Using Industrial Degreasers for Machine Part Cleaning

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Industrial degreasers are applied to remove oil, dirt, and grease from machine parts or the surfaces residing around equipment. These contaminants continuously accumulate throughout daily operations, affect machinery performance, and create safety hazards. A variety of industrial degreasers are available to meet usage requirements with applications occurring frequently in these areas:

  • Restaurants
  • Warehouses
  • Factories
  • Automotive
  • Commercial

The organic compounds applied to facilitate contaminant removal are extremely volatile meaning they evaporate at room temperature. Inhalation or release into the atmosphere poses a significant threat to the well-being of people, animals, and plant life. Companies using industrial degreasers for these processes have to follow strict standards set by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to ensure safety. Even with these regulations in place, spills remain to occur quite frequently thus allowing soil, water, and air sources to be contaminated. Businesses requiring solvents for machine part cleaning must take special precautions and implement specific handling practices for industrial degreaser use to avoid individual or environmental harm.

Less Volatile Products Deliver a Safer, Cost Effective Solution

The volatility of industrial degreasers has a direct impact on the practices a business must follow to meet EPA standards. Contaminant removal is an essential industrial process; however, companies must carefully choose products used to accomplish this task. Less volatile products have been developed to properly remove grease or grime without the risks associated with common degreasers. Greener alternatives allow companies to eliminate harmful substances from their processes and have these benefits:

  • Ability to Meet Emission Caps
  • Reduced Usage Costs
  • Safer Working Environment
  • Decreased Workman’s Compensation Claims
  • Limited Insurance Expenses
  • Limited the Number of Taken Sick Days
  • Lawsuit Prevention
  • Improved Public Image
  • Use of Eco-Friendly Solutions

The EPA has put into place various standards regarding industrial degreasers due to the risks associated with volatile solvents. Businesses must follow these standards to avoid being charged hefty fines for failing to comply with emission caps. Additionally, the procedures required for handling dangerous solvents increase operational costs. Companies choosing to continue using highly volatile solvents for machine part cleaning experience loss of work due to increased sick days, a higher number of workman’s compensation claims, and costly lawsuits caused by prolonged exposure. The decision to use a safer alternative provides drastic cost decreases by generating a safer working environment based on EPA guidelines.

Companies implementing greener products for machine part cleaning also have the opportunity to improve their public image through promoting eco-friendly practices. By switching to less volatile products, a business is able to put themselves in a better position for increasing worker safety and protecting the environment. Eco-friendly solutions eliminate the dangers caused by the continued use of dangerous toxic substances. Extremely volatile cleaners generate several short-term health issues, which often lead to higher insurance premiums, legal fees, and time off of work. Companies are able to meet EPA standards, create a better working environment, and maintain process quality by choosing to use eco-friendly industrial degreasers.

Industrial degreasers are necessary in a number of industries and play a pivotal safety role. For more information about environmentally friendly, low VOC products, please call (800) 886-8240 or email info@ecolink.com.

Industrial Degreasers – Make Machine Part Cleaning Simple

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There is a common misconception growing in the industrial community for those who have not been provided the latest research, and who have been “left out of the know.” The misconception revolves around green alternative industrial degreasers not being as strong or as concentrate as regular industrial degreasers. The latest research will explain that this false notion could not be further from the truth. Chemical compound agents can be ecofriendly and still be as effective as any other cleaning or degreasing solution that has ever been on the market, without leaving a nasty carbon footprint.

Obviously, all industrial companies want to make machine part leaning as simple as possible. This mentally is the reason why many companies have remained stubborn and have not made the switch to a green alternative. What these companies need is proof, which is why Ecolink offers examples of the effectiveness of ecofriendly industrial degreasers through visual examples of machine parts being cleaned with these types of solvents. “The proof is in the pudding.” One could say after witnessing how consistently successful the use of ecofriendly cleaning solvents is when cleaning machine parts. As a matter of fact, if one were to perform a side-by-side test between the two different industrial degreasers, you would be hard pressed to see any instance where the green alternative does not outperform its older rival.

What is so terrific about everything mentioned in the previous article is that making the switch to a green industrial degreasers make the workplace safer for employees. If you need more convincing, call Ecolink now. There professionals are ready to provide you all the necessary literature and visual examples of just how easy ecofriendly industrial degreaser can make machine part cleaning simple. Do not waste any more precious time placing your employees at risk through the use of hazardous chemical agents, make the switch to a green industrial degreaser today.

Industrial Degreasers – Cutting the Carbon Footprint

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One of the most pertinent concerns people and organizations have pertaining to industrial degreasers is the safety, or lack thereof, regarding the chemicals that have been used to make up the potent solution that will successfully clean metal objects and certain materials. Nowadays, there is a much greater concern for finding methods to reduce the carbon footprint people and companies leave on this planet, as there should be. Preserving the earth should be a practice performed by every institution, especially those that are involved in an industry that could be hurting the environment, especially if specific precautions are not taken to ensure safety.

Creating solvents and solutions through a chemical process is definitely one area that is most scrutinized, as more often than not there is a chemical being used that can endanger the planet, either through the air effecting the ozone or seeping into the ground and killing organic growth. Not only is the planet in danger, but these hazardous materials could seriously injure or harm a human being. This is why more government oversight organizations are being created, to ensure businesses are doing the right thing and using solutions that will cut the carbon footprint, especially if those solutions are readily available.

Eco friendly, green alternative industrial degreasers are available, just ask Ecolink. One of Ecolink’s many purposes is to educate and inform people and companies about the numerous green alternative options that are available to companies that are in the business of frequently using industrial degreasers to clean parts. Ecolink stresses that finding ways for companies to reduce their carbon footprint should be a primary task, especially since steps needed to make the change are actually quite simple, quick, and actually quite cost effective.

