About PRI

PRI has been designing and manufacturing fluid process systems since 1983. We specialize in systems processing hazardous materials in classified locations. Our areas of expertise include:

Distillation
PRI manufactures a wide range of products for general, ultra high purity, and other specific applications.

Washing
Our enclosed parts washers are designed for large, hard to clean parts. Whether you want to wash with flammable solvents, non-flammable solvents or with water, we can create a wash system to meet your needs.

Process Solutions
Engineering and manufacturing of custom industrial liquid processing systems to meet specific customer requirements.

Integrated Systems
Contract manufacturing and fabrication of skid and modular systems per client specifications.

Effluent Decontamination for Bio-Containment Facilities
Labs housing BSL3, BSL3-Ag, or BSL4 areas can thermally treat the liquid waste streams leaving their facilities through lab drains, autoclave drains, chemical shower drains, necropsy lab drains, and other waste water streams.

With the addition of the Caustic Digester™ (sometimes called a Tissue digester) PRI uses known technology and incorporates design refinements to address the mechanics of dissolving solid biological waste. An alkaline hydrolysis process at elevated temperature is used to convert biological waste into a sterile, homogenous liquid for safe and easy discharge.

PRI has more than 25 years of experience in heat transfer, fluid processing, modular equipment design and bio containment systems, and has placed more than 2500 systems worldwide.

Located in Dupo, IL their 60,000 square foot facility was built more than 15 years ago to meet their unique manufacturing needs. With the growing need for this specialized product, PRI has built an additional 18,000 sq ft addition to the manufacturing area. The new shop is designed for the equipment and tools necessary to build units up to 50000 gallon capacity. The new shop addition will allow for continued growth and capacity.

Progressive Recovery, Inc. is committed to serving industry and government in the search to develop safe, efficient and economical solutions to reduce or eliminate hazardous waste.

Over the last two decades, we have contributed innovative solutions to environmental waste problems in a variety of industries. The measure of our success in applying these solutions is our list of satisfied clients, a substantial list of Fortune 500 and many smaller companies.

In addition to this outstanding engineering effort, we are continually working towards providing superior equipment by following a stringent, documented manufacturing quality control program. This program insures an internal monitoring system for PRI and a secure assurance of quality for our clients.

Innovation, Partnering and Quality Control are not new concepts to PRI. Neither is customer service. We maintain a continuous program for improving our customer support effort by ongoing communication, helpful documentation, technical support from our engineering staff and field service at the client's plant.

PRI has the capabilities and we ask you to partner with us to improve the environment and recover your own valuable resources.

Service Resumes

Daniel B. Marks

President Daniel B. Marks earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Physics from William Jewell College in 1971. He co-founded PRI in 1983 and serves as President of the Corporation. He is a patent recipient and has managed and directed the business growth of PRI from start-up to a 10 million dollar company. Dan has been intimately involved in the Decontamination Division since its inception more than ten years ago.

General Experience

• Instituted the computerized manufacturing cost and procurement program at PRI
• Coordinated and managed the Quality Assurance Program with the Company's Operations
• Developed and instituted the Compan's Client Focused Project Management
• Supervised and coordinated Project Management of over 2,500 projects during the past 20 years
• Functions as Project Manager for the upper level of complexity under PRI's identification of projects
• Reviews and coordinates all specifications and changes with Consulting Engineers
• Manages interface with Contractors

Donald G. Fluchel

Executive Vice President Donald G. Fluchel earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Missouri - Rolla in 1972. He co-founded PRI in 1983 and serves as Executive Vice-President while heading the engineering and manufacturing operations of the company. He has received several patents for process equipment and has overseen the design and manufacturing of over 2,500 projects.

General Experience

• Instituted training program for ASME approval process and developed ASME Quality Control Document
• Monitored and supervised the QC Program
• Supervised and coordinated the design/engineering of over 2,500 projects during the past 20 years
• Acted as the primary lead engineer for over 100 innovative, first-time equipment designs, in addition to coordinating the design and fabrication drawings
• Functions as Production Manager and has scheduled the manufacture of over 5,000 units/modules meeting a 98% shipment efficiency.
• BSL-3 & BSL-4 decontamination experience dates back to 1999 with continuous project experience since then.
• Personally interfaced with vendor engineers
• Supervised Factory Acceptance Testing (F.A.T.)

