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Cleaning of lorry and van drum brakes by heated tap water

A small and medium sized service station has substituted a typical brake cleaner with a new equipment using heated tap water. The heated tap water (95°C) is used for the cleaning of lorry and van drum brakes from mud, dust and sand for repair and maintenance purposes.

Reinigung von Trommelbremsen in Lastwagen und Transportern mit erhitztem Leitungswasser

Eine Reparaturwerkstatt hat einen typischen Bremsenreiniger durch ein neues Gerät ersetzt, das erhitztes Leitungswasser verwendet. Das heiße Leitungswasser (95°C) wird in dem kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen (KMU) für die Reinigung von Lastwagen- und Transportertrommelbremsen von Matsch, Staub und Sand sowie zu Reparatur- und Wartungszwecken verwendet.

Cleaning of motorbike repair parts using vegetable oil esters

In a repair workshop open to children, young people, and adults motorcycle repaired parts are cleaned on a wash stand from dust, oil, grease, soot, tar, metal shavings, oxides, sand and salt. For the manual cleaning vegetable oil-based esters are used as alternative to hydrocarbon solvents.

Cleaning of wafer frames with brushing machines using tap water

Manufacturer of electronic components cleaned wafer frames made of fibre glass plastic using a continuous flow brushing machine with tap water. Formerly, components were cleaned manually with solvents.

The cleaning of car brakes by hot-water low-pressure spray washer

Small and medium service stations cleaned brakes for repair- and maintenance purposes by heated tap water on a wash stand fitted with a flow heater and a spray gun. Formerly, the enterpriser used typical brake cleaner containing naphtha, hydrotreated heavy.

Paint stripping of dashboards

This case story covers the replacement of a paint stripper containing dichloromethane by safer alternative products based on benzyl alcohol and formic acid. The alternative is used for removing of incorrectly applied paint on dashboards made of root wood.

Safer Alternatives to Solvent Aerosol Automotive Cleaning Products

This is a report from a study with the aim to identify products for automotive cleaning that functions well and that contain low or no amounts of volatile organic compounds (VOC). The alternatives tested included acetone and a soy based product. This project could identify a number of cleaners with zero or low content of VOC, who functioned as well as or better than the high VOC cleaners.

Substituting Borax for gem stone protection in gold jewellery production.

One of Denmark’s largest manufactures of gold jewellery has successfully substituted the use of Borax for gem stone protection in most precision welding processes. For precision welding on items with gem stones already incorporated, cabinet laser welding is most often applied.

Substitution of a hydrocarbon-based anti-adherent used in industrial welding

A highly flammable anti-adherent compound containing toxic solvents used in welding was substituted by a water-based product. The eliminated product contained dichloromethane which posed serious health hazards since it is a suspected carcinogen and endocrine disruptor. The alternative product contains synthetic oils and water-based anti-corrosion additives.

Cleaning of tools used for polyester resin with propylene carbonate as alternative to acetone

A plastic boat producer used very volatile and highly flammable acetone to clean tools that came in contact with polystyrene resin. Substituting acetone with propylene carbonate reduced consumption by ten times and diminished considerably the fire and explosion risks.

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