Does Anyone Recycle Their Chips?

[Joe Pitz]

Thanks Tim,

You guys must machine a tremendous amount of parts per week.

Joe

 

[astjp2]

2500 parts a week, we have 8 mazaks, 12 miltronics, 3 Daewoo's and a host of other mills like trak DPMs and bridgeports. Tim

 

[vertcnc]

We do about 5 tons of chips a month at work. I work on our puck maker, takes loose chips and makes them into a 3" round puck about the size of a tuna can. 8 barrels of chips makes 1 barrel of pucks. The good thing is it squeezes off the coolant so we can recycle it too. Tim

That sounds like a good project. I have seen a compactor for alum. cans, but chips would be a great idea. Picture would be handy.

 

[astjp2]

 

[cjtoombs]

I tried to take some aluminum swarf into the local recycling yard, they wouldn't take them. They go to the landfill, now.

 

[Joe Pitz]

Nice Video, thanks Tim.

Joe

 

[mcostello]

Every last chip of everything is sorted and sold. Every last nickle helps the bottom line.

 

[astjp2]

I tried to take some aluminum swarf into the local recycling yard, they wouldn't take them. They go to the landfill, now.

Losse chips is only worth 10% of puck by weight. If you are only talking about a bucket or 2 I would not worry about it, if you are talking about drums full, that is serious money.