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A gas-based solution for industrial parts cleaning and decontamination
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The Solution aims at providing an efficient, non-toxic and ecological cleaning equipment to medical device, mechanic and textile industries. This cleaning equipment replaces traditional cleaning solvents such as chlorinated solvents, alcohols or water + detergents by carbon dioxide CO2, which is collected as a by-product of other industries. Once put under pressure (over 73 bar) and heated (over 31°C), this gas becomes supercritical (SC) and is a good solvent for lubricants. This solvent is able to clean like a liquid but it can also penetrate in very in small holes and cavities like a gas would do due to its very low viscosity and surface tension. DFD equipment reuses CO2 several times during cleaning thanks to a continuous internal separation system. It also recycles about 80% of the CO2 at the end of the cycle. Supercritical CO2 has also well-known "pre-sterilizing" properties.
Label Date
February 19, 2021
By
DFD
From
France
Maturity stage
Medium and large scale commercialization
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New clients, Visibility, Credibility
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The environmental benefits
- •0 mg of residues of CO2 on the parts after cleaning as it is a gas
- •100% of the extracted oil can be reused in the production process - CO2 does not degrade the oil
- •100% saving on water consumption and no more polluted water and detergent expelled
- •50% saving on electricity consumption, thanks to dry process at low temperature and no need of drying after cleaning
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The Financial benefits
- •OPEX divided by 2
- •Productivity raised by 10 times, compared with current cleaning technologies
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DFD
DFD is a french company that develops and produces industrial cleaning machines using supercritical CO2 as a solvant
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Headquarters
63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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