Sizing equipment reduces scrap to consistently-sized chips for efficient fluid removal, whether via automatic chip processing or pucking (chip densification).
Typically this is accomplished with a shredder. Only Inter-Source has engineered the technology to size at satellite locations, in-stream, or within the chip processing system.
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Shredders are available with mechanical or hydraulic, single or dual drives to optimally size any scrap type and volume.
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Pick-up wheel flume shredders comb stringies and balls, shredding and reducing their size so they may stream on to a central coolant filter.
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As the industry leader, Inter-Source manufactures a
rotary shredder for use at the machining center or in a flume.
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A
rotary ring shredder solved an application's challenge of space constraints. For more information and a video,
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Self-adjusting pressure plate maintains consistent shearing. Shredder instantaneously reverses to eject solids, greatly extending equipment life.
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Shredding prior to discharge into a flume for transport to a central coolant filter.
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A unique feature of the
rotary shredder is its ability to discharge solids, separately from the chips, into a collection container.
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Rotary shredder with solids discharge, over a flume conveyor.
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An in-floor flume shredder sizes chips prior to conveyance.
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A grate leading to the shredding teeth allows massive coolant volume to pass while bundles of chips are guided to the shredder face.
In photos 011 and 012, an Inter-Source dual shaft shredder is incorporated into an existing flume and filter system to manage stringy steel chips.
Click here for a video of stringy steel chips transported by high-volume flume to a central coolant filter, where the chips are shredded to a manageable size to improve the transport capability of the discharge conveyor.
Click here for a video of the shredding teeth in action without coolant.
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Flume shredder sizing chips at the end of a coolant flume before the chips/coolant slurry are pumped back to a central coolant filter.
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The rotary shredder sizes and meters wet aluminum chips and provides solids separation and ejection prior to vacuum transport.