CASE STUDIES FOR TEXTILE PRINTING
CASE NO. 1
Description: American Colors coats or prints on fiberglass.
Waste acetone is generated during the coating or printing
process.
Courses of Action:
(1) Waste acetone is distilled and recovered at
approximately a 70% rate. This reclaimed solvent is used
in equipment cleanup.
(2) The volume of solvent has been reduced by process
modifications, especially going from light to dark coatings.
This yields an overall reduction in cleanup waste.
Savings:
American Colors cut production costs by reducing volumes
of waste solvent and reclaiming what solvent waste was
generated. The net savings were many thousands of dollars
per year.
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