8. Storage and disposal AUSTROMAT
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122 Operating Instructions (Version 03/2018)
8.2.3. Disposal: Electrical and electronic materials
WEEE
The European Commission has issued a directive on the disposal of electrical and electronic
materials (WEEE; 2002/96/EC). According to this directive, manufacturers have been
responsible since August 2005 for returning and recycling electronic and electrical devices if no
exception has been granted. As a manufacturer of laboratory equipment, DEKEMA Dental-
Keramiköfen GmbH Is freed from this requirement. Dental ceramic furnaces do not have to be
returned to DEKEMA Dental-Keramiköfen GmbH.
CAUTION
Electrical and electronic materials
Electrical and electronic materials can negatively influence the
environment.
Do not treat electrical and electronic trails as unsorted garbage.
Collect old electrical and electronic devices separately.
8.2.4. Disposal: Other assemblies and components
The components of the AUSTROMAT
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are composed of the following materials:
• Metals and alloys
• Aluminum (housing, cover panels, etc.)
• Copper (cooling plates, electrical lines)
• Steel (sections, fastening materials such as screws, etc.)
• High-grade steel
• Glass and ceramic materials
• Glass (screens and displays)
• Ceramic insulation material (insulation table, firing chamber)
• Plastics and rubber
• Plastics (hoses, covers, wheels, etc.)
• Rubber (seals, silicone hoses)
• Composites
• Electrical materials (cables, motors, components)
• Electronic materials (printed circuit boards, computer, predator)
• Packaging
• Styrofoam (cushion material)
• Plastic (films)