovative control system which can replace the control system on the existing cremators and continue to operate even after filtration plant has been installed.

Using only industry standard parts readily available at a number of High Street outlets, as well as including drawings and access codes to go with the software disks, means users can retain and continue to operate their existing cremators, whilst still meeting all the requirements of the EPA.

No more being held to ransom as to when, who and if you can have your equipment serviced or repaired. You have the information, you are in charge and only you will make those decisions.

Sounds good? Contact Arthur Dobbin at our Wakefield office.