Geosynthetics Cost Improvement | Marchington Consulting

Controlling web gauge and tensile strength saves >£500k p.a.
Raw material yield improvement and process control – geosynthetics

Business

Owner:

Private Geosynthetics Company

Objective:

Reduce specific cost of raw material usage by decreasing gauge variation and at the same time improving tensile strength

Results:

• 8% reduction in polymer usage per square metre whilst improving tensile strength

• Total annualised material savings in excess of £525k p.a.

Approach

• Form a multi-disciplinary site team and coach them to use our problem solving approach

• Identify the process variables that give rise to break rate, gauge variation and high edge waste - and bring them under control

• Understand what drives cross web tensile strength versus the machine direction; change the material lay up pattern to achieve a 1:1 ratio and therefore increase throughput

In turn, this frees capacity for further sales growth

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