Madel – A Leader in Sustainable Manufacturing

Hitachi conceived and implemented a multi-faceted solution that combines the physical and the digital. A Membrane Reactor* cleans the wastewater and removes the surfactant by products.

This allows Madel to do three things:

• Wastewater can be reused for production, reducing costs and the strain on resources;

• Wastewater returned to the network requires less treatment;

• The surfactant by-products can be retained and used to create new products.

*The Membrane Reactor combines a membrane for the ultra/micro filtration process that separates liquid from solid and surfactant components (oil, grease and other organic parts). Then a reverse osmosis process sterilizes the water. Finally, the treated water is controlled before releasing it into the sewer system. (Membrane Reactor is not a Hitachi product)

On the digital side, Hitachi implemented its H-Vision cloud platform to optimise Madel’s energy consumption. Through the Internet of Things (IoT), H-Vision constantly monitors energy usage including anomalies, consumptions peaks, alerts, flow inconsistencies, and the creation of baselines. Using these key energy indicators, it recommends operations to streamline energy efficiency; an area that Madel has found most valuable.

Utilising H-Vision in combination with the Membrane Reactor has given rise to both greater economic and environmental benefits, enabling Madel to reduce their energy and water consumption while helping Italy move closer to achieving its Social Development Goals - Goals that seek create a better and more prosperous future for the next generation of people living in Italy.