Abstract
This project will introduce a new, more efficient technology for remelting the considerable volume of aluminum by 6.5% . Automated conveyors will transport chips from the machining operation to the new remelting operation for recycling. A reduction in energy usage and costs associated with truck transportation of chips off-site will be realized as well as a 50% reduction in the number or times each batch of chips is remelted due to eliminating the need to recreate aluminum ingots as an intermediate step. Lastly, a new more efficient technology for stirring the molten aluminum during the recycling process will be introduce. A molten metal pump will be employed to stir the molten aluminum more completely.
Hosek, D. (1994). New, More Efficient Technology for Remelting Aluminum Chips. Energy Systems Laboratory. Available electronically from
https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /148996.