Category Troubleshooting

The “End of Shift” Nightmare Imagine this: It’s the end of a long maintenance day. You and your crew have been inside the mill for hours changing wear parts and making sure everything is good for the production cycle to…

The Upgrade Paradox In the metal recycling industry, the goal is always “longer wear life.” It seems logical: buy a harder hammer, get more tons per set. But recently, a long-time customer of ours experienced the “Upgrade Paradox.” They switched…

The Growth Problem Growth is the goal of every recycling operation. But as one of our long-term partners recently discovered, expansion can bring unexpected headaches. This Midwest operator had just acquired several new feeder yards to expand their footprint. It…