Hot Forging Operations of Brass Chips for Material Reclamation after Machining Operations

The production of chips is an inevitable part of any machining operation. Today, brass chips are commonly recycled through re-melting by the material supplier implying a “loop” where material is sent back and forth between the material supplier and the manufacturing company. The research presented in this paper evaluates a method for compaction and hot forging of brass chips into blanks for subsequent machining into a finished product. A series of experiments have been performed to evaluate the method. The results indicate a possibility of a successful hot forging method for brass chips into machining blanks.