DEMO D: Printed Circuit Board
AT&S – Fehring, Austria
What‘s it about
Recovery of fresh water and gold from the PCB production by applying Membrane
Distillation.
Key Performance Indicators
Manufacturing capacity: 250.000 m² PCB per year.
Problem defi nition:
• Variation in bath concentration during the operation
• Loss of precious metals like gold and palladium.
Waste water streams: 100.000 m³ of waste water/a.
