Flexible Manufacturing Hazardous Materials in Metal Manufacturing Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

Hazardous Waste in Metal Manufacturing Terms Cutoffs- extra material removed from the original length of material. Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

Hazardous Waste in Metal Manufacturing Terms Chips- small pieces of waste material cut from a machine part. Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

Hazardous Waste in Metal Manufacturing Terms Cutting fluid- a liquid for cooling or lubricating a cutting tool and a piece of work at their point of contact. Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

Hazardous Waste in Metal Manufacturing Terms Coolants- fluid that draws off heat by flowing through a machine or over a part being machined. Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

Hazardous Waste in Metal Manufacturing Manufacturing companies have to control their waste to keep manufacturing costs low. Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

Hazardous Waste in Metal Manufacturing Waste is part of production. Cut-off materials and the cutting chips are some of this waste. Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

Hazardous Waste in Metal Manufacturing Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved. Cutting fluids used in machine operations is another waste that the manufacturing industries have to control.

Hazardous Waste in Metal Manufacturing Manufacturing companies use water purification equipment to remove oils, particles of metal waste, and other things from the water before returning it to the drainage system. Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

Hazardous Waste in Metal Manufacturing The manufacturing community has started examining cutting and cooling fluids to make them less hazardous to the workers and the environment. Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

Hazardous Waste in a Flexible Metal Lab In the Flexible Metal Lab, the waste is mainly cutting chips. Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

Hazardous Waste in a Flexible Metal Lab Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved. Cutting chips are cleaned up at the end of class and disposed of in an appropriate recycling bin.

Hazardous Waste in a Flexible Metal Lab Most machining in a Flexible Metal Lab is done on aluminum or brass. It also does not use a cutting or cooling fluid, so there is no waste. Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

Hazardous Waste in a Flexible Metal Lab If cutting fluid is needed, use hazard-free fluid. Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

Hazardous Waste in a Flexible Metal Lab Sheet metal waste (cutoffs of scrap sheet metal) are placed in the appropriate bins. Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

Hazardous Waste in a Flexible Metal Lab The Welding Lab will recycle the scrap metal. Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.