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### A 9 4 5 2 Novembe r 4,199 6 j j . r _£ 3 Mr . Rober tDeGraf f Werne r Company

, Frankli n Park , I L Telephon e Number : (847)455-945 0

Contac tSummary : Resi n i s store

d a tth e Werne r Co. , Chicag

o Divisio n facilit

y i n tw o larg

e abovegroun d storage tanks , locate d indoor s i n a n air-conditione

d space . T o mix a batch , a 55 - o r 85-gallo n dru m i s place d o n a scale , an

d predetermine

d weight s o f resi n an d filler ar e added t o th e vessel . A li d i s place d o n th

e dru m unti l iti s read y fo r mixing . Th

e dru m i s the n move d t o th e mixer , th e li d i s removed , an

d the impeller i s lowere

d int o th e drum . A dom e attache d t o th e mixe r lower s dow n a tth e same rim

e an d form s a cove r durin

g th e mixin g process . Mixin g take s plac e i n tw o timed cycle s (15/1 5 minute s i s typical) . Mr

. DeGraf f sai d th e compan y performe

d a numbe

r o f modification s t o th e factor y mixer , whic

h include d addin g th e cover an d installin g additiona

l explosion-proo f

electrica l components . He als o state d tha tthe Frankli

n Par k facilit y wa s th e mode l fo r Illinois ' RAC T provisions applicable t o polyester resin operations . Mr . DeGraf

f said tha tWerne r controls th

e ai r velocit y pas tth e we tarea

s o f th e pultrusio n ma/Thm* * dow n t o approximatel

y 25 fee tpe r minuie , bu

tthes e lo w velocitie s ar

e har d t o measur e accurately . Th

e entir e pultrusio n departmen

ti s ai r conditione

d an d kepta tapproximately 72" F ycar-aroun

d t o minimiz e styren

e evaporatio

n an d t o stabiliz e the process . The y als o us e a lo w monome r technolog y (3 0 percen tb y weigh ta s receive

d i n the nea

tresin , an d les s tha n 2 5 percen

t a s applie d i n the resin matrix) . Th e facilit

y presentl y i s practicin

g direc tdi e injectio

n a t4 o f their 1 0 pultrusio n machines . (Limited di e availabilit y fro m a n outside supplie

r i s preventin

g a fifth machin e from bein g ru n thi s way. ) The

y hav e foun d tha tthe fiber bundl

e mus tb e "pre-wetted " b y injectin g resi n int o th e middl e o f

the bundl e befor e i tenter s th e die . Thi s pre-wettin

g produce s essentiall y n o emissions , an

d th e exhaus

tpoin tnormall y used a tth e wetou

tare a i s no tuse d durin g th e pre wettin g process . Mr

. DeGraf f sai d tha tth e compan

y doe s no tknow it s baselin e emission s (th e emission s withou tth

e curren tpollution preventio

n measure s in place) , becaus e they hav e neve r ru n pultrusio n o n a totally uncontrolle d basis . Th

e facilit y ha s use d lo w monomer resi n from th e beginning .
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