Nissan Jig And Grid Floor Cleaning Facility Gains From Lanemark Process Heating And Tank Installation Design

The process gas burner expertise that is central to the leading reputation of Lanemark International Ltd., is now seen in conjunction with the company’s tank design and installation capability at a refurbished facility for one of the UK’s leading automotive manufacturing organisations. (Read More)

The facility, at the Nissan Motor Manufacturing UK plant in Sunderland, replaces an existing caustic wash unit and features both a Lanemark TX gas fired immersed tube heating system and a bespoke tank and lid design – configured to meet the precise requirements of the customer.  

“We have manufactured a fully insulated dip tank measuring some 3m x 1.7m in footprint and with an overall height of 1.5m,” comments Lanemark Director Jeff Foster, “and which also includes a hinged lid that is connected to an integral fan assisted extraction system.  This is designed to remove fumes and vapours from the process, whether the lid is closed or when the lid is opened to its full extent of almost 90°, with flexible duct connections to the extraction system operating in conjunction with the hinge arrangement.”

The caustic wash facility, located ahead of a rinse tank, features a Lanemark TX30 gas fired immersed tube heating system.  This comprises a 150 kW burner firing through the wall of the tank into a 3-inch multi-pass, immersed tube heat exchanger.  “A four pass heat exchanger is designed into the tank construction – along the length and one end of the tank,” continues Jeff Foster, “which in turn connects to an extraction fan that pulls the products of combustion through the system.  Both this exhaust fan and the lid extraction system are then connected to a duct system to the exterior of the building.”
The installation at the refurbished Nissan facility is central to the operation of a number of painting lines that require a series of regular maintenance operations to be carried out.  This includes the cleaning of components – such as jigs, grid floor panels and walkway sections – all of which pass through the caustic dip tank facility.   Reliable cleaning performance is thus a vital and continuous requirement, with the accuracy of Lanemark’s TX gas fired immersed tube heating technology making an important contribution in this regard – an operating temperature of between 98°C and 100°C is consistently maintained.  Moreover, the Lanemark TX gas fired immersed tube heating system operates in excess of 80% efficiency – of particular relevance in terms of both process performance and operating costs.

“The name of Nissan is associated with high volume, high quality automotive production worldwide and thus we are fully aware of the company’s commitment to manufacturing processes of the highest standards,” concludes Jeff Foster.  “We believe the decision to specify our equipment in this context pays testimony both to its performance and to the reliability and consistency that can be achieved with our process burner and associated tank designs.”

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