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Sell Scrap Metal Briquettes and Watch the Scrap Value Rise
If you're wondering about how much more you can make by switching to briquettes, complete our Calculator.
Select the briquetter model number. The briquetter model number will reflect hourly throughput in aluminum, x2 for steel/cast iron, and x3 for copper/brass. Select your hours and days of operation, and lastly your increase in briquetted material value.
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With less surface area, briquettes minimize oxidation and formation of slag.
With at least 90 percent of the briquette submerged in the melt bath, material doesn't have a chance to become slag. This typically produces yields between 94-96 percent, as opposed to only 45-80 percent for clean, dry turnings.
Briquettes are drier than chips from a chip wringer.
Even when wringer chips are compacted, liquid can still be pressed from the chips. With less liquid from a briquetter, melters get more value.
Briquettes are easier to handle and handling losses are decreased.
This applies to transporting scrap to the furnace, as well as scrap inside a furnace. It is easier to pick up blocks than chips. And, because chips are light, they can usually be pulled to the bag house rather than into the melt bath.