Solvent Recovery Systems
Solvent Waste Management specializes in providing sustainable solutions for hazardous waste management. Our solvent recovery systems utilize innovative technology to remove contaminants from acetone, turpentine, and much more!
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Alternatives To Solvent Disposal
Solvent Waste Management designs and manufactures solvent recycling equipment that cleans contaminated solvents in such a way that the customer can reclaim and reuse solvents again and again, thus saving on both the cost of solvent disposal and the cost of new materials.
The waste from the solvent washer machines consolidates into a more easily handled residue. It can be pulled out of the solvent recycling machine as a fairly solid unit that can easily be transferred to drums or other disposal containers. It is a lot cleaner than the slurry or slush commonly dealt with.
The Smart Way To Conserve Resources
Solvent recycling systems conserve resources and limit the amount of waste that industrial processes generate. Instead of seeking traditional, harmful solutions, businesses can implement this eco-friendly practice.
Benefits of Solvent Recyclers:
- Substantially Reduces the need to purchase new solvents
- Reduce disposal cost
- ROI in a matter of Months
- Simplify regulatory reporting
- Improves control over hazardous waste liability
- Minimize on-site storage of hazardous wastes
- Saves your company tons of money
Prioritize environmental responsibility with our solvent recovery systems. Call us today to see how we can help you!
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What Others Are Saying
We found Solvent Waste Management 15 years ago when we purchased our Solvent Washer. After seeing how fast the machine pays for itself it did not take long before we bought one, that has been 15 years ago and the unit runs at least 4 times a week. This unit has paid for itself many times over, if you use any solvents in your production I would highly recommend you reaching out to Solvent Waste Management to see how they can help your company.
Chris
Shutler Cabinets
We build custom cabinets for kitchens and bathrooms. We started working with Solvent Waste Management 15 years ago, since then we have purchased 4 Solvent Washers. The Solvent Washer cleans the solvents that we use on a daily basis, to keep our equipment clean. In doing so it helps us reduce cost and we always have clean solvent to work with. To top it all off they are Made In The USA, which is very important to us at Woodmont Cabinetry.
Rodger Evens
Woodmont Cabinetry
We purchased the Solvent Washer , Model SW30, approximately 3 years ago operating two shifts and it has worked great since day one. It has not gone down even once and it is used virtually everyday as we are a fabricator of structural steel. Since the purchase we have been contacted several times to ensure our satisfaction with the unit. We would purchase again if the need should arise.
Clyde Self
Steel Fabricators of Monroe
We have used SWM machine for well over 20 years. We do some wet paint and solvent cleaning and the machine has probably saved me well over $50,000 in saved solvent expenses and disposal expenses easily.
Recycled solvent from the machine is PERFECT for cleaning our paint pots and for a first clean of oily parts saving our virgin solvent for paints and final wipe downs.
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With the price of solvent over 10 bucks a gallon today its even a better investment than it was 20 plus years ago when solvent was under 2 bucks !
Machine is simple as simple can be.
After 10-15 years we had some electrical issues but its so simple inside it takes 5 min to figure out what may have burned out.
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We had a fire back in 2017 and one of the first calls I made was to SWM to get me another machine on order !
Can’t say enough good things about the machine and the service behind them !
Roy Johnson
B&C Coating INC
The machine does a good job of distilling thinner, and since we began using it we’ve been able to achieve significant cost savings,” he said. “In fact, we’ve been able to cut back on purchasing new thinners for washup by about 60 percent.
“I’ve used other machines that didn’t work quite as well as the Solvent Washer,” he said. “It seems to operate fairly efficiently and gives us pretty good management of our waste.
John Williams
Environmental Manager- Friede Goldman Halter Inc.
“We manufacture accessories for children’s rooms, and we use a lot of wood products, so we use a lot of paint, lacquer and clearcoat,”
“We were using a company for disposing of those products, but we were paying exorbitant prices for disposal,” Middleton said.
“We decided to look for an alternative source, and I came across information on Solvent Waste Management.”
