Leaders in retail unit displays, Fit Out UK in Wembley have recently installed one of the largest MSS Nitrocube systems in the UK, to supply high pressure nitrogen for their laser cutting laser cutting operation this year as part of a major facilities upgrade programme.
Fit Out were operating 3 fiber lasers 24/7 and were consuming around 14 multi cylinder packs of nitrogen per day. This gas supply presented a major operational problem with very high costs, disruption to laser cutting for regular daily cylinder changeovers, manual handling risks and serious space lost through gas pack storage needs.
Following detailed consultation with MSS it was decided that the estimated cost savings benefit alone justified the relatively quick decision to press ahead with a high volume, triple Nitrocube system
MSS Head of Sales, Chris Smith commented ‘Fit Out needed a reliable solution from a known supplier that would give them a dependable, high quality gas supply with built in redundancy to guarantee 24/7 supply; the Nitrocube 9 system with extended CP72 high pressure storage comfortably met these demanding requirements.’
Martin Kirby, Operations Director at Fit Out UK commented ‘On average our lasers currently run between 18and 24hrs each a day, cutting mainly 6-10mm carbon steel using the nitrogen generated. We were using cylinders packs and the new Nitrocube installation saves our business over £400,000 per year in gas costs which gave us payback on the capital investment of under 18months We have plenty of high quality nitrogen for cutting without having to worry about any supply issues and laser stoppages for cylinder pack changeovers. These cost savings and production efficiency benefits were both key factors in our decision to move all of our nitrogen supply over to the MSS Nitrocube equipment and we have not been disappointed’.
The Nitrocube 9 system supplied provides high pressure nitrogen at 150m3/hour flow and 99.9975% purity (Grade 4.75) which is ideal for high quality laser cutting, especially for thicker stainless steel. The system features 1728m3 of storage at 300 bar pressure when full. All the latest generation MSS Nitrogen systems use the very best components available today which combine to make each system super-efficient. Typically using 25-40% less energy to generate higher purity nitrogen than other generation systems available and saving 8-10 times the cost of multi cylinder pack nitrogen users. The system also features MSS’ unique touch screen control panel that allows remote system performance and status monitoring.