Ecolink can also help businesses find the right eco friendly alternatives, depending on their needs. Cutting the carbon footprint is an ideal that Ecolink preaches steadily, and is willing to help any and all organizations make the green alternative change. Feel free to contact Ecolink with any questions or concerns you may have, or to find a solvent that will help you cut your carbon footprint now.

Get to Know…Laura Turner!

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Get to know our Client Solutions Specialist, Laura Turner! When she’s not busy cycling and training for her upcoming Century (that’s 100 MILES!), she’s busy reaching out to our customers and making sure all of their needs are met. Haven’t talked to her yet? Don’t worry, you will. Meet Laura!

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What’s your position at Ecolink? Client Solutions Specialist

How long have you worked here? Began working here over three years ago, a few hours a week on special projects. My position today was created with the company in March of this year.

How did you get involved in this industry? From a referral three years ago from my church network.

Has Georgia always been home for you? It has, since moving here with my family when I was twelve years old. Before that, we lived in Oak Park, Illinois.

When you aren’t at work, what are you doing? Enjoing time with my family, friends, and riding my bicycle with my cycling network.

Where are we likely to find you on a Friday  night? Comfortably seated inside the movie theater, watching whatever movie was just released!

What would be the first thing you’d do (or buy) if you won the lottery? Extended warranty on this precious gift of life!

If you could meet anyone, living or dead, who would it be? Phyllis Diller

Are you a cat or a dog person? Dog person!

What’s your favorite time of year? Spring time

Favorite iPhone/Smart phone app? Strava–running & cycling GPS tracker & performance analytics

What three things you couldn’t live without if you were stranded on an island? Food & water, clothing, & shelter. Necessities!

What’s your favorite movie? The Shawshank Redemption

If you were a super hero, what would your name be? Super Chic

What super power would you like to have and why? The ability to read the minds of others. It would be especially helpful when communicating with those who are shy!

Something interesting about you? At the age of 10, I fell off my bicycle, head first, and had to be rushed to the emergency room.  Three layers of skin on my forehead was stitched up and I never really returned to riding a bicycle again until last May 2012.  I began my 2nd week of cycling by registering as a fundraiser and a rider in the American Diabetes Association’s Tour de Cure where I rode my first 37 miles.   After meeting  many of the seasoned cyclists who rode the 37 miles and 100 miles route, I knew this was what I wanted to do to have FUN while continuing to challenge my physical fitness within the cycling community.  Having just celebrated my 1 year as a cyclist in May 2013, I remain active with cycling on a weekly basis. I completed my longest distance single ride of 75 miles on May 27, 2013, and currently training for my first 100 miles (century) that I plan to do this September in the Wilson 100 (named in honor of Scott Wilson) where the contributions benefit the Southern Bicycle League’s Advocacy Fund and The Georgia Chapter of the Leukemia Society.

What TV shows do you watch regularly? The Biography Channel, The Big Bang Theory, and The Office

What was your first car? What happened to it? Honda Civic hatch back (stick shift!). I sold it after graduating high school to buy an Audi.

If you could travel in a time machine, would you go to the past or the future? Past–before I was born to see how life was when my parents grew up without the technology we have today!

Best piece of advice you were given? Kindness matters (be kind!)

Favorite holiday? Halloween–a guaranteed day of FUN!

Favorite foods? Fish, avocados, & mangoes — together they’re especially delicious!

What really gives you the creeps? The flying monkeys in The Wizard of Oz & the Wicked Witch’s sinister laugh (NOT FUNNY!)

What kitchen utensil would you be? A whisk! Great for blending ingredients TOGETHER and the dual ability of speed control producing different results.

Pick two celebrities to be your parents. My parents ARE celebrities to me!

What activities were you involved with as a kid? Gymnastics, basketball, softball, soccer, and cycling!

Most importantly, what’s your favorite part of your job? Being able to interact with our various customers, industries, and locations on a global level through the internet, telephone, and in person to provide them with the best solutions.

 

Ecolink Presented the Atlanta Marketer of the Year “Amy” Award for 2012 SEO Marketing

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Amy AwardEcolink is proud to announce the company’s winning of the prestigious “AMY” Award within their selected category for SEO Marketing. The AMY Awards, presented by AMA Atlanta, is a creative award presented to those companies that have successfully constructed innovative strategies with consistently outstanding results. The award is an annual recognition of both companies and individuals who have achieved incredible results within the Atlanta marketing scene. The winners are awarded the symbolic Red Pencil—a symbol for the spirit of excellence, as well as exuding the refinement, reduction, and resolve needed throughout the creative process. The Red Pencil is a reminder of the wonderful ideas each company produced to achieve results.

Because there are so many unbelievable and accomplished marketing firms throughout the greater Atlanta area, Ecolink is appreciative of such a prestigious bestowment, and we are committed to continuing our endeavors that brought us such esteemed recognition. Each member of the Ecolink team played an integral role in making our firm one of the best companies in Atlanta that use SEO Marketing as a tool to produce significant results. We invest in our marketing, and we believe in our concepts and production, coupled with a dedicated and professional team that puts all of these terrific elements in motion.

Ecolink would like to thank AMA Atlanta for this incredible recognition, as there were many other companies nominated who are quite successful with their craft. We would also like to thank the judging panel. Most importantly, Ecolink thanks its wonderful and talented team—the whole is only as strong as the sum of its parts. Luckily, Ecolink has an awesome foundation that allows us to continue to build on our current success.