Power Supply

Introduction

Source: Dismantling Guide for IT Equipment, which was elaborated within the SRI project and financially supported by SECO and UNIDO, June 2015

World Resources Forum (WRF)

Mathias Schluep, St. Gallen / Switzerland

Dismantling and Recycling Centre (DRZ)

Markus Spitzbart, Vienna / Austria

Institute for Materials Science & Technology (Empa)

Fabian Blaser, St. Gallen / Switzerland

Health and Safety

Dismantling a power supply doesn’t include any harmful steps. Nonetheless workers should wear personal protection equipment like gloves, goggles, apron and robust shoes.

What you need

Step 1 Power Supply

• Remove the steel casing, clean it and put it aside.
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Step 2




• Remove all components like cooling fan, PWB, capacitors, copper coils by cutting off cables and wires and place them aside.
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Step 3
• The PWB contains relatively large aluminium boards acting as heat sinks. Remove them and place them aside.
• Take care that aluminium is properly cleaned. Aluminium recyclers refuse impure parts.
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Step 4
• Separate the remaining materials according to their type and go on with the appropriate data sheet (e.g. aluminium, ferrous metals, cables, plastic, further PWBs, capacitors etc.).
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