EPS Processing Advantages
As a complete replacement for acid pickling, EPS offers powerful advantages.
EPS processing shows how 'being green' can be good for the bottom line. With no hazardous acids and no fossil fuel consumption, the EPS process has no special permitting, storage or disposal considerations.
But the real cost advantage comes from a dramatically lower variable cost of operation. Projected EPS operation costs of around $8/ton are as little as half of the variable cost of acid pickling. Get details.
The capital cost of getting into the EPS processing business is also much lower than acid pickling:
- Projected capital costs of an EPS line is roughly 70% of an acid pickling line of similar capacity.
- Installation cost (and time) of an EPS line is projected to be 50% of an acid pickling line.
- The 'footprint' of an EPS line is roughly 40% that of an acid pickling line.
EPS Processing - Catalyst for Growth
For most service centers acid pickling is outsourced, which adds both processing cost and freight cost. Bringing pickling in-house by operating an EPS line eliminates cost multiple ways:
• The extra freight to/from the pickler is eliminated.
• Inventory can be consolidated, since EPS replaces acid pickled and
hot roll black inventory. That reduces carrying costs.
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More importantly, EPS processing is a catalyst for growing your business. Not only do you offer a valuable new service, with EPS you supply a new product that replaces acid pickled, but is superior in appearance and performance. Added volume from EPS sales can also generate more volume for other processing lines. |