A knowledge-based company has developed a crusher and offers services to ease electrical waste management in an environmentally-friendly way.
Kardin San’at Nutrica Company’s crusher handles the disposal of all types of electrical waste, including fluorescent and gas lamps, batteries and toner cartridges, in addition to performing mercury sampling, providing transportation services and undertaking the classification, preparation, transportation and burial of special and industrial wastes.
For instance, the company crushes low-energy, fluorescent and gas lamps before processing them in a recycling center and controls the release of mercury vapors of used lamps into the environment.
The device has a 200-liter tank that can hold 300 to 350 kg of lamp waste.
Studies show that 2-3% of lamps are broken during storage, handling, packaging and transportation, therefore the use of lamp-crushing device provides a safe and effective disposable of industrial waste.
Mercury particulates and vapors are removed during the crushing process using the device’s built-in filters to prevent any environmental hazard. Reducing the harmful effects of mercury vapor on human health and environment is one of the main advantages of this device.
The crusher helps cut the cost and storage space of waste and saves labor during waste packaging and transportation.
Also, this device has other features such as managing the waste of burnt and used lamps, recovering lamp components, promoting eco-friendly waste disposal and improving the waste management and separation systems of industrial complexes.
Multipurpose Gamma Radiation System
An Iranian knowledge-based company Sharperto has developed a multipurpose gamma radiation system that helps ensure food and medical security, in addition to bolstering strategic reserves.
The importance of providing food security and elevating the level of hygiene makes it necessary to observe international standards and protocols and, accordingly, use a gamma radiation system. By providing standard food security and a high level of hygiene, a country can benefit from export capacities in agricultural products and medical equipment.
The use of this technology for the complete sterilization of medical equipment significantly minimizes deaths caused by hospital infections. It ensures the safety of medical treatment by reducing the microbial load and preventing diseases.
By increasing the durability of horticultural and agricultural products, this system has also bolstered the country’s strategic reserves.
By using rays emitted from cobalt 60 source and using a physical cold process, this method can be a suitable alternative to methyl bromide (bromomethane), ethylene oxide, phosphine and other methods.
This is because this system is able to sterilize products without changing their structure and quality. In other sterilization methods, microorganisms can be eliminated from medical devices and tissue allografts, but there’s a possibility of altering the molecular structure of irradiated products.
Currently, the system is used for sterilizing bandages and gas, blood collection tubes, cultivation environments, allografts and implants in the medical field, as well as dried vegetables, spices, potatoes, onions, garlic and other agricultural commodities.
The domestic system is cheaper than foreign counterparts and prevents a significant amount of currency outflow required for import.
The national master plan for the gamma radiation system is to help achieve food security, ensure medical safety and bolster strategic reserves.
The beneficiaries of this plan are the ministries of agriculture and health, which has been implemented in cooperation with the Center for National Master Plans of the Vice Presidency for Science and Technology
Domestic Autoclave Highly Efficient, Cost-Effective
A domestic knowledge-based company has produced an autoclave that saved a significant amount of forex outflow needed to import foreign counterparts.
“The autoclave is one of the most important laboratory equipment that uses steam under pressure for sterilization,” Amin Omidi, a member of the Board of Directors of Fanavaran Ayandeh-Negar Pouya Pars Company, was quoted as saying by the Vice Presidency for Science and Technology.
Autoclave is widely used in hospitals for sterilization and in chemical industry for coating and rubber filling. It is used to carry out industrial and scientific processes requiring high temperature and pressure, taking about 30-60 minutes for sterilizing equipment. Designed in the form of a cylinder, the domestic autoclave is very useful for health centers, clinical laboratories and research and microbiology institutes where sterilization of devices and tools is crucial.
Omidi noted that bacteria cannot survive at high temperatures, so it is appropriate to use an autoclave to sterilize sensitive plastic materials.
“The domestic autoclave has a high-efficiency energy consumption system and temperature control system for residual elements. It is also equipped with an electronic water control system. Holding clips, unbreakable and antibacterial lids are also used in the domestic autoclave to ensure safety,” he said.
“The production of this knowledge-based device has helped create 15 direct jobs and dozens of indirect jobs.”
Omidi said the Iranian knowledge-based product is priced 50% lower than foreign counterparts, and each one of them prevents hundreds of thousands of dollars in forex outflow required for importing foreign counterparts.
