| US 7,584,530 B2 | ||
| Method and apparatus for compressing scrap metal strip | ||
| Alvin D. Shulman, 1009 Carlyle Ter., Highland Park, Ill. 60035 (US) | ||
| Filed on Jan. 12, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/34,405. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0150383 A1, Jul. 13, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. B23P 17/00 (2006.01); B02C 23/08 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 29—403.1 [29/403.2; 29/403.3; 241/3; 241/68; 100/39; 100/95; 100/97] | 32 Claims |
| 1. The processing of scrap metal strip into a plurality of individual packages of uncontained, compressed material employing
a method which includes a compressing step and which eliminates the need to trim excess scrap metal strip before said compressing
step or during the performance of said method, said method comprising the steps of:
providing, as said scrap metal strip, a scrap metal material that has heretofore been processed in commercial baling operations
and that constitutes (a) obsolete scrap and (b) industrial scrap resulting from manufacturing operations performed on a coil
of metal strip;
feeding a stream of said scrap metal strip in a downstream direction along a processing path;
employing a pair of compression rolls to compress said scrap metal strip into a continuous slab of compressed scrap metal
strip;
and employing a guillotine shear to shear said slab into a plurality of slab portions, each composed of compressed scrap metal
strip downstream of said shear.
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