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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 […]

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 Magazine

Briquetting compresses chips, turnings, and swarf into pucks up to 99% dry, squeezing out reusable coolant. 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 the cost of your cutting fluids. Sometimes gravity just isn’t enough. No matter how long you allow chips to drain, […]

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 […]