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Briquetting of aluminium swarf promises high saving potential |
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| The new TH 1500 briquetting press
(photo) from WEIMA Maschinenbau GmbH, Ilsfeld, processes turnings, cuttings (swarf)
and dust arising from working of aluminium into briquettes. Cooling lubricants,
mineral oil based or synthetic emulsions that are in particular used in wet
machining and that adhere to the turnings, are pressed out this way to with less
than 3.5 weight percent residual moisture content. The regained cooling
lubricants can be used again in the production process. |
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| The aluminium briquettes
produced are taken up into revenue creating recycling, so that the disposal
costs that would otherwise arise are largely avoided. Large volume reduction of
approx. 20:1 enables simplified handling and significantly reduced transport
costs with the high density briquettes. |
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Compared with the loose
turnings, these have less volume and also less surface area. This results in
much less burning during subsequent melting, whereby a high quality melt is
produced. The briquettes have a rectangular shape of approx. 150mm x 60 mm x 70
mm (LxHxW) and density of approx. 2,000 kg/m³.
The drive for the briquetting presses, that can also be used for briquetting of
sanding dust, paper, expanded polystyrene foam and other materials, is provided
by electric motor with power rating of 11 kW to 15 kW. Throughput is approx.
250-500 kg/h.
The entire plant consists of the mechanical equipment of the briquetting press,
a hydraulic cylinder for pre-compression, the main press unit, a tank for approx.
200 litres of hydraulic oil, a pump motor and an electrical cabinet with a
complete control system.
Contact: Mr. Jörg Töpfer, Sales Manager |
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