Cut Scrap Volume. Reclaim Fluids. Increase Profit.
PRAB’s Shredder/Wringer Chip Processing System is a fully integrated, automated solution for processing metal turnings. Designed for high-output manufacturing environments, it significantly reduces metal scrap volume by up to 90% while reclaiming up to 98% of valuable cutting fluids and oils.
At the core of this system is the PRAB Shredder, engineered to handle long, stringy metal turnings (including aluminum, brass, steel, titanium, and more) and break them down into smaller, flowable pieces. These reduced chips are then conveyed directly into a high-efficiency wringer, where residual fluids are extracted for reuse or safe disposal.
This two-stage system transforms hazardous, messy metalworking waste into clean, dry chips that are easier to handle, safer to store, and far more valuable as recyclable metal scrap. It also lowers the cost of fluid replacement, enhances machine tool performance, and reduces plant slip hazards and safety risks.
PRAB’s Shredder/Wringer System is designed to integrate seamlessly with your production line and fluid recycling infrastructure. It can be paired with PRAB’s chip conveyors, coolant filtration systems, and wastewater treatment solutions for a fully automated chip and fluid management process. This reduces labor demands, minimizes downtime, and increases the consistency and safety of your operation.
A Typical Shredder/Wringer Chip Processing System Includes:
Aluminum turnings are one of the most difficult types of material to process, especially in large volumes. PRAB delivers the reliable, durable, and dependable aluminum processing system your operations demand. The skid steer loader feeds wet, stringy material into the hopper of the 6” pitch steel belt conveyor. The PRAB Steel Belt Conveyor carries the material up and meters it into the crusher. The crusher reduces the stringy chips into smaller, flowable chips and discharges them onto the PRAB Drag Conveyor. The PRAB Drag Conveyor transports the material up and into two diagonal shaft chip wringers. The PRAB Chip Wringers separate the coolant from the chips using nearly 700 Gs of centrifugal force. The settling tank captures the coolant for recycling. An integral PRAB Drag Conveyor discharges the settled fines back into the material flow. The PRAB Chip Wringers internally generate air pressure to pneumatically discharge dry chips. The dry chips travel through the pneumatic piping and cyclones to the PRAB Magnetic Separator. The PRAB Magnetic Separator removes ferrous particles from the stream of material and discharges them into a container, while dry aluminum chips continue onto the weight belt. The weigh belt measures throughput of dry material in process and deposits it into a blower. The blower pneumatically transports the chips across the plant to one or more cyclones, which dissipate the air and deposit the chips into storage bunkers.
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