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Crane Washington: A Model For Metal Casting

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book/Conference Title

Proceedings ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Industry

First Page

33

Last Page

42

Abstract

The strategies employed at the Crane Valves foundry in Washington, Iowa, to achieve energy savings and operating efficiencies are described. To affect growth of their foundry operations despite strong foreign competition, the company focused on reducing manufacturing costs while retaining product quality. Crane-Washington participated in the first Total Assessment Audit (TAA), which identified capital and non-capital improvement initiatives, as well as the Process Method Management (PM2) Demonstration Project. Findings of the audit suggest that the PM2 process of improving operations at Crane-Washington focus on a total quality management program to minimize internal scrap rates and associated costs.

Department

Department of Industrial Technology

Original Publication Date

12-1-1999

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