A plant manufactures car parts to clean steel parts of the air conditioning and assisted driving systems.
The manufacturing process includes the use of cutting fluids as coolants and lubricants that facilitate the process and the subsequent trimming of parts. Metal parts were then washed / degreased with trichloroethylene.
The substitution
The company decided to install a water-based cleaning machine based on soap and water to substitute trichloroethylene at the end of each trimming process.