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Invictus  
#1 Posted : 02 February 2016 11:11:15(UTC)
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Invictus
Is anyone aware of the changes in dry cleaning,?
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Ron Hunter  
#2 Posted : 02 February 2016 12:23:39(UTC)
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Invictus  
#3 Posted : 02 February 2016 12:40:45(UTC)
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Invictus
Ta Ron, I think it is something to do with the banning of Perchloroethylene, but I can't find anything about the banning in Europe.
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Ron Hunter  
#4 Posted : 02 February 2016 17:14:51(UTC)
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Ron Hunter
Hadn't heard of proposal to ban. HSE current guide INDG310 still makes extensive references to use of perc.
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jay  
#5 Posted : 02 February 2016 17:54:15(UTC)
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jay
Tricholoroethylene is subject to "Authorisation" under REACH. Under REACH, the chemical goes to the Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC) list etc etc. We were using Tricholoroethylene in a closed vapour degreasing system for cleaning "equipment!" and substituted it with another halogenated hydrocarbon --fortunately we could do it without any major change, except operating temperature etc. http://www.dow.com/safec...emaware/pdfs/2014faq.PDF
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jay  
#6 Posted : 02 February 2016 18:01:55(UTC)
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jay
Info on Perchloroethylene from Dow http://www.dow.com/safec...ethylene_under_REACH.pdf
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Ron Hunter  
#7 Posted : 02 February 2016 20:49:30(UTC)
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Ron Hunter
Jay wrote:
Tricholoroethylene is subject to "Authorisation" under REACH.
We're talking about Perchloroethylene = Tetrachloroethylene
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