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News Release from: Kumi Solutions | Subject: Pero machines save emissions
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 12 May 2008
Solvent and aqueous degreasers reduce
emissions
Kumi Solutions said that it has enjoyed record sales of Pero solvent and aqueous degreasing machines to UK based manufactures following UK's 2007 solvent regulations imposition.
Sole UK supplier of Pero, German-built solvent and aqueous degreasing machines, Kumi Solutions has estimated that the cumulative total carbon emissions prevented by just six of its UK customers using the equipment will reach 500,000kg within the next few weeks Kumi Solutions told manufacturingtalk that it had enjoyed record sales of Pero machines to UK based manufactures, followingthe change in solvent emissions regulations in October 2007
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 30 May 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Users include Rolls Royce, Tenable Screw, Cold Formed Products and Portsmouth based Harwin, makers of electrical interconnectors.
The Pero machines used by these customers - with two others - will have prevented 500,000kg of carbon frombeing emitted into the atmosphere by mid-June, 2008.
Kumi Solutions managing director, Simon Graham, said "Collectively, these Pero users are racking up carbon savings close to 500kg a day." Graham added: "That's impressive enough, but by the time they have done so, they will also have saved a total of almost GBP 700,000 in solvent costs".
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Turned parts subcontractor has replaced an existing parts degreasing machine with one that confoms to the solvent emissions directive and the tighter German laws on emissions.
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Kumi Solutions has supplied VW in Hanover, Germany with two Pero V2-Universal vacuum solvent vapour degreasers to replace aging equipment.
Based on existing installations plus sales forecasts for the next two years, Kumi Solutions estimates that UK Pero users will have prevented 1 million kg of Carbon emissions by the year 2010.
Developed in 1999 and brought to market in 2001, Pero's SER compliant machines are 'universal' in that they operate on almost any type of solvent.
Solvents include chlorinated hydrocarbons such as trichloroethylene and perchloroethylene through to methylene chloride, modified alcohols such as Dowclene 1601 and any standard hydrocarbons.
* Hermetically sealed - the V-Series machines are hermetically sealed to provide 'near zero' emissions and so comply with the UK's Solvent Emissions Directive.
The machines are run under partial vacuum conditions, so help to lower the boiling point of the solvent.
It offers the following advantages.
* Improved energy efficiency.
* Reduced solvent consumption.
* The ability to clean more delicate materials such thermoplastics and coated parts.
Pero also offers a complete range of aqueous solutions including conventional tunnel systems, single chamber spray systems and rotational basket units with spray/immersion functionality.
* About Kumi - Kumi Solutions was established in 2002 and has quickly established itself as a trusted and respected supplier of state-of-the-art environmentally compliant degreasing technology and expertise.
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