The industries of the metal-mechanical sector generate a great variety and volumes of waste classified as hazardous and non-hazardous.
Reducing the amount of waste and developing new ways for its revaluation, avoiding its storage in specialized spaces or its disposal in landfills, is crucial to improve the environmental impact of the metal transformation industries and their client sectors.
AZTERLAN’s technological activity in the field of waste is carried out through prevention, separation and recovery strategies that aim to provide technologically innovative solutions that improve the competitiveness of companies.
Minimizing the amount of waste generated through actions aimed at optimizing processes and the use of materials, as well as extending the useful life of components.
Development of specific waste segregation processes at source and apply conditioning processes that facilitate their reuse and recycling.
Providing value to waste and can be reused as new materials with the same or different purpose than the original.
- Process optimization and reduction of waste generation
- Pyrometallurgical and hydrometallurgical processes for the recovery of metallic oxides and critical materials
- Determination of the origin of the dangerous characteristics
- Identification and modeling of polluting emissions that occur in the casting and cooling processes of metal parts (VOCs, formaldehyde, furfuryl, crystalline silica, etc.)
- Waste generation diagnoses
- Sampling and residue characterizations
- Reduction of hazardous characteristics
- Development of new "sustainable" management processes
- Recovery of high value alloys "upcycling"
- Ecodesign of products to increase their recyclability
- Study of the durability and limiting factors in the useful life of recycled materials (mortars, ceramics, concrete, refractories, etc.) from iron and steel waste
“Metal-mechanical companies must comply with highly demanding environmental requirements. The consumption of raw materials and energy, the management of industrial waste, controlling the emisions that can affect air quality and health and the life-cycle of their products are some core issues.
AZTERLAN collaborates with the industry by developing innovative solutions that help the industry evolve towards a greener and more sustainable consumption, management and manufacturing model.”
