The purpose of the work is to try, by means of calculations and measurements of the power consumption on the casting machine, to optimise and correctly dimension the power of the heaters for heating the airflow and the heating plates in the drying tunnel of the casting machine, which are the main power consumers of the machine. Another purpose is to test the accuracy and reliability of two theoretical models written by the company in the past but not used for such purposes. The first model is used to calculate the appropriate airflow over the casting of the machine to maintain a sufficiently low concentration of alcohol vapours within the explosion safety limits during drying. The second model is used to theoretically calculate the electrical power consumption before and during the casting of the ceramic foil. Both models are used in the software code to calculate the air flow and the consumed power. The electrical power measurements were made with an Iskra MC330 meter.
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