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Our Swiss distributor, Hunkeler AG, has been successfully selling RUF briquetting presses for many years. With their expertise and excellent customer service, Hunkeler AG significantly contributes to the dissemination and recognition of our briquetting presses in the region.

With new RUF briquetting machines, the Weihele sawmill reduces its electricity consumption by around a quarter

RUF systems help MULTIVAC to streamline its chip handling processes and to recover coolants

A leading provider of packaging and processing solutions, MULTIVAC enjoys enhanced production efficiency and sustainability thanks to RUF briquetting systems. Eleven of these systems in total compress into compact briquettes about 300 tonnes of aluminium chips accumulating from this company’s milling centres. In the process, virtually all of the entrapped coolant is extracted and reintroduced to the production cycle. This simplifies the chip handling logistics, cuts coolant costs, and increases earnings from aluminium chip sales.

Briquetting press RUF 1100 compresses polyurethane residue to fiftieth of original volume

Comparing Briquetting and Centrifugation

What metal processing facility wants wet chips that bring along dirty work areas and container storage spaces, leading to high disposal efforts with lots of forklift traffic? Wet chips also result in a discharge of a significant amount of coolant (cutting fluid or emulsion) and low scrap returns. The solution: Separating metal chips from the coolant. But the question remains: how?