Hi All,
I work in a small machine shop and for years we have been saving our used inserts. Does anybody know if there are companies who can recycle these inserts?
Scrap Carbide $200 a coffee can
A coffee can of scrap carbide weighs about 40# to 60#. It costs $8.10 to ship it by flat box USPS (US Mail) and $12 if you want to send it certified. It is worth at least $5.00 a pound now and maybe more. That comes to about $200 to $300 for a coffee can of carbide.
$1.50 a pound for Stellite® scrap.
Ship Your Scrap to Us Cheaply
U.S. Post Office has Flat Rate boxes. They are $8.10 each. You can ship as much weight as you want, anywhere you want for just $8.10. 2 sizes available- 11.875" X 3.375" X 13.625"
(514 cu .in) and 11" X 8.5" X 5.5"
(546 cu. in.) You can’t track them but they are a cheap shipping method for heavy objects.
Even grinding sludge can be worth as much as $0.90 a pound if you grind a lot of carbide