PRI ENGINEERING STAFF

Chemical Engineering

The staff of Chemical Engineers conducts testing and QC on customer samples as well as produces validation papers on PRI products. Simulation of customer's process is conducted for verification in our EPA approved lab. The Chemical Engineering Department was established in 1983.

Electrical Engineering

The Electrical Engineering department also established in 1983 has over 50 years combined experience in electrical design for industrial applications including three-phase power distribution, control circuits, PLC controls, Operator Interface Screens, controls, instrumentation and commissioning.

EE Department Concept/Design:

• Work closely with the customer, PRI sales, and mechanical engineering staff to provide a system that meets or exceeds all specifications.
• Assist in the selection of instrumentation, components and hardware necessary to complete the system design, including control/power components, wiring, conduit, and enclosures.
• Hands-on site for Factory Acceptance Tests, On-site Commissioning, Site Acceptance Tests, Operator/Maintenance Training, and Building Control System Interface
• Design complete electrical control systems: PLC/HMI Programming and Control Circuit/Wiring Detail. Electrical Engineering drawings are included in Operator/Maintenance Manuals.

Installation/Customer Interface Details:

• Show all necessary wiring and hardware required for installation and customer interface points.
• Wiring Details include panel layout, control wiring, power wiring, PLC I/O layout, and instrumentation details.
• Structure all programs to easily accommodate field modifications and future process requirements.
• Programs designed to be fail-safe - any broken wire or invalid sensor input will result in a system shutdown.
• Thoroughly test all program functions and system alarms before shipping.

Mechanical Engineering

Since 1983, the Mechanical Engineering department has detailed mechanical design and pressure calculations for manufacturing tubular exchangers and pressure equipment. Including over 30 years experience in:

• Pressure Vessel Calculations
• Tube Sheet Design
• Shell Design
• Head Design
• Welding Details

Experience and factory training includes:

• Application engineering for centrifugal pumps.
• Flow and Head Calculations
• Net Positive Suction Head for pumping boiling liquids
• Solids Handling
• Mechanical Seals
• Variable Speed Performance
• 30 years experience with application engineering and sizing for tubular heat exchangers.

Training includes:

• Thermal Calculations
• U Value and L.M.T.D. Calculations
• Tube sizing for solids handling
• Expansion/Contraction requirements

• Pressure Vessel Calculations
• Tube Sheet Design
• Shell Design
• Head Design
• Welding Details

Manufacturing

Quality Control & Quality Assurance

• Manufacturing per ASME Quality Control Document
• Daily inspection of work under way using ASME standards
• Conducts annual ASME audit
• ASME hydro testing of each system
• Maintain welders qualification documents and welding procedures
• Review Materials Test Reports for proper material quality before releasing to manufacturing

Manufacturing Supervision

• Supervised and coordinated the manufacturing process of over 1,000 projects
• Interfaces with Engineering to insure that designs are within the capacity limits of the shop machinery and systems
• Manages work assignments and work force to insure that projects meet scheduled ship dates

Field Service

The Field Service team is a combination of very talented and technically capable men. This group is responsible for all aspects of the equipment once it is installed at the client's site.

The technician's first responsibility is to review the installation to insure that the installation contractor has followed the submittal drawings and all piping, wiring and utilities have been installed correctly.

The next step includes the start-up and commissioning of the equipment. This step starts by checking out the wiring and verifying individual control loops.

Actual operation of the system is the next phase of the effort. The technician runs the equipment in actual operational status with all tanks at proper operational levels and operating process conditions.

Training of the operational and maintenance personnel is the next critical step in the overall effort.

Finally, the Field Service Technician insures the client is satisfied and provides the contact names and numbers for future service.

Customer Service

Rick Mayer Joseph Meegan

There are two full time people in our Customer Service Department. By having a computerized data base of our customers and their equipment, we can quickly identify and respond directly or feed the pertinent information to our engineering group for their response. Customer Service also coordinates requests for field service.

Spare parts and warranty issues are two other areas that our Customer Service team has direct responsibility. They answer specific phone calls and e-mails directed to these two items.

Customer Service Department also interfaces with our vendors to identify any repetitive failures for our vendors to address.

Customer Service is our primary contact with our clients and they are responsive to our clients' needs.

Spare Parts - Inventory

Joe Schulte

The Spare Parts Department at PRI includes a 7,000 Square Foot storage area including the necessary racks, cartons and storage bins to hold the multitude of parts for our clients. The spare parts inventory is computerized and is directly linked to the customer service department that directs the shipment of any spare parts.