Materials

Shred1 Ballistic Separators

Since introducing the Shred1 Ballistic Separator 6 years ago, Eriez has installed units in various shredding yards, steel mills and slag processing facilities throughout North America. These innovative separators utilize ballistics to upgrade frag by segregating the copper bearing materials from the rest of the ferrous materials. Customers using Shred1 Ballistic Separators report increased revenues and reduced overhead.

Process creates steel that's a-peeling

08/09/2017

Author:

Kip Hanson

If you’ve ever watched a bar of red-hot metal emerge from the furnace at a rolling mill, you might wonder how that scaly chunk of material became the smooth, shiny and accurate length of steel you just loaded into a lathe’s bar feeder. Machinists know it as cold-finished bar stock. It got that way thanks to a process known as bar peeling.

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P-Rex Rare Earth Scrap Drums

Introduced in 2010 and originally marketed primarily for scrap recycling, Eriez P-Rex rare earth scrap drums are now successfully operating across North America in a variety of recycling sectors. The P-Rex is proving its value in the field--beyond scrap recycling operations--by boosting ferrous recovery rates for waste-to-energy and slag recycling facilities, according to the company.

BONDERITE C-CP Process for Pickling Stainless Steel

The BONDERITE C-CP process from Henkel for pickling stainless steel is reportedly providing users with important cost and environmental benefits. Together with Henkel’s expertise and service, it has already provided advantages for several of Henkel’s customers in Italy and the Far East, where this technology has been introduced as an alternative to mixed acid processes.

Trim waste with proactive environmental program

06/14/2017

Author:

Christopher Tate

Industrial waste, its impact on the environment and regulation by governments have become significant areas of interest for medium and large manufacturing companies. One company’s proactive approach to environmental sustainability also reveals ways to reduce waste.

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Dry, tight fluid connectors require the right tool

06/09/2017

Author:

Kip Hanson

SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) and ISO (International Standards Organization) have developed a series of standards developed to make even the highest-pressure, most-demanding fluid connection leak-free. These include SAE J1926, SAE J514, MS 33649/SAE AS5202, ISO 6149 and other technical documents that describe threaded connections.

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Toolmaker targets titanium

05/30/2017

Author:

Alan Richter

Without a doubt, cutting tools for machining titanium must be well-engineered. This was reinforced for CTE Editor Alan Richter while attending Horn Technology Days 2017, held May 10 to 12 at Hartmetall-Werkzeugfabrik Paul Horn GmbH, Tübingen, Germany.

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