Briquetting systems
Recycling chips and cooling lubricants
At the Intec, Ruf Maschinenbau will be demonstrating why two high-quality briquetting systems quickly pay for themselves for metalworking companies.
Metal chips and their adhering cooling lubricants are valuable raw materials. However, it is important to handle the wet chips correctly. Briquetting with high-quality systems is the right approach for this. Ruf offers a wide range of machines with throughput capacities of up to several thousand kg/h.
The family business will be exhibiting two compact briquetting systems at Intec 2023: a Ruf 4 and the compact Ruf Formica. With an integrated control cabinet, its dimensions are just 1.3 m long, 0.8 m wide and 0.9 m high. Depending on the type of material and chip, it achieves a throughput of up to 100 kg/h and volume reductions of 1:10 to 1:15 for aluminum chips and 1:5 to 1:10 for steel chips. The machine also separates adhering coolants during the pressing process, collects them in a tray and transports them to external containers using the integrated cooling lubricant pump.
With a footprint of 2 to 2.5m2 and a height of around 2 m, the Ruf 4 requires slightly more space. Thanks to its more powerful motor, it can be configured for higher throughputs and produces briquettes with a higher density. In terms of quality and reliability, both the Ruf 4 and the Formica, as well as all other Ruf briquetting presses, meet equally high standards. In addition, all systems are suitable for 24/7 operation.
Intec, Hall 3, Stand A29









