More manufacturers are focusing on reducing scrap from production — not only is it beneficial to the environment and to the manufacturer’s bottom line, but customers also see a reduction in cost and turnaround time.
Rather than selling a lot of excess scrap to a scrap dealer — which only generates about 5% of a manufacturer’s original material cost, plus additional handling and transporting costs — manufacturers like ESI are instead concentrating on minimizing the amount of scrap produced in the first place. Those savings are then passed onto customers to save them time and resources.
In this article, we’ll discuss three metal stamping design and production practices that reduce scrap: nesting practices, repurposing scrap for parts, and identifying production techniques that use less material scrap.
