GreenFuture
5/2017
REFRESHING SODA BARS
THERE WILL BE SODA BARS IN PRODUCTION HALLS TO HELP WITH DRINKING REGIME ALL YEAR LONG
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PROTECTED
ALL YEAR LONG
INTERNATIONAL DAYS FOR
ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION
24 May
EUROPEAN DAY OF PARKS
The European Day of National Parks emphasises the importance of a well-conceived
and maintained network of protected areas
on the European continent. It also promotes
the importance of establishing protected areas and caring for their natural, cultural and
historical heritage.
5 June
WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY
In 1972, the General Assembly of the United Nations established World Environment
Day. From the standpoint of nature conservation and restoration, celebrating this day
is considered one of the most important
events of the year.
8 June
WORLD OCEANS DAY
Canada suggested this day the United Nations Conference on Environment and
Development in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 to remind people of the importance of and vital
role played by oceans. However, it was not
celebrated until 2009, following the passage of provisions of UN resolutions on the
oceans and the law of the sea in 2008.
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ummer is approaching along with rising
temperatures, and we need to take care
of our health more than during other seasons. If you are not careful, thirst can easily
turn into dehydration, which the Czech carmaker is trying to prevent.
WITH OR WITHOUT BUBBLES
A new measure on providing drinking water will enter into force on 1 June. Until now,
ŠKODA has been dispensing springy, mineralised water in 1.5-litre PET bottles to employees. New vending machines, so-called soda
bars, will be installed in individual production
halls. This solution came not only from surveys among employees but also from successful implementation at the Volkswagen
plant in Bratislava. Soda bars will be available
all year round to staff who have a workplace
in the production hall. They will be able to refresh themselves with not only still but also
sparkling and gently sparkling water. Each
soda bar has a service telephone line to report any defects.
BOTTLES FOR EVERYONE
The staff will no longer need their own mugs
or a glass. Each will get a long-life plastic bottle. Distributing will be one-off at the beginning of June, and then once every year. New
employees will get it when they start their
job, so they will not have to wait. The distribution frequency will be routinely evaluated
and adjusted if necessary. In the future, additional bottles will be available.
Physicians recommend consuming two to
three litres of fluid a day, four on hot summer days. A morning coffee cannot be count-
ed into this amount. The same as black tea,
it contains caffeine (thein), which can lead to
fluid loss and excretion of minerals that the
body needs. It is therefore good to drink the
same amount of water for each cup of coffee
or tea. Pay attention to the feeling of thirst
and drink before you have it. Thirst is nothing more than a sign of dehydration already in
progress, so it is necessary to take more fluid immediately. Women feel thirsty less often, and the need decreases further with age.
It is better to drink throughout the day – do
not try to “catch up” in the evening what you
have neglected. If a person suddenly drinks a
lot at once, it overloads the kidneys and the
heart. The “everything in moderation” rule
also applies to drinking: Two or three litres
per day is more than enough for a healthy
person. RED
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20 October
ARBOUR DAY
The idea for Arbour Day originated in the
mid-19th century in the United States. It was
brought to Bohemia by the Confederation of
Associations and was first celebrated here
on a large scale early in April 1906. The tradition, interrupted by the war and the communist regime, was restored in 2000.
11 December
International Mountain Day
A relatively new holiday was declared a significant day by the United Nations only in
2003. The purpose of this day is to promote the sustainable development of mountains and mountain areas, even at the cost
of tourism.
http://worldenvironmentday.global
TESTS PROLONG LIFESPAN
PROCESS LIQUID CHECKS WITH SPECTROMETERS IS BENEFICIAL FOR MACHINERY AS WELL
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nscheduled repairs and downtimes of
production machinery, as well as large
stockpiles of spare parts, cause lower production and increased costs. This can be
prevented through proactive and timely maintenance or responsive maintenance,
which significantly influences the reliability of operation. Monitoring of the oil level during the entire operation, observation
of its course of changes (tribodiagnostics)
and its proper treatment – all this is handled
by the proactive maintenance of lubricating
oils. Its analysis is used today as a diagnostic
tool to monitor various machine types with
a closed-circulation lubrication mechanism.
When optimal sampling intervals are met, all
deviations and changes from the usual con-
dition (normal values of individual parameters monitored) can be intercepted and thus
alert a machine user to an unusual condition
well in advance.
VARIOUS ELEMENTS AND PROBLEMS
The process liquid checks are carried out in
the PSZ/12 department on several measuring devices. Two spectrometers are among
the most modern equipment that prolong
the lifespan not only of process liquids but
also of the very machinery. The first is the
iS10 infra-red spectrometer manufactured
by Nicolet. Based on a measured sample, the
device can use this range to determine the
chemical composition, approximate structure
and number of organic compounds found
in a sample. The results can reveal the degree of oil degradation, amount of soot, antioxidants, water, presence of glycol etc. This
makes it possible, for example, to filter out
hydraulic oil with a conventional particle filtering or water removal method.
The X-Supreme 8000 X-ray spectrometer
performs an elemental analysis of lubricating
oils and is used for checking hydraulic and
cutting oils. It can be also used as a tool to
localise any malfunction in a machine. There
is a problem if the amount of a certain element increases after two consecutive measurements. For example, an increased amount
of iron usually signifies a damaged pump;
silicon is a sign of a malfunctioning air filter; sodium points to a cooling fluid leak-
age etc. The PSZ/12 department passes the
measured results on to the respective maintenance units in the company. All the tribotechnical tests carried out by the department
primarily lead to a prolonged lifespan of process fluids; as a secondary effect, however,
they also prolong the lifespan of machinery. RED
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