Coolant recycling for trucks and buses

REQUIREMENTS

Handling coolant is a real problem in truck workshops, both in terms of handling and disposal. When repairing the cooling circuit of commercial vehicles – buses, trucks, agricultural machinery – the coolant usually has to be drained. Almost always, the coolant is then disposed of.

Given the cost of fresh coolant and the considerable quantities needed in the commercial-vehicle sector, this is especially annoying when the coolant was replaced only shortly before and is essentially still “fresh”.

This is all the more true because the requirements for the purity and quality of coolants have risen considerably in recent years and with new engine generations, so coolant should not be wasted “just like that” – for cost and environmental reasons.

OUR SOLUTION

Our coolant recycling tray brings the user decisive advantages: after the coolant has simply been collected, the tray offers ideal options for transporting and temporarily storing the liquid. With integrated filter technology and a return pump, the coolant is cleaned of solids during the unattended refilling. A high proportion of the coolant can thus be reused, which – alongside the tangible economic advantages – also relieves the environment.

With the 1000 KW-FK collection tray, up to 90 litres of fresh coolant can be collected and recycled: the coolant is taken up in the tray, stored temporarily and, after the repair, filtered to 25 µm and pumped back into the vehicle’s cooling system. In the process, a height difference of up to 4 m can be overcome and 70–80 litres of the coolant reused.

This is not only environmentally friendly and resource-saving, but also offers the opportunity to save considerable costs:

• On the one hand, instead of 90 litres of coolant, only 10–20 litres have to be topped up: that alone saves a good €250 per job.
• In addition, manually filling in 90 litres of coolant takes a good 20–25 minutes in practice; with the KW-FK tray, by contrast, you only have to hang the return hose into the coolant filler neck and flip the switch. Using a pump and a 25 µm fine filter, the coolant is filtered and pumped up to the filler neck; the actual filling happens unattended.

In plain terms, this means the tray pays for itself after 6–8 uses.

YOUR BENEFITS

• Easy draining of the coolant.
• Ideal temporary storage and easy transport, even of the full tray, thanks to a built-in anti-surge baffle.
• Cleaning of the coolant with a 25 µm fine filter.
• Controllable, unattended filling via pump, up to 4 m high.
• The low height of the tray – 21 cm – allows easy access underneath; alternatively, the tray can be used in the pit and adapted to (almost) any pit size.
• Environmental protection: no wasting of expensive, environmentally harmful chemicals.
• Cost-effectiveness: the investment usually pays off within 6–8 uses.

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