Rising water costs and increasing shortages across several U.S. regions are making water management a critical priority for metalworking manufacturers.
Shops that implement closed-loop systems are realizing significantly lower disposal costs, documented compliance and operational resilience without slowing production.
At the same time, automation is playing a key role in improving efficiency, safety and lowering operating costs. When integrated across scrap handling, fluid recycling and wastewater systems, automation delivers measurable improvements throughout the plant.
This issue of Metal & Fluid Recycling Minute explores key strategies for reducing material and labor costs combined with improved waste stream management to significantly lower operating expenses and conserve critical resources.
As indicated by the top 10 Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) violations from fiscal year 2021, fall protection remains a critical aspect of worker safety. In fact, it has been the most frequently cited standard for the past 11 fiscal years. In metalworking, poor housekeeping contributes to falls. Walking surfaces that are coated in spent cutting fluid or cluttered […]
Wastewater has increasingly become an aspect of environmental health and safety that manufacturers and fabricators are seeking to improve. And with good reason. Water is used in many industrial processes including rinsing, cooling, dilution, and more. Not cleaning or filtering used water not only depletes global water resources that are projected to suffer severe shortages by 2050, but also contributes […]
Cited as the second most common Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) violation in fiscal year 2021, respiratory safety continues to be a challenge in the workplace. Metalworking is no exception. Although supplying workers with respirators to protect them from airborne hazards is one way to prevent exposure, there is often an underlying culprit in metal fabrication that should be […]
Note: The information contained in this article is provided courtesy of MCR Safety. Select data has been updated to reflect recent statistics. There are 4.5 million reported injuries in the metal manufacturing industry each year in the United States. Data compiled by the Occupational Safety and Health Association (OSHA) shows that the number of metalworking injuries per 100 people is […]
