Objective Cooling lubricants/oils are found in a variety of applications and are particularly found in use in cutting processes such as drilling, milling or grinding. The large amounts of used lubricants (around 1 million tonnes are generated every year in Germany alone) as well as increasing disposal costs mean that cooling lubricants are of great importance for manufacturers both economically as well as ecologically. The cutting processes are among the most common processing techniques, not only in Germany but also across the whole of Europe. The need for environmentally and economically viable disposal of these materials is of particular importance in the automobile, engineering and plant manufacturing industries. The process planned here represents a chance for decentrally disposing of cooling lubricants and thereby significantly reducing the transportation costs previously associated with disposal. The majority of the output products from the recycling process can also be reused as secondary raw materials (approx. 95%); a small amount of the waste product (approx. 1%) is inert and can be disposed of without further treatment. Suitable partners will be selected in order to ensure that the lubricant lifecycle is dealt with comprehensively so that this concept can be successfully implemented. Fields of science engineering and technologymechanical engineeringtribologylubrication Programme(s) FP4-BRITE/EURAM 3 - Specific research and technological development programme in the field of industrial and materials technologies, 1994-1998 Topic(s) 0102 - Development of clean production technologies Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme EAW - Exploratory awards Coordinator Toitures Guy Rollinger SARL EU contribution No data Address 1,Rue De Diekirch 1 9186 Stegen Luxembourg See on map Total cost No data Participants (3) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all Euro-innovation SA Luxembourg EU contribution No data Address 4-6,Rue des Trois Cantons 4-6 3980 Wickrange See on map Total cost No data FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. Germany EU contribution No data Address Steinbachstrasse 17 52074 AACHEN See on map Total cost No data Hecker & Krosch Gmbh & Co KG Germany EU contribution No data Address 100,Aachenerstrasse 53909 Zülpich See on map Total cost No data
