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Join the growing list of Closed-Loop ZLD adopters and Future-Proof your factory from regulatory pressures and negative publicity.
It’s the win-win solution for a sustainable future.

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REVOLUTIONARY

ECONOMICAL CLOSED LOOP ZLD RECYCLING

REDUCE POLLUTION  
  SAVE MONEY

Introducing Smart Factory Design’s revolutionary economical closed loop ZLD (Zero Liquid Discharge) recycling for printed circuit board manufacturing factories. It’s the win-win solution for a sustainable future.

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    Our 99%+ closed-loop recycling system for PCB Fabrication reduces the environmental impact of PCB Fabrication to an insignificant level.

    This is achieved by eliminating wastewater discharge and using less water than the bathrooms for the Whole PCB Shop.

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    Join the growing list of Closed-Loop ZLD adopters and Future-Proof your factory from regulatory pressures and negative publicity.

    Earn a great score for environmental stewardship with OEM’s, with the first economical chemical and wastewater ZLD (Zero Liquid Discharge) recycling system for Printed Circuit Board Manufacturing Factories.

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    Our system breaks the traditional “connected strategy” of equipment and proprietary chemicals in waste treatment, returning all of the value to the PCB Fabricator.

    No proprietary chemicals are required.

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    Smart Factory Design is a public benefit corporation focused on delivering smart, economical solutions to reduce industrial pollution from the PCB Fab industry.

    We are proudly in partnership with some of the most innovative and reputable chemical recycling equipment companies in the world.

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STRATEGIC ADVISORY

FACTORY DESIGN AND LAYOUT

BOOST EFFICIENCY  
  REDUCE WASTE

Design your custom factory with expert guidance. We proudly deliver smart, economical solutions to reduce industrial pollution from the PCB Fab industry.

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CUSTOM TAILORED

PROCESS ENGINEERING FOR EXISTING OPERATIONS

MODERNIZATION  
  FUTURE-PROOFING

Revitalize existing operations and future-proof your factory from regulatory pressures. We proudly deliver smart, economical solutions to reduce industrial pollution from the PCB Fab industry.

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VS Traditional Design Scientific Comparison

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Eliminating Greenhouse Gas Emissions (CO2):
With our unique integration of AOP, specialized ion exchange processes, and closed-loop crystallization, organic compounds are oxidized and converted to solid carbonate salts, preventing the release of CO2 and volatile organics. Elimination of the evaporator reduces energy demand for heating water.


Water Usage and Eco-Toxicity:
Smart Factory Design’s ZLD systems use insignificant amounts of water. The bathrooms used by the employees in fact use more water than our system, and the amount needed is so small it can be generated from the factory HVAC system, by capturing rainwater, or directly from the air.
Since our systems do not have a discharge, and have no emissions, they do not pollute the water with microplastics and benzene compounds, or the air with solvents and CO2 like standard PCB Fab systems do.

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CAPEX ROI’s of 3-7 years are common for systems of 100 m3/hr or less vs any other approach.
The design has strong economies of scale and systems > 100 m3/hr in volume have CAPEX ROI’s of <1 year up to 3 years. The ROI is generated by the OPEX savings from the new system, coupled with the free DI water generation, and elimination of full-time labor requirements.

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Smart Factory Design systems are fully automated and Industry 4.0 compliant.

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Replacement of the evaporator process with Mega’s new electrolytic separator reduces the overall energy requirements of ZLD wastewater treatment by 75%.

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Our latest ZLD system has the lowest sludge generation volume of any other system in the market, with the exception of traditional systems with limited recycling. The partial recycling systems, however, only have this benefit because they discharge a highly concentrated and poisonous brine to the sewer instead of removing it as a sludge for responsible disposal.

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