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The Smart Metal Scrap Solution – Vertical Axis Crushers

Vertical Axis Crushers: The Smart Solution for Handling Metal Scrap Metalworking facilities generate significant volumes of scrap, particularly long turnings and bulky chips. Efficiently managing this metal scrap can quickly become costly and hazardous if left unaddressed. Vertical Axis Crushers (VACs) from PRAB provide an innovative solution that drastically reduces scrap volume, streamlines recycling, and enhances workplace safety. This blog […]

Maximizing ROI: How Metal Chip Processing Can Boost Profits

Boost Manufacturing Profits with Metal Chip Processing Manufacturers in the metalworking industry always search for ways to enhance profitability and streamline operations. While most focus on production improvements, metal chip processing offers a lesser-known but impactful way to recover value, reduce waste, and promote sustainability. This blog will explore how efficient metal scrap processing can yield measurable ROI and share real-world […]

How to Select the Right Metal Chip Processing System

Shredders, Crushers, and the Benefits of Briquetting Metalworking manufacturers can find it challenging to manage metal turnings and scrap coated in coolant fluid. Effective chip processing systems help clean turnings, separate reusable coolants, and reduce waste volumes, optimizing recycling efforts and creating new revenue streams. Selecting the right system and incorporating briquetting can further enhance efficiency and ROI. Here’s how […]

White Paper: Wringing Value from Hazardous Metalworking Waste

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The Benefits and Proof Behind Metal Scrap and Fluid Handling Equipment

Without processing metal scrap and recycling cutting fluids in-house, metalworking operations do not get the maximum value for their chips from the scrap dealer and cutting fluids are substantially wasted. However, with the right scrap and fluid handling equipment metal scrap can be a great source of revenue and recycled fluids can drastically cut the costs of new fluid purchases, […]

Blog: ‘Fluid recycling can aid profits’ As seen in Cutting Tool Engineering

Research has shown that top-performing machine shops annually invest two to three times more money in capital equipment than other shops. Not coincidentally, profit margins for high performers are almost double those reported by typical shops. For all businesses, the objective is to achieve the largest possible profit margins. One way for metalworking operations to attain that goal is […]

Why Briquette Your Metal Machining Scrap

What Does a Briquetter System Do A briquetting maching compresses loose metal chips into compact pucks (briquettes) that are up to 99% dry. Briquetting Vs Wringing Loose Scrap When it comes to loose scrap and briquettes, the briquettes are easier to store, leave little residual oil, and can bring more money than loose chips. But, there are still many […]

White Paper: 8 Problem Areas Affecting Metalworking Operation Profitability

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White Paper: Reducing Haul-Away Costs in Metalworking Operations

Lower Metal Scrap and Fluid Haul-Away Expenses with Automated SystemsBy Mike Hook, Sales & Marketing Director, PRAB Introduction Costs to haul away and dispose of metal scrap and spent cutting fluids erode the bottom line of metalworking operations. Several factors outside the control of metalworking shops contribute to the costs, which continue to increase: […]

Blog: Achieving Quantifiable Results Through Sustainable Manufacturing

After World War II, the United States underwent a rapid transformation from an agricultural to an industrial society, marking the beginning of the modern environmental movement. In the first 25 years of this movement, the US has spent more than $1 trillion addressing environmental threats caused by commercial activities. Since that time, being environmentally responsible has been an ever-growing […]