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“I contacted Bill Palamountain, and he brought a machine out to our site and demonstrated how it worked and the built-in safety features,” Middleton continued. “I felt very confident in dealing with Bill. I felt sure he would only make a top quality product and would never produce anything substandard. “He showed us why this method was better than others and I was convinced,” Middleton said. “This machine is safe, cleans well and has saved me a fortune.”
John Middleton
President- M Ms Designs
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Frequently Asked Questions
If you are in the solvent business that requires tons of solvents daily, then you must understand the importance of having a solvent recycling system at your disposal.
Solvent recycling machines are generally used to remove the solis, debris, and unnecessary oils from the used solvents. Various methods are implemented to recover the solvent and eliminate the need of spending a fortune on purchasing virgin solvents. There are two quantifiable benefits:
- It reduces the solvent purchases by almost 95 percent
- And reduces the chemical waste disposal to around 90 percent.
Some solvent recycling processes are unexpectedly expensive. But it not only reduces the chemical disposal cost but also reduces the dependency on the new solvents. Different companies use different solvent recovery equipment to help recycle and recover most solvents.
Still, some companies are not aware of the process or understand how it can benefit their business.
We’re here to help! Let’s help you discover more about the solvent recycling process and how you can benefit your business with it.
What is Solvent Recycling?
Solvent recovery is basically a process that helps the companies extract the useful solvents from solvent waste to reuse in the manufacturing process. Thus, it will immensely reduce the demand for new solvents.
Mostly, it helps the manufacturers adhere to the regulatory process standards by keeping the waste streams clean before they are being released from the plant into the environment and causing destruction.
Using a solvent recycling unit, you can easily recover the below-mentioned solutions:
- Non-azeotropic solutions
- Aqueous non-azeotropic solutions
- Heterogeneous azeotropic solutions
- Aqueous homogeneous azeotropic solutions
How does the Solvent Recycling System improve the production of your manufacturing plant?
Well, if you smartly implement and follow the solvent recycling program, your company can save thousands by eliminating the need to dispose of the waste and purchasing new solvents.
The advantages of recycling the industrial solvents are not only limited to cost-saving. In short, it will help you to enhance the efficiency of your facility while allowing for sustainability.
Using solvent recyclers will bring you several benefits, such as.
- Having a solvent recycling and reusing process at your facility will enable you to simply re-use the same solvent many times over, resulting in less waste generation.
- Recycling can have a huge impact on reducing the need for new solvents. The production facility can save a significant amount of money that helps them to earn back the estimated cost of the fractional distillation unit.
- As you will recycle the hazardous waste within premises, you will also save on the transportation cost.
- It also lowers the EPA reporting requirements and risk as there is reduction in disposal of solvents and chemicals.
- Companies can benefit from the continued manufacturing with the help of recovered chemicals, that are as effective as new chemicals.
How does a solvent recycling system work?
The solvent recycling system or solvent recyclers work differently depending on the size of your facility and product manufacturer.
For small businesses, you need to select an appropriate solvent recovery unit that can be integrated seamlessly while providing the required equipment and automation process.
But, in the case of the larger or more complicated facility, you need to set up a full system design.
Most solvent recovery systems follow the distillation process, and so it is obvious that the solvent recovery system design process has a distillation design methodology. Generally, each solvent recovery system heats and distils waste fluids to eliminate the solvent and collect the rest as vapor and cooled back down to liquid form for reuse.
Typical steps include:
- First, you need to find out the basic system requirements, such as flow rates, what chemical you want to recover and others.
- Also, find out the relative volatility of the substances that will help you understand which method can be used to separate the substances and get the major residue of required solvent.
- Then decide if you want to go for the third party to get solvent recycled or have an on-site system to reduce the transportation cost.
- The setting process includes several stages, such as automation design, chemical knowledge, and other documentation that will help you and other workers to understand the flow of recycling the solvent.
- Also, you need to take care of the solvent disposal service as you might still be left with some waste that needs to be disposed of.
- These solvent recyclers will help you to reduce costs from manufacturing to recycling and reusing the solvent, so you can enjoy enormous benefits without emitting waste into the environment.