Content tagged with "scrap-metal"
Results: 9
Article
September 16, 2008
What's up with scrap (besides price)?
At today's elevated prices, scrap is almost considered a precious metal. In some cases, scrap is double its value only a few years ago. Scrap metal is one of the U.S.'s largest exports and the main component in electric arc furnace (EAF) steel production; therefore, its export has become a... Read more...
Article
January 15, 2008
2 strategies for optimizing bending operations
Offline bending software expedites the bending process. Metal fabricators must continuously seek new ways to maximize their uptime and improve their staff utilization to combat the skilled worker shortage. Fabricators typically encounter bottlenecks during setup and production in their press... Read more...
Article
November 7, 2006
Moving material efficiently
Material handling from stamping operations can present unique challenges. Regardless of whether you're handling scrap or finished parts, you need to think about several points to select the right equipment for your particular application. You have many equipment choices today to move,... Read more...
Article
September 12, 2006
Holding the line on metal costs
Minimizing coil processing scrap maximizes yield. Nearly everyone who processes metal—aluminum, carbon, or stainless steel—is concerned about scrap loss. Scrap loss in coil processing operations, such as slitting, cut-to-length, and stamping, often is overlooked. Finding... Read more...
Article
August 8, 2006
Feed to registration
Figure 1 In the mid-1980s service centers attempted to create coils slit in a scroll pattern to reduce scrap. When processing round or nested parts, most stampers use one of these three methods with varying degrees of scrap rates: Conventional coil stock feeding into a one-out... Read more...
Article
July 11, 2006
Mission: Spectacular scrap handling operations
Photo courtesy of Prab, Kalamazoo, Mich. Stampers, precariously squeezed by tight margins, high material costs, and increasing pressure to be leaner, have issued a request: We want our scrap handling operations to be speedy, trouble-free, and more productive. Fortunately, the latest... Read more...
Article
July 11, 2006
Baled out
Figure 1 The stationary incline conveyor located in the load-out center discharges its load into a shuttle conveyor that automatically fills one of the two truck trailers located in the bays below. Jefferson Industries Corporation (JIC) in West Jefferson, Ohio, broke ground for its... Read more...
Article
April 11, 2006
Keep it moving
To obtain the best performance from high-productivity equipment, parts and scrap must be moved efficiently, quickly, and reliably. Conveyor jams or slowdowns can offset machine tool productivity and damage high-production equipment. The solution may be a reliable conveyor system that... Read more...
Article
August 16, 2001
One person's trash is another person's ... seahorse?
Klennert used metal plates and horseshoes to create the body of this seahorse, a project inspired by pieces of metal he found in a barn that was burned down. He also used old belt pulleys to provide the roundness of the seahorse's body and electrical motor scrap for the end of its tail.... Read more...
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