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Facility ID: 06492TMSMC358HA
Facility Name and Address: TIMES MICROWAVE SYSTEMS INC. 358 HALL AVE WALLINGFORD, CT 06492 Parent Company: AMPHENOL CORP Industry: Other Communication and Energy Wire Manufacturing (335929) Chemical: Copper Reports: View TRI Facility profile report for this facility View TRI Form R submissions by this facility |
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Pollution Prevention Activities for Selected Chemical
| Reporting Year | Section 8.10: Newly Implemented Source Reduction Activity | Section 8.10: Methods to Identify Activity | Section 8.11: Optional Pollution Prevention Information* |
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| 2024 |
Source Reduction:: S21: Optimized process conditions to increase efficiency[-5-14%]
Source Reduction:: S24: Modified or updated equipment or layout[-15-24%] Source Reduction:: S06: Other material modifications made[-15-24%] |
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T10: Vendor assistance
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T10: Vendor assistance |
S06: switched to alternant lubricant S21: Changed to more efficient drive motor on #16 S24: Repaired braider auto-stop sensors, resulting in less scrap |
| 2023 |
Source Reduction:: S21: Optimized process conditions to increase efficiency[-5-14%]
Source Reduction:: S24: Modified or updated equipment or layout[-0-4%] Source Reduction:: S44: Other improvements to operating practices and training[-0-4%] |
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits |
S21: Rebuild of Tapers for improved automation, electrical and efficiency. S24: Updated heater controls extrusion from DC to AC S44: Implemented set-up checklists for extrusion to ensure correct processing conditions and auditing check. |
| 2022 |
Source Reduction:: S41: Improved scheduling, record keeping, or procedures for operations, cleaning, and maintenance[-5-14%]
Source Reduction:: S42: Changed production schedule to minimize equipment and material changeovers[-5-14%] Source Reduction:: S43: Introduced in-line product quality monitoring or other process analysis system[-5-14%] |
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T10: Vendor assistance
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T09: Trade association/industry technical assistance program |
S41: Implementing braiding Preventative Maintenance activities to maintain equipment and reduce scrap and changeovers. S42: Worked with scheduling to line up similar jobs and reduce changeovers. S43: Added laser gauges to production line to keep consistent diameters and reduce off-spec and scrap. Source Reduction - Sikora - trade show assistance Source Reduction - Worked with Wardwell Braid Manufacturing |
| 2021 |
Source Reduction:: S25: Other process modifications made[-0-4%]
Source Reduction:: S33: Improved containment or material handling operations[-0-4%] |
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s) |
S25: All excess process water from extrusion troughs was transferred to the evaporator tank. S33: Additional measures were put into place to further eliminate potential for storm water discharge. |
| 2020 |
Source Reduction: Source Reduction - The Management Team has made concerted effort to increase efficiency and oversight of quality control processes; therefore, the Facility continues to decrease the quantity of non-conforming material and the amount of copper sent for recycling. Other Environmental Practices: General Environmental Management - Management recycled material deemed no longer usable, damaged or non-conforming based upon inventory reviews and quality control. |
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| 2019 |
Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
Barriers: B3-Barriers to P2 B3 - Concern that product quality may decline as a result of source reduction. |
W19: Enhanced quality control measures (i.e. calibration tools on equipment and quality testing at each step in production) identify "non-conforming matierial" earlier in the production process. This allows product to be reworked as opposed to scrapped for recycling. Source Reduction - The Management Team has made a concerted effort to increase efficiency and oversight in quality control processes. Barriers to P2: B3 - Concern that product quality may decline as a result of source reduction. - Due to quality control, product that is found to be "non-conforming" and cannot be reworked, must be scrapped and sent for recycling. |
| 2018 |
Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices[-25-49%]
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
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W19: Through quality control processes, the Facility has decreased the quantity of "non-conforming material" and therefore the amount of copper sent for recycling. Source Reduction - The Management Team has made a concerted effort to increase efficiency and oversight in quality control processes. |
| 2017 |
Other Environmental Practices: General Environmental Management - Management recycles material deemed no longer usable, damaged or old stock no longer used based on inventory reviews and forecasted orders. Any items recyclable are recycled via our recycler or single stream recycling. The inventory in 2017 generated an unplanned surplus of materials for recycle. |
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| 2016 |
Other Environmental Practices: General Environmental Management - Management has elected to remove from inventory old stock and short lengths of cable. This was done to open floor space to allow for new equipment to enhance production |
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| 2015 |
Source Reduction:: W81: Changed product specifications
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other |
Other Environmental Practices: Source Reduction - We are continuing to expand the use of foreign cable for specific operations. this allows us to minimize the waste generated in the initial manufacturing processes. Increased production ratio is attributable to increase in cable assembly operations. This also allow for higher usage of short lengths of cable previously sent for recycle. |
| 2014 |
Source Reduction:: W49: Other raw material modifications[-25-49%]
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other
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Source Reduction - A quantity of raw cable is now made in China. Start-up and scrap associated with that portion of the product now occurs there. |
| 2012 |
Source Reduction:: W13: Improved maintenance scheduling, recordkeeping, or procedures
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other |
W13: We have maintained a stable workforce for the past 2-3 years. The operators are managing the product with less variation therefore reducing scrap Source Reduction - A team dedicated to highlighting short lengths for sale has increased their sales and redued associated scrap |
| 2010 | Other Environmental Practices - Increase in amount of copper recycled due to better accounting for scrap as sent out; change in vendor; new vendor better differentiates scrap. Additionally, review of obsolete material resulted in scraping of raw material. | ||
| 2009 |
Source Reduction:: W58: Other process modifications
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T10: Vendor assistance |
Source Reduction - Installed system to measure concentricity of condutor core. reduced scrap. |