RoMan Emerges as Leader in Energy Efficiency

RoMan Manufacturing, based in Grand Rapids, MI, and its subsidiary RoMan Engineering in Madison Heights, MI, bring expertise not only to the manufacturing and installation of advanced welding transformers and equipment (to clients such as Ford, GM, Chrysler and others) but also to the energy efficient operation of said machinery. RoMan Manufacturing is the only welding transformer manufacturer in the entire United States.

RoMan Engineering has emerged into the marketplace as a leading expert consultant in devising energy efficiency practices for all resistance welding operations.

As RoMan's Tom Morrisett puts it, "In the old days all the customer needed was a good weld. Now there are other considerations; lower cost combined with equipment that can be considered green."

RoMan Engineering Vice President and electrical engineer Mike Soter describes how RoMan can create value for large scale welders, "When current goes up on the primary (load) as the welds occur, this activity makes the current on the neighbor load go down and fluctuate. This adversely affects all the other machines within the facility. Lights and computers flicker and suffer and quality control problems arise. That's when they call RoMan Engineering. We solve these and other problems. Now there are so many choices … AC or DC or One Phase or Three Phase and we find the best solution. We show companies how to modify their electrical system to optimize each machine."

Concentrating on welding and glass manufacturing, RoMan Engineering diagnoses the facilities hardware configuration from the welding tips all the way back to the distribution source and how it positively or negatively affects the facility's energy efficiency.

To learn more about RoMan Engineering contact Mike Soter at 248-585-5540 or at mikesoter@romaneng.com.

NextEnergy Newsletter Vol. 2 - No. 2
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