Power Supply
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Introduction
Go to step 1 ↓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
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Remove all components like cooling fan, PWB, capacitors, copper coils by cutting off cables and wires and place them aside.
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The PWB contains relatively large aluminium boards acting as heat sinks. Remove them and place them aside.
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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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