Useful information about metal

Büttner PräzisionsWERK GmbH was the first customer to test the RUF Formika – and was immediately impressed. Today, two systems optimise chip processing directly on several machining centres, making a significant contribution to the efficiency of the company’s chip logistics.

Carl Zeiss Sports Optics uses specialised RUF presses for small chip volumes at its machining centres

With three particularly compact and mobile briquetting systems of the Formika type from RUF Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG, Carl Zeiss Sports Optics presses aluminium chips from machining operations into almost dry briquettes.

Everllence/MAN Energy Solutions closes the material cycle with presses from RUF

Everllence compresses the cast chips produced during manufacturing into compact briquettes, which are then remelted again in its own foundry. In doing so, the Augsburg based company, known as MAN Energy Solutions until early June, closes the material cycle and reduces costs. Three briquetting systems from RUF are in operation, processing well over a thousand tonnes of chips per year. RUF is now upgrading one of the briquetting presses to expand production.

HAI confirms Short Payback Period for RUF Briquetting Systems

The Hammerer Aluminium Group uses RUF briquetting presses to efficiently close the material loop. When aluminium chips from production are compressed into briquettes and then remelted, the material yield is approximately eight percentage points higher than when melting loose chips. Using their own, precisely defined materials also ensures consistently high alloy quality.

For almost 25,000 hours, a press compacted grinding sludge into briquettes. Now it has been replaced by a new system. Technology and service from Hunkeler Systeme AG were convincing.

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.

Recently, we had the pleasure of welcoming a film crew from the media platform MetalWorks TV to our premises in Zaisertshofen. The purpose of their visit was to create an editorial FAQ video. This video addresses the most important questions about briquetting and its benefits.

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.

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?