Pressed Metal Products Division Cooling Tower, Fort Worth, Texas

Pressed Metal Products Division is a cooling tower facility located at 9300 Southwest Drive in Fort Worth, Texas, within Tarrant County. The facility is operational and serves the industrial sector, specifically classified under NAICS code 332999 for miscellaneous fabricated metal product manufacturing. As a cooling tower, this facility likely uses evaporative cooling to remove heat from industrial processes. In Texas, cooling towers are common in manufacturing and power generation, operating under ASHRAE 15 safety standards for refrigeration systems. The facility's scale is typical for a mid-sized industrial plant, with capacity likely in the range of hundreds of tons of refrigeration. The facility's environmental significance relates to water consumption and refrigerant management. Evaporative cooling towers consume significant water, which is a concern in Texas's semi-arid climate. Additionally, the use of refrigerants with high global-warming potential may be regulated under the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol and U.S. EPA regulations.

Cooling towers in Texas face environmental challenges related to water scarcity and refrigerant emissions. Evaporative cooling systems consume large volumes of water, which can strain local water resources. The facility likely uses refrigerants that are subject to phasedown under the Kigali Amendment and U.S. EPA regulations, encouraging a shift to lower-GWP alternatives.