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WASTE MINIMIZATION ASSESSMENT FOR A MANUFACTURER OF PERMANENT-MAGNET DC ELECTRIC MOTORS
Citation:
Kirsch, F. AND G. Looby. WASTE MINIMIZATION ASSESSMENT FOR A MANUFACTURER OF PERMANENT-MAGNET DC ELECTRIC MOTORS. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/S-92/016.
Description:
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has funded a pilot project to assist small- and medium-size manufacturers who want to minimize their generation of waste but who lack the expertise to do so. Waste Minimization Assessment Centers (WMACs) were established at selected universities and procedures were adapted from the EPA Waste Minimization Opportunity Assessment Manual (EPA/625/7-88/003, July 1988). he WMAC team at the University of Tennessee performed an assessment at a plant manufacturing permanent-magnet C electric motors - approximately 12 million motors and repair parts per year. he armatures and stators are manufactured separately and then assembled into complete motor nits. fter assembly, the motors are appropriately masked and painted according to customer specifications. he team's report, detailing findings and recommendations, indicated that the majority of waste was generated in the armature assembly line but that he greatest savings could be obtained by installing an electrostatic powder coating system o reduce the generation of waste paint solids (93%) and to eliminate the generation of waste paint liquids. his Research Brief was developed by the principal investigators and EPA's Risk Reduction Engineering Laboratory, Cincinnati, OH, to announce key findings of an ongoing Research project that is fully documented in a separate report of the same title available from the authors.