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PRAB Metal Chip Processing Case Histories
Application: Brass Chips
This Indiana based facility produces quick connect couplings, valves, and other products for air conditioning and refrigeration systems, heat pumps and related equipment. A high percentage of the parts produced are brass. After considering a number of chip processing alternatives, PRAB was selected due to superior design and competitive pricing.
Designed Capacity: 900 kg/hr
Brass System Includes:
• Four in-floor Harpoon™ collection conveyors
• Steel belt elevating conveyor
• Model-R parts separator
• CD (conventional discharge) Chip Wringer
• Recirculating fines conveyor
• Pneumatic chip fan
• Chip storage silo, 85 m3
• Controls
Proven Benefits:
• Labor costs reduced by automatic collection of wet chips from screw machine
• Monthly manufacturing expense reduced by the reuse of expensive cutting fluid
• Higher resale value of chips due to dramatically lower moisture content
• Installation and start-up expenses reduced by engineering services and experience provided by PRAB |
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Brass chip processing system
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