Surface treatments: metal finishing in the automotive sector

An American chemical company offering metal finishing services for automotive and non-automotive components.

THE CLIENT

The client is an American chemical company offering metal finishing services for automotive and non-automotive components.

THE CLIENT'S REQUEST

The client aims to find a solution to reduce the wastewater to be disposed of and potentially reuse the water recovered from the process, or discharge the treated water into the local wastewater treatment plant (POTW).

THE SOLUTION

Evaporation technology: PC R 1
Construction material: AISI 316
Overall dimensions: 3.2 sqm

ANALYSIS OF MAIN PARAMETERS

PROCESS DIAGRAM

RESULTS

- Recovered water: ∽80%
- Concentration factor: ∽5 times
- Wastewater volume reduction
- Reuse of water in the production process
- Return on investment <1 year
Scraped evaporators with heat pump and forced circulation
Wastewater treatment in surface treatment processes