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TENNEGOinter-office memo
CHEMICALS,
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to W. Miringoff
from W.C. Champion
Subject SumitOIIlO Plant Quality Control laboratory
at Burlington at Burlington
Date March 18, 1974
Copy to R, T, Bucsko Dr. P. A. In bo R.S. Miller G.I. Roland
/ P. R. Scarito / C.jG. Thompson
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As you requested, we have reviewed laboratory space, services and equip ment needs for the proposed Sumitomo Plant. The attached estimates are based on the assumption that separate laboratory facilities will be provided at the new site. If, as an alternative, the current facilities are expanded, considerable savings could be anticipated in manpower and equipment needs.
In-process and effluent testing would be done at the frequency recommen ded by Sumitomo. Finished product testing would conform with our cur rent practices (they apparently do less). We would propose simple iden tification testing of raw materials, instead of complete reliance on supplier information as done by Sumitomo.
The total floor space requirement is projected to be 1460 square feet (including retain sample storage), distributed as shown in Table I. There are no unusual power requirements related to the laboratory equipment. Special design considerations are as follows:
1. Two 10' x 10' rooms must be maintained at a constant temperature (23C 1C).
2. One of these rooms, the electron microscope laboratory, must be a relatively clean (dust-free) area, free of vibration of severe mag netic field disturbance. This suggests a building separate from the plant or a floating pad.
3. Because of monomer and latex handling, a total of four explosionproof hoods are required.
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TABLE I
SUMITOMO PLANT QUALITY CONTROL LABORATORY SPACE AND SERVICE REQUIREMENTS
1. Finished Product Physical Testing Laboratory Area 20' x 24' = 460 square feet H/C Water Demineralized Water 110/220 volt, 40 amp electrical service
2. Finished Product Rheological Testing Laboratory Area 10' x 10' = 100 square feet H/C Water 110 volt, 20 amp electrical service Constant Temperature
3. Analytical Laboratory Area 20' x 30' = 600 square feet H/C Water Demineralized Water 110/220 volt, 60 amp electrical service *
4. Microscope Laboratory Area 10' x 10' = 100 square feet H/C Water 110 volt, 30 amp electrical service Constant Temperature Vibration and Magnetic Field-Free
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5. Office Cubic]e Area 8' x 10' = 80 square feel110 volt, 15 amp electrical service
6. Storage Area (Chemicals, Glassware, Retained Samples) Area 10' x 10' = 100 square feet 110 volt, 15 amp electrical service
Total Area Requirement = 1460 square feet
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TABLE II
SUMITOMO PLANT QUALITY CONTROL LABORATORY A
EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS
Finished Product Physical Testing laboratory
Laboratory Benches Overhead Storage Cabinets Standing Storage Cabinet Solvent Storage Cabinet Sink Water Demineralizer Chemical Hood (Explosion-Proof) Top-Loading Balance Hobart Mixers (2) Gardner Haze and Gloss Meter Hot Bar Gelation Tester Circulating Air Oven Hegman Fineness-of-Grind Gauge Viscosity Bath Syntron Vibratory Volatiles Test Oven Stir Plate Hot Plate Calculator
Finished Product Rheological Testing Laboratory
Laboratory Benches Overhead Storage Cabinets Standing Storage Cabinet Sink Brookfield Viscometer Severs Viscometer Timer Top-Loading Balance Water Bath - Thermostatically Controlled
Analytical Laboratory
Desk Laboratory Benches Overhead Storage Cabinets Standing Storage CabinetSolvent Storage Cabinet Sink Water Demineralizer Explosion-Proof Hoods (3) Gas Chromatograph
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"\ Analytical Laboratory (continued)
Top-loading Balance Analytical Balance Centrifuge 1R Spectrophotometer Circulating Air Oven Vacuum Oven and Pump Stir Plate Stir Hot Plate Calculator pH Meter Titration Apparatus Dissolved Oxygen (DO) Meter Total Organic Content (TOC) Meter Hach Apparatus (BOD) Desicator Specific Resistivity Meter Coulter Counter
Microscope Laboratory
Laboratory Bench Sink Desk Transmission/Scanning Electron Microscope Milipore PIMC Particle Analyzer
Office Cubicle
Desk File Cabinet Book Case Calculator
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