Efficiency of energy and raw materials

In recent years the demand for an economically sensible use of energy and other raw materials always occupies a decisive place and that energy in enterprises has become increasingly a factor costs, important and controlled. Already in August 2014, the industry expert Janusz Kowalewski stated in the LinkedIn network, that 17 percent of the energy / 4 Industrial consumed in the US is used for the heat treatment, which in any case can form up to 15 percent of the production costs of a product (Kowalewski: Overview of the Global Heat Treatment Industry).
According to the results of the organization manager of the Tchehoff (The European Committee of Industrial Furnace and Heating Equipment Associations), which supports the interests of European manufacturers of industrial furnaces and plants for heat treatment and other, 20 percent of the machines and processes used in the industrial production have more than ten years and using more energy than would be needed. It is obvious that measures must be taken to reduce the energy consumption of these installations and thereby also the costs.