Dimac Australia’s Swarf Crusher is designed to reduce the floor area
required to store swarf by compacting metal shavings into billets.
According to Dimac, the recovery of cutting fluid from this process
allows companies to gain a better price from the sale of swarf.
The system works by loading the swarf into a hopper where two
horizontal augers and one vertical auger feed the swarf into a chamber.
From there it is compressed into billets of 53mm in diameter. The
length can be varied to suit the material being processed.
Once the metal shavings have been compressed into billets they are
then transferred to an elevator and up into a collection drum. During
the compressing process, cutting fluids are squeezed out and are
recovered in a tray underneath the machine.
From here, they can either be pumped directly back into the
machine tools tank or into a separate holding container.