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Product Brochure: PRAB Chip Processing Systems All Product Brochure

Download     Proven To Reduce Metal Scrap Volume By As Much As 90%   Documented Results Achieved by PRAB Customers: INCREASED REVENUE“We get $0.17 per pound more for our briquetted material over loose chips.”– Jack Rovan, Martin-Baker Plant Manufacturing Manager IMPROVED EFFICIENCY & SAFETY“PRAB has truly helped us get more money for our waste metal and improve our […]

Product Brochure: PRAB E-Series Chip System

Download     Proven to Increase Scrap Value Up to 25% Produce 98% Dry Chips and Reclaim Cutting Fluid for Increased Waste Value The PRAB E-Series Chip System is a dependable, fully automated system for reclaiming valuable cutting fluid from wet metal chips and turnings. This compact unit was designed for small to medium material volumes and can process Aluminum, […]

Product Brochure: PRAB Drag Conveyor

Download     Conveyors Still Operating in the Field After 57 YearsExclusive Bolt-Free Connections for Staying Strong Under Grueling ConditionsEvery part of this rugged chain driven conveyor is designed for handling severe duty, highly abrasive, wet metal chips, fines and swarf. The heavy-duty, abrasion-resistant flight bars feature an exclusive bolt-free connection for staying strong under grueling conditions. The abrasion-resistant […]

Blog: The 3-Step Approach to Better Waste Reduction in Aerospace Manufacturing

According to the Aerospace Industries Association, few if any industries have done a better job of improving environmental performance over the last several decades than the aerospace industry. The AIA states that today’s aircraft and engines are considerably more efficient than those manufactured just 20 or 30 years ago, which has dramatically decreased fuel usage and harmful emissions. Additionally, […]

Case Study: Chip and Fluid Recovery at Mathews, Inc.

CHALLENGE Kalamazoo, Mich., July 20, 2014 – Featured in Modern Machine Shop Magazine. Mathews, Inc is a manufacturer of Bows and Archery Equipment. The company has been in business since 1992 starting with 26 people, growing to now over 400 full-time employees. Another recent expansion to a new 56,000 sq ft facility provided the added capacity necessary to […]

Video: A Pressing Issue – Production Machining

If you’re generating wet chips and sending them straight to the recycler, you’re paying to have the extra weight removed. Briquetting helps you recover that expense, as well as your cutting fluids. Sometimes gravity just isn’t enough. No matter how long you allow chips to drain, a fairly substantial amount of cutting fluid remains, adding weight to the material you’re […]

Conveying Value – Shop Metalworking Technology

For every input, there’s output, and in every process, there’s waste. For metalworkers, waste comes in the form of chips, and other than having them leave your shop in the soles of your shoes, chip handling is a function all shops must consider. Single-man operations or other small shops know that at the base of the chip handling pyramid is […]