MACS Podcast Ep17: Al Leupold & Peter Coll discuss the MACS 2024 Training Event & Trade Show

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Welcome to the 17th episode of the MACS Podcast! Hosted by Steve Schaeber, MACS technical editor & manager of service training, and Peter Coll, MACS president & coo.
MACS Podcast Ep17: Al Leupold (Bergstrom) & Peter Coll discuss the MACS 2024 Training Event & Trade Show
In our seventeenth episode, Peter Coll sits down with MACS board member Al Leupold, technical consultant at Bergstrom Inc of Rockford, IL. They discuss the training and events at the MACS 2024 Training Event & Trade Show.
The MACS 2024 Training Event and Trade Show took place at the Rosen Centre in Orlando, FL January 31 thru Feb 3, 2024.
Keywords:
EPA: US Environmental Protection Agency
SAE: Society of Automotive Engineers
SAE International
HFTC6: human factors technical committee
CDPC: cabin disinfection practices committee
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For more than 30 years, shops and technicians who service mobile A/C systems in the United States have been using EPA-certified RRR machines (recover, recycle and recharge equipment) to properly recover refrigerants from vehicle A/C systems, rather than release the refrigerant to the atmosphere. These machines are required to be used under the US Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, and have played a major role in protecting the Ozone Layer. They have also helped to avoid countless emissions of HFCs and other CO2 and CO2-equivalent emissions from the mobile sector, by allowing shops to efficiently and effectively recover and recycle refrigerants (such as R-12, CFC-12, R-134a, HFC-134a and R-1234yf, HFO-1234yf) on-site at the shop level.
"Recovery" is a process which is performed through the use of either a Recovery-Only machine (such as an SAE J2851 machine) or through the use of an RRR machine (such as an SAE J2788, J2843 or J3030 machine). The "recovery" procedure simply removes refrigerant from an A/C system and puts it into a "recovery cylinder" for storage.
"Recycling" is a process which is performed through the use of an RRR machine (such as an SAE J2788, J2843 or J3030 machine), whereby refrigerant is "recycled" in the machine using filters, for eventual re-use in a mobile A/C system.
MACS supports RECYCLING refrigerant on-site by certified technicians, at the shop level, through the use of certified RRR equipment which meets SAE Standards. Refrigerant recycling on-site provides for the lowest environmental impact, and the lowest cost for the shop and the consumer.
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Since 1981, the Mobile Air Climate Systems Association (MACS) has been the advocate for service and repair owners, distributors, manufacturers, and educators making their living in the total vehicle climate and thermal management industry.
MACS empowers members to grow their businesses and delivers tangible member benefits through industry advocacy with government regulators and by providing accurate, unbiased training information, training products, training curriculum, and money-saving affinity member services. MACS has assisted more than 1.2 million technicians to comply with the 1990 Clean Air Act requirements for certification in refrigerant recovery and recycling to protect the environment.
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Video recorded 2/3/2024
Uploaded first draft: 2/8/2024
Approved for publication: 2/15/2024
Publish date: 2/15/2024
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