The Environment
Luckerath actively fights the greenhouse effect.

The Kyoto standard was defined on a global level in December 1997. The goal of this protocol is to counteract global warming by limiting the emission of hazardous greenhouse gases. This involves a large quantity of hazardous greenhouse gases where the following gases are the most critical: 

•    Carbon dioxide (CO2)
•    Methane (CH3)
•    Nitrous oxide (N2O)
•    CFCs, PFCs and sulphur hexafluoride
•    Etc.

55 countries signed the Kyoto Protocol when the protocol was formed with the pre determined goal of realising a global emission reduction of 5.2%. Europe resolved during the formation to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases by 8%. Click here to read more about the Kyoto Protocol. With this initiative, Luckerath has been implementing a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) policy by systematically including a continuous improvement process since 2000. 
This process was related to economic, environmental and social considerations that have been included in an integrated manner in the full operational management of the company.

Luckerath contributes in its very own way towards a cleaner and environmentally-friendly environment. We do this by keeping a close eye on the emission of hazardous gases during production and limiting it to the absolute minimum as well as through other measures. In addition, the efficiency and economic goals are closely followed and, if required, modified through, for example, a good ISO-9001 policy. 

Our end products, the pyrolysis, burnout and dehydration furnaces, that we produce ourselves are also regularly tested to ensure that the emission of hazardous gases is limited to the absolute minimum. We do not just focus on greenhouse gases within this context but also on all other types of gases that are released to the environment during the pyrolysis, burnout or drying process.   Our team of experts works closely together with researchers from various certification bodies to ensure that the produced furnaces are more energy efficient and environmentally friendly and that the carbon dioxide levels are low. Reducing the emission to the absolute minimum has top priority.
All Luckerath furnaces are certified in various areas including CE, ISO and with regard to the emission of hazardous and innocuous gases.

In particular, the pyrolysis and burnout furnaces score really well due to the integrated secondary combustion chamber. All hazardous gases are burnt for a long period of time at high temperatures before being released to the environment through this secondary combustion chamber. Molecular decompositionsare formed  that break down the hazardous gases due to the extreme heat (850˚C). These molecules, subsequently, adhere to oxygen atoms that are present in abundance and then innocuously leave the furnace. This is all controlled through a computer-driven operation and checked for the best results. The emission of hazardous gases is reduced to a large extent in part due to this application. Because Luckerath attaches great value to the environment, all pyrolysis and burnout furnaces have been equipped with a secondary combustion chamber as standard.  Thus, Luckerath helps in reducing the emission of hazardous substances and chemicals on a worldwide basis and to reach the goals of the Kyoto Protocol