Powder Coated Tough - Fall/Winter 2007 - (Page 19) could add a recycling capability to the customer’s washer. The first firm that he engaged disappeared without finishing the project, leaving IPE with a large, unfinished system. Waggoner asked Taoward Lee an engineer at Ecosystems to try to make the abandoned system work. Lee had two objections. First, he did not want to work with someone else’s design. “If you want the same results that everyone else gets,” he says, “do what they do. I want to try a different approach.” Second, Ecosystems traditionally focused on the plating industry. Most of their work involved toxic chemicals like hexavalent chrome, cadmium, nickel and cyanides. “I don’t want to waste my time on soapy rinse water when there are more dangerous things to keep out of the environment,” Lee told Waggoner. Waggoner won Lee over by saying, “If you really want to help the environment, you will support the powder The rinse water recycling system fit into a tight space between Prudential’s washer and a wall by installing the membranes and filters directly to the washer. The tank and pump are underneath the drip tray between stages two and three. Powder Coated Tough 19
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