Product Quality And Environmental Protection - ABB VM1 Installation And Service Instructions Manual

11. Product quality and environmental protection

The apparatus are produced in compliance with the requirements of international standards for the quality management system
and environmental management system. In these fields, the excellent level is proved by quality certificates according to ISO
9001 and by the EMS according to ISO 14 001.
End of life of product
The ABB company is committed to complying with the relevant legal and other requirements for environment protection
according to the ISO 14 001 standard.
The duty of company is to facilitate subsequent recycling or disposal at the end of product life. During disposal of the product,
it is always necessary to act in accordance with local legal requirements in force.
Methods of disposal
Disposal can either be carried out thermally in an incineration plant or by storing on a waste site.
Raw MateRial
Metal material (Fe, Cu, Al, Ag, Zn, W, others)
Thermoplasts
Epoxy resin
Rubber
Oil as dielectric (transformer oil)
SF6 gas Discharging from equipment and further recycling or disposal
Packing material
Packing material
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ReCoMMended Method of diSPoSal
Separation and recycling
Recycling or disposal
Separation of metal material and the disposal of rest
Disposal
Draining from equipment and further recycling or disposal
Discharging from equipment and further recycling or disposal
Recycling or disposal
Recycling or disposal