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Across
Europe and north America, many factories have closed or updated
equipment and there exist large numbers of good condition factory
plant looking for a new home. The dealers in such plant do not
refurbish it or offer any expertise as to how to re-use that
plant in any new situation. DIAK has traditionally filled this
gap for a good economic reason.
When a
company in the developing world looks at the viability of
an industrial development, the lower local price of the product
or the lack of large scale industrial financing in his own
country often make the purchase of new equipment impractical.
However
if used equipment can be refurbished, and properly chosen
and integrated into a new home, the cost/benefit equation
can improve dramatically. A target budget would be that such
an installation will be 40-45% of the price of new equipment.
The one
area where DIAK has been most pro-active is in the use of
agricultural waste. We have encountered many factories in
the developing world which produce large volumes of by-product
such as husk, wood shavings, roots or leaves, and then discard
this as waste. There is almost nothing originating from such
organic sources which cannot be used to generate electricity
or steam for a secondary process. The careful choice of a
used boiler, an appropriate feed system, a steam turbine alternator,
and electrical control gear can provide almost free electricity
for the operation of the main factory. The investment has
a short payback and substantial environmental advantages.
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