- Client: Imar srl
- Industry: Metalworking & Industrial Manufacturing
- Location: Urbino, Italy
- Project Partner: VEIL energy
- Solution Deployed: VEIL e·boost
The Challenge
IMAR, a third-generation metalworking company with over 70 years of heritage, faced a familiar but pressing challenge: escalating energy costs and insufficient visibility into how electricity was consumed across their operations.
Despite early efforts to implement sensors and extract data, IMAR struggled with:
- Fragmented, low-resolution energy data
- Unidentified inefficiencies, especially during downtime
- Difficulty linking energy usage to specific machines and processes
With energy prices rising and operational complexity increasing, IMAR needed a smarter, more integrated way to track, interpret, and act on energy consumption insights.
The Solution
To address these challenges, IMAR partnered with VEIL energy and implemented e·boost, VEIL’s advanced energy intelligence platform.
The solution combined:
- Hardware Integration: Leveraging IMAR’s existing sensors and deploying new ones for comprehensive machine-level monitoring.
- AI-Enhanced Software: Automated analysis of real-time and historical data, detecting not only consumption patterns but also inefficiencies and anomalies (e.g., machines left in idle overnight).
- Expert Advisory: VEIL’s team provided guidance to interpret results and prioritize actions—without requiring a full-time energy manager on-site.
The system enabled IMAR to:
- Identify top energy consumers across all assets (compressors, aspirators, lasers, etc.)
- Benchmark consumption during active vs. inactive hours
- Optimize production schedules, machine startup/shutdown times, and maintenance planning
- Align energy metrics with business KPIs like throughput and machine utilization
The Impact
In less than six months, the project delivered tangible results:
- 15–50% Reduction in idle-power Consumption: on specific machines, including laser cutters.
- 6% Overall Efficiency Gain: measured via kWh per operating hour across the entire facility.
- Smarter Investment Decisions: energy insights guided IMAR to prioritize which equipment to upgrade or replace.
- Cultural Transformation: operators now have access to intuitive dashboards, fostering a company-wide shift toward data-driven sustainability.
