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Crush U Pull It Software
Salt Lake, UT
DeVries Equipment
Ankeny, IA
EZ Crusher
Annandale, MN
Holiday Wrecker Service, Inc.
Tiffin, IA
Hollander
Plymouth, MN
IIADA
Panora, IA
Integrated Recycling Technologies
Monticello, MN
Iowa Metal Recycling
Evansdale, IA
Kabele Truck & Auto Parts
Spirit Lake, IA
Legend Smelting & Recycling
Joliet, IL
LKQ Corporation
Chicago, IL
Recovery of the New Refrigerant R-1234yf
Following Mercedes claims that the new refrigerant was unsafe, Germa-
ny's Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (Federal Motor Transport Authority) ran a se-
ries of tests. The Authority concluded that while the substance was po-
tentially more hazardous than R-134a, it did not comprise a serious dan-
ger. However, the German Automakers disagree with their findings, and
test procedures. Following other independent and in house testing, Gen-
eral Motors still plans to transition all new models to the new refrigerant
by 2018. Chrysler announced that they would continue the transition to
R1234yf as well. Reference:
Posted on July 25, 2013 by
The Cooperative Research Project (CRP1234-4) team has confirmed that
R-1234yf is safe to use in automotive direct-expansion air conditioning
systems. As previously reported the estimated overall risk of vehicle fire
exposure attributed to use of R-1234yf is conservatively estimated at 3 x
1012 events per vehicle operating hour. This is nearly six orders of magni-
tude less than the current risk of vehicle fires due to all causes
(approximately 1 x 106 per vehicle operating hour) and also well below
other risks accepted by the general public. All OEMs in the new CRP
have indicated agreement with these conclusions. The members are Eu-
ropean, North American and Asian OEMs: Chrysler/Fiat, Ford, General
Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Jaguar Land Rover, Mazda, PSA, Renault and
Toyota. To access the report, visit:
RobinAir 1234YF Recover, Recycle, Recharge Machine
The AC1234-6 is the only product available today that fully meets SAE’s
requirement for recovering, recycling and recharging vehicle A/C systems
that use the new R-1234YF refrigerant. The AC1234-6 is a fully automat-
ic ACS machine that comes with an integrated refrigerant identifier that
samples the refrigerant in the vehicle’s A/C system prior to recovery, is a
highly accurate and reliable machine, and can service both standard and
hybrid vehicle A/C systems.
Grainger has the new recovery pump
listed for $7427 (Item # 44ZY98) while the National Tool Warehouse has
the same item for sale via Amazon at $5920 and Century Tool & Equip-
ment has a machine that meets the specifications by using an adapted
fitting listed for $3950.
Although the EPA requirements DO NOT require recovery only techni-
cian to be MACS certified like technicians that recharge systems, the
MACS Mobile A/C Training Class “Refrigerant Recovery and Recycling
Certification (Section 609)” classes are updated to cover R-1234yf. The
acquisition of the new piece of equipment will need to be reported to
EPA, just as the R-1234a equipment was when it was first placed in to
service at the facility. The EPA Refrigerant Recovery or Recycling Device
Acquisition Form can be found at
If you are unsure or have not
reported the original acquisition of refrigerant recovery equipment that
same form may be used to do so.