You are here:
WASTE MINIMIZATION ASSESSMENT FOR A MANUFACTURER OF SHEET METAL COMPONENTS
Citation:
Edwards, H., M. Kostrzewa, AND G. Looby. WASTE MINIMIZATION ASSESSMENT FOR A MANUFACTURER OF SHEET METAL COMPONENTS. EPA/600/S-92/035 (NTIS PB93123016), 1992.
Impact/Purpose:
information
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. n an effort to assist these manufacturers Waste Minimization ssessment Centers (WMACs) were established at selected universities and procedures were adapted from the EPA Waste Minimization Opportunity Assessment Manual (EPA/625/7-88/003, uly 1988). he WMAC team at Colorado State University performed an `assessment at a plant that manufactures precision sheet-metal components, primarily for electronics and medical equipment. heet metal is machined into desired components that are anodized or chromated if aluminum; degreased and painted if required, and assembled, inspected, packaged, and shipped. he team's report, detailing findings and recommendations, indicated that the lant could achieve significant cost savings and waste reduction by replacing its standard paint spray guns with high-volume low-pressure paint guns, thereby reducing paint overspray. This 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 rom University City ScIence Center.