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wiredInUSA - July 2015
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Governor David Ige has approved
Hawaii’s HB623 bill, the first of its kind
in the USA. The new energy law forces
utilities to be sourcing 100 percent of
electricity from renewables by 2045.
Mr Ige said: “Making the transition to
renewable, indigenous resources for
power generation will allow us to keep
more of that money at home, thereby
improving our economy, environment
and energy security.”
The governor has also signed a bill to
create a community-based renewable
energy program. The bill will allow
residents and businesses, unable to
install their own renewable energy
generator on their building, to buy
electricity from a renewable energy
facility.
The Hawaiian governor's website
describes the archipelago as the “most
oil dependent state” in the USA.
An energy first for Hawaii
INDEXAmerican Kuhne used the NPE 2015 event
to demonstrate how its single-minute
exchange of die (SMED) can reduce
downtime in tubing, profile, wire and cable
and other small-die production lines.
Thecompany isofferingthreenewfeatures,
separately or as a package, including the
quick collet screw pusher. This device is
said to reduce the time needed to pull
screws from five minutes to less than a
minute. It uses a spring-mounted locking
nut and a sliding collet to fasten the nut
onto the threaded screw-pushing rod at
the rear of the drive shaft.
A new rotary hopper can be pivoted away
from the feed throat for rapid dumping
of excess material and easy access for
vacuumingout residualmaterial, or adding
purging compound or new material. This
is designed to cut clean-out time from
about six minutes to just one minute.
Finally, a dual-head arrangement cuts
die-change time from 20 minutes to two
minutes by having a pre-heated head with
breaker plate ready for fast replacement
of the one that was in use. Both heads are
mounted on pivoting support structures on
either side of the die area with separate
electrical connections.
The options are available with the
company's new extruders or can be
retrofitted onto equipment from American
Kuhne or other suppliers.
Quick-change options