Steel & Stainless Steel Briquetting
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Volume reduction Recovery of coolants Reduction of storage space Simplified logistics Increased scrap revenue Sustainability Stainless Steel Remelting Construction steel Cleanliness at workspace Machining steel Case hardened steel X5CrNi18-10 Tool steel V2A& V4A Energy technology Heat treated ste|el Machining Duplex (steel_ Linear technology Ball bearing steel Mechanical engineering Alloy steel Contract manufacturing Drive technology Parts manufacturing Stainless Steel Briquetting 15 PROJECT EXAMPLES Aviation Foundries Steelworks Consumable goods Automobile industry

STEEL & STAINLESS STEEL ADDING VALUE, ASSURE QUALITY, REDUCE COSTS. Ruf Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG is a family run company in the second generation which has specialised in the development and production of briquetting systems for over 35 years. More than 5,000 RUF briquetting systems are in operation in over 100 countries worldwide. Our systems are pressing steel and stainless steel chips into high quality briquettes. Being able to offer a wide range, we produce briquetting systems with throughput rates between 30 and 3,000 kg/hour. Our hydraulic presses for steel and stainless steel work...

AUTOMOBILE CONTRACT MANUFACTURING ENERGY TECHNOLOGY Page 5: Steel chips Page 6: Steel chips Page 7: Steel chips Page 8: Steel chips Page 10: Steel chips Page 8: Steel chips Page 6: High alloy steel chips (various qualities) Page 9: Austenitic, cold formed steel (P900, Nr. 1.3816) Page 6: Steel Page 5: Ball bearing steel 100CrMo 7-3 Page 10: Case hardened steel Page 7: Case hardened steel, Stainless steel and 100Cr6 Page 8: Various V2A and V4A qualities as well Page 9: Machined and heat treated steel as Duplex steels (e.g. 42CrMoS4), C- and St-goods as well as rust free steels Page 10:...

PROJECT EXAMPLES FOR STEEL AND STAINLESS STEEL ACCORDING TO MAIN BENEFITS INCOME & MARKET VALUE COST SAVINGS Page 5: More income from briquettes Page 6: Improved market value Page 8: Increased scrap income Page 9: More income from briquettes Page 10: Improved market value Page 11: Increased income Page 6: Oil Page 7: Oil Page 8: Cooling lubricant Page 10: Cooling lubricant Page 11: Oil & minimising cutting oil losses Page 5 Page 5: New construction costs Page 5: Storage Page 8: Storage Page 11: Storage Page 11: Transport STORAGE & VOLUME REDUCTION Page 5: Simplified internally Page 6: Chip...

INTERNAL LOGISTICS SIMPLIFIED - COSTS SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED ♦ The factory calculated the time spent on the processing of loose chips with about 16 wagons produced in each shift. It was enormous. A briquetting process reduced the efforts on chip logistics greatly. This was achieved with a system equipped with a tipping device and slat-band chain conveyor to discharge the briquettes into a container. This resulted in 100 - 120 tons of steel chips being automatically processed per month. Over sixty man hours are saved each month which had been previously, exclusively expended on internal...

RELIABLE OPERATION AND MINIMAL EFFORT FOR MAINTENANCE - OVER 14 YEARS The customer produces connecting elements for various industrial sectors. Alongside a production site for brass parts, the location at Sonnewalde is responsible for the annual production of around 23 million turned parts from M4x6 - M16x20. The steel chips produced here have been briquetted since 2006, recovering processing oil is simplifying the storage. The system is equipped with a tipping device to facilitate the automatic feeding of the chip wagons. It runs reliably and the maintenance effort is minimal. At the start...

BRIQUETTES OPTIMISE CHIP LOGISTICS AND CUTTING OIL RECOVERY ♦ Now using two briquetting systems, Lauble GmbH has simplified the handling of chips which are produced in enormous quantities during the production of precision turned parts. Thanks to the switch from centrifuging to briquetting, space has been saved, large skip trailers can be removed and forklift traffic has been remarkably reduced. The chips which are compressed to briquettes are in the main dry, as the compression reduces the proportion of cutting oils from between 10 - 15 % to 3 %. The pressed out cutting oil is then...

BRIQUETTING DIRECTLY AT THE MACHINING CENTRES: INCREASE IN VALUE OF STAINLESS STEEL The customer produces for diverse industrial branches like e.g. measuring and control technology, in the sector of stainless steel machining. The produced chips are crushed directly at the processing centres and briquetted immediately. This means the various alloys can be cleanly separated from each other and thereby the highest possible market value can be achieved. Furthermore, recovered cooling lubricants are directly reintroduced into the processing machines. The chip logistics are notably reduced at the...

REMELTING OF SPECIAL STEEL IN THE FORM OF BRIQUETTES The crushed chips with extreme mechanical characteristics are compressed to solid briquettes under very high pressure. Using a RUF 30 specially adapted to the circumstances at 250kg/h. This enables re-melting in the steelworks. The expensive material can be re-used in the form of briquettes for the production of P900. This brings a major financial benefit (several hundred Euros per ton) and justifies the high investment for operating costs which are higher than usual due to the increased wear. The amortisation period for the entire system...

FOUR RUF-SYSTEMS OPTIMISE CHIP HANDLING AT FITTINGS MANUFACTURER PH Hydraulik has relied on RUF systems in their production location in Romania since 2012. Currently there are four machines in operation, three with chips containing emulsions and one with chips containing oil. This alone recovers oil to a value of around 10,000 Euros/year. The oil, like the emulsions, can be re-used after filtration. The uniform quality ensures a higher value for the briquettes, and of course higher prices are achieved. Thanks to storage in Big-Bags (ca. 60 tons per month), space has been saved. The material...

VOLUME REDUCTION BY A FACTOR OF 1:10 Thanks to briquetting of steel chips, separated according to V2A, V4A and chips from machining steel, the customer is able to minimise cutting oil losses and recover valuable oil for the production process. Moreover the customer can massively reduce the produced chip volume of 70 tons per year. Hereby the customer can demonstrate significantly reduced transport costs. The machines have paid for themselves within three years. The machine is reliable and the maintenance effort is small. Briquetting system RUF 4/3700/60x40 Material Stainless steel chips...