Metalworking companies are always looking for ways to reduce expenses and minimize waste. With economic uncertainty affecting industries around the world, it’s never too early to prepare for any downturns by tapping into the true value of metal scrap.
Operations can get ahead of any potential headwinds in a few ways:
Each of these methods are critical to generating a larger return from the scrap dealer and saving on coolant costs.
Briquetters are designed for this purpose.
Advantages of Briquetting
Briquetting takes metal manufacturing waste like chips, turnings, and swarf and forms them into dry pucks. These pucks, also called briquettes, can then be collected, recycled as scrap metal, or fed to a furnace for re-melting.
The puck formation involves both solids and liquids handling. Therefore, the process carries two distinct advantages for reducing costs and maximizing your monetary gains from the sold scrap.
-Jack Rovan, Martin-Baker Plant Manufacturing Manager
Briquetting gives metal manufacturing facilities several options to reduce operational costs and maximize the value of important scrap. It also allows for a safer, cleaner workshop.
PRAB Dualpak™ Briquetter Features
Nine different models are available to handle varying capacities and metal types. Each Dualpak™ Briquetter includes:
For more information about how briquetting can help your facility reduce scrap moisture and fluid expenditures to maximize metal scrap value, visit PRAB.com.
