{"id":909,"date":"2021-06-21T10:54:23","date_gmt":"2021-06-21T10:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pangborn.co.uk\/blog\/?p=909"},"modified":"2023-03-27T15:03:49","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T15:03:49","slug":"abrasive-recovery-and-waste-minimization-solution-provided-by-pangborn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pangborn.co.uk\/blog\/customers-case-studies\/abrasive-recovery-and-waste-minimization-solution-provided-by-pangborn\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Abrasive Recovery & Waste Minimization Solution: Provided by Pangborn \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pangborn USA were approached by a large and well-known foundry located in Waupaca, USA to provide an Abrasive Recovery & Waste Minimization Solution.<\/h3>\n

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Our customer manufactures all types of iron castings to the transportation, construction, agriculture and industrial sectors throughout the world.<\/p>\n

Their largest foundry is located in Waupaca, USA which operates an integrated system for the handling of waste materials and industrial by-products generated from foundry operations.<\/p>\n

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The Challenge<\/h3>\n

The engineering team of the main foundry in the USA expressed concern that reusable abrasives were not being segregated by their current y by-product and abrasive reuse management processes.<\/p>\n

Our customer and their team needed a way to separate the waste into clean, non-contaminated materials to facilitate recovery of abrasives with remaining value that may otherwise be lost in the waste stream.<\/p>\n

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The Solution<\/h3>\n

Pangborn offers a complete line of abrasive recovery and waste stream solutions that can be incorporated into the design of new equipment, retrofitted on existing blast equipment (from Pangborn or other vendors), or delivered as a stand-alone system. Waupaca\u2019s engineering manager and project engineer selected Pangborn for this high visibility project.<\/p>\n

Prior to this, the company had worked with Pangborn on blast wheel conversions which enabled Waupaca to extend the life of their wheel wear parts. Teams from Pangborn and Waupaca worked closely in order to fully understand Waupaca\u2019s by-products and abrasive recovery expectations.<\/p>\n

Our customer has multiple waste streams and industrial by-products containing different types and sizes of waste particles \u2013 all of which need to be separated and sized to determine reusability and recyclability.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n

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The Solution Design Process<\/h3>\n

Pangborn\u2019s engineering team designed a customized, stand-alone solution specific to the customers needs. Pangborn reconfigured and integrated current blast machine technology into a recycling system enabling our customer to remove and separate large, heavy, tramp material, smaller waste components such as paper and flashing, as well as the most minute particles of dust and sand.<\/p>\n

Key components of the solution include:<\/p>\n