Rusal has launched a highly eco-friendly unit AirPure at the aluminium plant in Armenia

​Rusal UC has launched a highly eco-friendly unit AirPure at the foil-rolling plant at the Armenal plant. The investment into the project made up $6 mln.

The unit catches, filters and condenses the fumes of the coolant-cutting fluid used at the cold rolling of foil. The equipment was installed with the participation of Achenbach company (Germany).

The ecological effect of this process is that the exhaust steam is used repeatedly and is not emitted into the atmosphere. Moreover, labor conditions at the foil rolling production capacity significantly improve.

“We hope the annual effect from the implementation of the project on the reduction of the prime cost of foil output by means of regeneration and return of caught fume of coolant cutting fluid will make up $2.9 mln. Thus it is planned that due to the reduction of expenditure the project will pay back in 2 years”, the director for packing business of Rusal, S. Goryachev, said.