All
of our metal scrap gets sent through the puck making machine
to squeeze the oil out of it (so we can re-use the oil) and
compress the chips for easy storage and transportation to our
recycler. We generate steel, aluminum and titanium waste.
We get paid by the pound for our recycled aluminum.
We actually get paid more for our scrap aluminum because it
has been compressed into pucks. This recycler then sells the
scrap aluminum on the open market. Nearly all of it will wind
up in a non-aerospace grade of some kind. Most likely as an
aluminum can. Aluminum can alloy is very forgiving and can
be used successfully with a fairly low amount of virgin aluminum.
Aerospace grades (typical in bicycle parts) of aluminum contain
very small amounts (if any) of recycled material due to the
very tight controls that are in place to insure the alloy's
properties and strength.
Titanium scrap has extremely high recycling
value. Manufacturing titanium from ore is even more costly
and energy intensive than manufacturing aluminum from ore.
By reusing already purified titanium alloy, a titanium bar
producer can save a significant amount of money.
In order to get our valuable aluminum and titanium
scrap metal, we make the recycler take our scrap steel. Steel
scrap has very low commercial recycling value. It is still
recycled and reused into a low alloy of steel.
All
of our metal scrap gets sent through the puck making machine
to squeeze the oil out of it (so we can re-use the oil) and
compress the chips for easy storage and transportation to our
recycler. We generate steel, aluminum and titanium waste.
