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News Release from: Enviro Tech Europe | Subject: Ensolv
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Team on 13 February 2006
Vapour degreasing alternative
Alternative to trichloroethane and trichloroethylene is neither an ozone depleter nor a carcinogen and has gained Boeing and Airbus approval on top of critical cleaning performance.
For anyone vapour degreasing over the past 30 years, the need to change products will have arisen for various reasons Entering the 1980s 1.1.1.trichloroethane (TCA) and trichloroethylene (TCE) served peoples needs in equal measure
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 27 Jan 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Then, TCA was lost for environmental reasons has it had an atmospheric lifetime in excess of five years and was considered a risk to the Earth's ozone layer.
Ironically, TCE had such a small ozone depletion potential it was zero rated so it seemed a more informed choice.
However, evidence in the 1990s went on to prove TCE may cause cancer, leading to eventual classification as R45 - May Cause Cancer, with all its implications.
Towards the end of the 1990s, the Solvent Emissions Directive was being prepared with an inevitable outcome of controlling emissions and reducing product used.
TCE was at the head of the list to feel the bite.
This is clear when you consider that in Western Europe TCE figures dropped from 101,000 tonnes in 1996 to 38,000 tonnes in 2003.
That decline increases with the legal requirement to find a suitable alternative to trike as soon as possible.
Much of what remains lies in industries such as aerospace where TCE became part of process specifications and so restricted the opportunity for change.
Since the mid 1990s, the product that came to provide the opportunity as a popular alternative to TCE is Ensolv, now a brand leader in its own right.
Ensolv is neither an ozone depleter nor a carcinogen and having gained Boeing and Airbus approval on top of critical cleaning performance, TCE users have an alternative that unties their hands.
Ensolv is available to be transferred into existing equipment.
New machinery design provides user ability to maintain solvent useage as low as 1-2 tonnes per annum and below. Request a free brochure from Enviro Tech Europe ...
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