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IMPROVED EQUIPMENT CLEANING IN COATED AND LAMINATED SUBSTRATE MANUFACTURING FACILITIES (PHASE I)
Citation:
McMinn, B. AND J. Vitas. IMPROVED EQUIPMENT CLEANING IN COATED AND LAMINATED SUBSTRATE MANUFACTURING FACILITIES (PHASE I). U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/R-94/007 (NTIS 94-141157), 1994.
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Description:
The report gives results of a Phase I study to characterize current equipment cleaning practices in the coated and laminated substrate manufacturing industry, to identify alternative cleaning technologies, and to identify demonstrable technologies and estimate their emissions impacts. It presents information from sources including literature searches, industry questionnaires, plant visits, pollution prevention experts, and industry and trade association personnel. (NOTE: Phase II activities will be the actual demonstration of selected alternative technologies, and Phase III will be to transfer related technology by means of conference papers, journal articles, and newsletters prepared and presented at industrial workshops, pollution prevention conferences, and other events where industrial application of pollution prevention technologies is discussed.) Facilities within this industry tend to operate in one of two segments: (1) large facilities operating coating lines dedicated to one type of product, such as masking tape or label stock; or (2) batch processors or plants that manufacture comparatively small quantities of a wide variety of high value-added products. Both segments of the industry use essentially the same cleaning methods, even though the segments differ substantially in the range of substrates, coatings, and application equipment used at the plants.