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True Manufacturing
The Industry’s Most Complete Refrigeration Source
Market Drivers for R-290Export Market demand
Lower GWP of gases
• R-134a = 1430
• R-404A = 3922
• R-290 = 3.3 and the charge size is about ½ that
of an F gas
Higher efficiencies
True Manufacturing
The Industry’s Most Complete Refrigeration Source
True Manufacturing - Ready for Hydrocarbon Refrigerants2007 Researched HC equipment in the EU
UL 471 Addition of Flammable Refrigerants
2009 SNAP Submittal for R-290 for Self-Contained Commercial Refrigeration
2009 Letter of Completeness (Allowed field testing of equipment)
True Manufacturing
The Industry’s Most Complete Refrigeration Source
True Manufacturing - Ready for Hydrocarbon Refrigerants
December 2011 SNAP Approval of R-290 in Commercial Refrigeration
May 2014 Venting Approved by SNAP (Federal Exemption Only)
April 2015 R-600A Approved for Commercial Self-Contained Units by SNAP
Proposed delisting of R-134a and R-404A (et al) for self-contained equipment • US final date should be released later this
summer(Proposed date 2016)• Canadian final date still pending (proposed
January 2019)
True Manufacturing
The Industry’s Most Complete Refrigeration Source
Moving Forward – Phase out of HFC’s
Ensuring supplier base is prepared Compressor ManufacturesR290 Refrigerant Supply
The magnitude of hours of testing Development Regulatory
The financial costs of design and manufacturing conversion
True Manufacturing Challenges
True Manufacturing
The Industry’s Most Complete Refrigeration Source
Initial Laboratory TestingSafety Testing (UL 471 & EN 60335-2-89)
Refrigerant leak testing requires specialized equipment for the determination of refrigerant concentration
Additional testing for the refrigerant leaks
Additional construction review and testing of the “new” models
True Manufacturing
The Industry’s Most Complete Refrigeration Source
What has True done to prepare the market for Hydrocarbon Refrigerants?
Education
Training
Supply's and tools
Education
True Manufacturing
The Industry’s Most Complete Refrigeration Source
Education
Collaborative efforts with industry suppliers and training organizations to develop training program and certification test for all industry service technicians
True Mfg. initiated and ultimately combined with RSES to create the certification and training course
Currently True has our preferred service providers go through the newly established RSES training and certification program for Hydrocarbon refrigerants
True Manufacturing
The Industry’s Most Complete Refrigeration Source
Training
Service Providers trained to work on HC equipment
True Manufacturing
The Industry’s Most Complete Refrigeration Source
From a manufacturing standpoint, the use of Hydrocarbon refrigerants pose some new challenges. Therefore the manufacturing area requires a safety zone and specialized equipment specifically designed for this use.
Today, there is advanced and safety integrated charging equipment that has been developed by leading process equipment manufacturers. True has partnered with the world's largest producer of charging equipment for hydrocarbons for the refrigeration industry.
True Manufacturing has teamed with this technology to deliver state of the art processing technology with integrated and proven safety systems to deliver the highest quality product with the highest level of safety available.
Safe Charging Technology combined with integrated Safety Monitoring System
True Manufacturing
The Industry’s Most Complete Refrigeration Source
Service Tools
True has developed a safe, disposable and environmentally friendly Hydrocarbon adsorption capture system.
Although Venting is approved with the most recent SNAP regulation this device was developed in the event HCs require to capture. This device is available for those service providers that prefer to capture the HC refrigerant during a system service event