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Pollution Prevention Metal Finishing
This pilot ended in 2003. It verified the performance of commercial-ready metal finishing technologies that are designed to improve industry performance and achieve cost-effective pollution prevention results. These technologies were verified in cooperation with Concurrent Technologies Corporation.
The Metal Finishing Pilot verified technologies in the following categories:
- Aqueous cleaner maintenance solutions
- Chromate conversion coating solution maintenance
- Metal finishing energy conservation
- Wastewater treatment and sludge reduction
- Water use reduction/recycling
Aqueous Cleaner Maintenance Solutions
| Company/Technology Name | Verification Report and Statement |
Test/Quality Assurance Plan |
Verification Protocol |
|---|---|---|---|
| BioClean USA, LLC Biological Degreasing System for the Recycling of Alkaline Cleaners |
Report (PDF) (75 pp, 1.44 MB)December 2000 Statement (PDF) (4 pp, 80 KB) |
BioClean USA, LLC, Biological Degreasing System for the Recycling of Alkaline Cleaners (PDF) (61 pp, 508 KB) February 2000 | Generic Verification Protocol for Aqueous Cleaner Recycling Technologies (PDF) (30 pp, 348 KB)February 2002 |
| USFilter Corp. (Silverback) Membralox Silverback Model 900 Alkaline Cleaner Recycling System |
Report (PDF) (58 pp, 1.04 MB)November 2000 Statement (PDF) (4 pp, 148 KB) |
USFilter Membralox Silverback Model 900 Alkaline Cleaner Recycling Systems (PDF) (51 pp, 464 KB) April 2000 |
Chromate Conversion Coating Solution Maintenance
| Company/Technology Name | Verification Report and Statement |
Test/Quality Assurance Plan |
Verification Protocol |
|---|---|---|---|
| USFilter Corp. RETEC Model SCP-6 Separated Cell Purification System for Chromic Acid Anodize Bath Solution |
Report (PDF) (49 pp, 1.25 MB)September 2001 Statement (PDF) (5 pp, 108 KB) |
USFilter Corporation RETEC Separated Cell Purification of Chromic Acid Anadize Bath Solution (PDF) (57 pp, 436 KB)September 2000 | Not applicable. |
Metal Finishing Energy Conservation
| Company/Technology Name | Verification Report and Statement |
Test/Quality Assurance Plan |
Verification Protocol |
|---|---|---|---|
| KCH Services, Inc. Automatic Covered Tank System for Energy Conservation |
Report (PDF) (49 pp, 1.89 MB)August 2002 Statement (PDF) (4 pp, 140 KB) |
KCH Services, Inc., Automated Covered Tank System for Energy Conservation (ACTSEC) (PDF) (57 pp, 1.07 MB)September 2001 | Not applicable. |
Wastewater Treatment and Sludge Reduction
| Company/Technology Name | Verification Report and Statement |
Test/Quality Assurance Plan |
Verification Protocol |
|---|---|---|---|
| Davis Technologies International Corp. Industrial Wastewater Treatment Plant |
Report (PDF) (60 pp, 1.97 MB)August 2003 Statement (PDF) (7 pp, 264 KB) August 2003 |
Davis Technologies International Corp. Industrial Wastewater Treatment Plant for the Metal Finishing Industry (PDF) (61 pp, 1.24 MB) March 2001 | Not applicable. |
| Kaspar Electroplating Company Kaselco POSI-FLO Electrocoagulation Treatment Process |
Report (PDF) (51 pp, 4.26 MB) September 2002 Statement (PDF) (6 pp, 164 KB) |
Kaselco Electrocoagulation Treatment System (PDF) (73 pp, 1.23 MB)November 2001 |
Water Use Reduction/Recycling
| Company/Technology Name | Verification Report and Statement |
Test/Quality Assurance Plan |
Verification Protocol |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hadwaco US, Inc. MVR Evaporator |
Report (PDF) (43 pp, 824 KB) March 2002 Statement (PDF) (7 pp, 196 KB) |
Hadwaco MVR Evaporator for the Metal Finishing Industry (PDF) (59 pp, 548 KB) September 2001 | Not applicable. |
| Hydrometrics, Inc. High-Efficiency Reverse Osmosis (HERO) Industrial Wastewater Treatment System |
Report (PDF) (54 pp, 1.82 MB) January 2002 |
Hydrometrics, Inc., High-Efficiency Reverse Osmosis (HERO) Industrial Wastewater Treatment System (PDF) (62 pp, 644 KB) June 2001 | |
| Lobo Liquids, Inc. Rinse Water Recovery System |
Report (PDF) (46 pp, 4.24 MB)September 2002 Statement (PDF) (5 pp, 144 KB) |
Lobo Liquids Rinse Water Recovery System (PDF) (70 pp, 720 KB) January 2002 | |
| The MART Corp. EQ-1 Wastewater Processing System |
Report (PDF) (64 pp, 1.58 MB) September 2001 Statement (PDF) (6 pp, 148 MB) |
MART Corporation’s EQ-1 Wastewater Processing System (PDF) (55 pp, 508 KB)January 2001 |