Kalamazoo, Michigan — As companies strive to cut costs, they’re finding substantial benefit and savings from tightened control of valuable chips. This increased control is possible with Inter-Source integrated chip storage and staging systems.

Inter-Source’s integrated storage and staging systems are another industry first. True to their engineering of chip management solutions from “tool to trailer,” Inter-Source orchestrates the appropriate components to move processed chips to a secured holding silo. Weight is monitored, and when payload is reached, chips are automatically and rapidly discharged into the awaiting container. The bulk storage systems free floor space typically cluttered with holding carts and may even be installed overhead to support lean manufacturing initiatives. This automatic, safe, and dry storage reduces labor and handling and eliminates liability issues. Further advantages include a rapid ROI, especially for manufacturers who can now easily store chips for internal remelt.

“More and more customers are remelting their own chips,” explains William Nemedi, President of Inter-Source. “Our systems not only allow them to eliminate the tolling fees, but they also eliminate the liability issues associated with hauling to a secondary smelter, while gaining the advantage of raw material control and immediate access.”

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Even customers who don’t remelt their chips gain financial benefit with Inter-Source storing and staging systems. Automatic storage and weight monitoring means more efficient hauling, as trailers are only onsite for the time required to load. “And loading is very fast,” shares Nemedi. “At one installation we routinely offload 40,000 pounds in 20 minutes.”  The automatic monitoring allows manufacturers to track the weight they’re sending to a smelter for later verification of monies due.

With an international marketplace hungry for metals, control, accountability, and security are becoming more important. Inter-Source addresses these needs with integrated storing and staging; it’s only one of the approaches Inter-Source engineers when providing comprehensive chip management solutions.