TY - JOUR N2 - The work is a part of research into the reduction of energy consumption in the production of EPSthrough the modernization of technological equipment used. This paper presents the results of research and analysis of heat transfer process between the water vapor that was provided to machine, the mold, the product and the environment. The paper shows the calculation of the heat balance of the production cycle for two types of mold: standard and modernized. The performance tests used an infrared imaging camera. The results were used to develop a computer image analysis and statistical analysis. This paper presents the main stages of the production process and the construction of technological equipment used, changing the mold surface temperature field during the production cycle and the structure of the heat balance for the mold and its instrumentation. It has been shown that the modernization of construction of technological equipment has reduced the temperature field and as a consequence of decreased of demand for process steam production cycle. L1 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/87582/PDF/22_paper.pdf L2 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/87582 PY - 2013 IS - No 3 DO - 10.2478/afe-2013-0070 KW - Innovative technologies and materials KW - Heat balance KW - Steam KW - EPS KW - Thermography A1 - WĹ‚adysiak, R. A1 - Pacyniak, T. A1 - Bogus, W. PB - The Katowice Branch of the Polish Academy of Sciences DA - 2013 T1 - Heat Balance Analysis of EPS Products Shaping Process UR - http://journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/87582 T2 - Archives of Foundry Engineering ER -