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THE WEEKEND OUTLOOK Friday April 1991 -Environment- Bramalea company reaps praise By BARBARA HALSALL Headline Company Moves To Preserve Ozone It Is so encouraging to see a company move to solve a pro blem before government regula tions force change Here is the story of a proactive company Northern Telecom in Bramalea With permission this is taken from Printed Circuit FebruaryMarch issue plant free After two years of dedicated ef fort our operations led the way In environmental protec tion by eliminating all use of Freon Northern Telecoms goal is to be Freon free by the end of 1991 We reached that goal in December Our results now make it easier for other NT groups and industries to achieve this level Whats the problem with was used to clean off the residue left on circuit boards after the soldering operations in the surface mount area and the wave solder area however contains CFCs which are a harmful pollutant To eliminate the use of we could have looked for other clean ing agents But why replace one pollutant with another Another possibility was to use lots of water to clean the boards that would still mean having to treat the water later The groups in volved decided to go one step fur ther and remove the need for any type of cleaning at all Over a year ago a flux was found for use in the wave solder area that did not require clean ing The residue left by this flux did not affect the operation of the boards However it was a more difficult challenge to find a solder paste for the surface mount area that would produce similar results By working closely together Manufacturing engineering the shop Quality engineering and the Quality lab met that challenge Fight Waste Bea They worked with the solder paste suppliers to reformulate the flux in the solder paste so that the lingering residue would not impact the boards performance It was an industry first The team established tests to deter mine the applicability of the solder and set the necessary quality standards to be met The dedicated efforts of the Surface Mount shop group in working with this new paste has produced products with equal quality This Information has been shared with other Northern loca tions and through the ICOLP Cooperative for the Ozone Layer Protection will be provid ed to other industries This is a significant contribution to the betterment of our environment As Keith Powell Director of Operations said at the mock burial of the Cleaning Machine I thank everyone on behalf of my children who will reap the benefits of your efforts This advance is even more im portant now that new satellite in formation shows the ozone layer is being depleted twice as fast as previously estimated Northern Telecom is proof that YOU CAN MAKE A DIF FERENCE Remember POWERs GIANT GARAGE SALE today Saturday 9 am to m at the Georgetown works Trafalgar Road Buying or Selling List With Success I BRAND REALTY INC Georgetown Erin P 83327 WERE YOUR INSURANCE BROKERS WE UNDERSTAND PAUL CARMSTRONG insurance brokers ltd 143 MILL ST Nils Online 8770133 GEORGETOWN MARKET PLACE 8771230 COO COUPON this info 5 Alliston Barrie Belleville Bracebridge Bradford Brockville Cobourg Collingwood Georgetown Gravenhurst Keswick Kingston Lindsay Midland Newmarket Orillia Orangeville Pembroke Peterborough Stratford St Thomas Trenton and now Trusts branch here ii Ontario WhheartfailersinBknieOntanoMurkTrustisaparto Corporation has assets in excess of bBon prides itseti it teuxr an integral in several decades of experience behind us at Municipal Trust am loolty toward to our future years in Parry SomSandtNoughouttiispatol Ontario Wed like to meet you discuss our be banking services Ask about irrvestment accounts US dollar sayings accounts investment certificates term deposits loans mortgages travelers cheques safe deposi boxes leasing Two financial institutions under one roof The Municipal Trust Company and The Savings Corporation an regulated financial institutions that share a of brandies across Ask your tod branch rnarager tow you can benetil PARRY SOUND Mk Bring this coupon into Kerns and receive I an additional off the selected sales Items shown this ad This to a limited offer so hurry in municipal trust