Recovering Your Metals and Reusing Them, Too/For Ft. Wayne, Ind.-based finisher, novel waste-reduction system makes both economical and environmental sense

摘要

When Jim McCall was looking to rein in skyrocketing nickel costs at his plating operation-Metal Plate Polishing, Inc., Ft. Wayne, Ind.-he found the perfect solution in a novel metals recovery system. But what McCall also discovered was that there were substantial benefits and additional savings to be had via the system's capacity to effectively and efficiently reuse those metals. "We're recovering anywhere from 350-500 lbs. of nickel every week," McCall said. "This has cut down on rinses and sludge, and when you're talking about that much volume per month-that's a lot of money." The system McCall is referring to is supplied by EW Metals, based in Wyandotte, Mich. Billed as a new approach to recovering and reusing process metals, the patent-pending technology developed by company owner, Paul Cook, helps finishers recover drag-out, spent or excess nickel, and copper as usable anode material. Typically, 98.9 percent pure nickel is recovered for reuse under this system.