Recycling of ABC dry chemical extinguishing agents has dramatically increased the recycling rate. Foreign and altered substances are removed from the fire extinguishing agents recovered from fire extinguishers, and the agents are treated with Hatsuta’s proprietary siliconization process and then homogenized by removing the water content before being converted into raw material. Only the material that has passed rigorous inspection by an X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectrometer and shows the same levels of performance and quality as existing products is recycled as a fire extinguishing agent. Fire extinguishing agents manufactured using these recycled agents are handled in the same way as newly produced fire extinguishing agents. The recycling and reuse of dry chemical extinguishing agents can contribute to the “effective use of limited resources” and “anti-pollution of global environment,” and Hatsuta, as a company committed to environmental issues, will further focus its efforts on these areas.

• Equipment for Siliconizing Recovered Material—Regenerates Dry Chemical Agents

  The ABC dry chemical extinguishing agent, with the foreign and altered substances removed, is mixed with special silicone and other materials by a particular method, and is completely regenerated in approximately one hour.

  

• High-Performance XRF Spectrometer— Analyzes Recovered Dry Chemical Agents

  The finished ABC dry chemical extinguishing agent is subjected to X-ray analysis to confirm that foreign substances have been removed at the elemental level.