V-V Metals

Built for Foundries

Industrial Scrap Buying for Foundries & Die Casters

Foundry and die casting operations generate furnace skimmings, dross, gates and risers, sprues, baghouse dust and sand fines. V-V Metals has bought and graded those streams out of Cleveland, Ohio since 1986.

Industrial Scrap

Why do foundries need specialist industrial scrap handling?

V-V Metals buys ferrous and non-ferrous industrial scrap in virtually any form -- skimmings, grindings, turnings, solids and floor sweeps -- and runs it as a managed programme rather than one-off loads.

Foundry value walks out in the residue, not the returns. Gates and risers get handled properly and then skimmings, dross and collector dust are treated as disposal cost even though a real fraction of the metal is still recoverable.

Most plants do not have a scrap problem, they have a handling problem: the wrong container in the wrong place, emptied on the wrong day. A managed programme fixes that and lifts realised value without anyone changing how they run the shop.

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Accepted Material

What industrial scrap do you take from foundries?

We buy skimmings, grindings, turnings, solids and floor sweeps, including the awkward fractions most yards would rather leave on your floor.

  • Production solids, punchings, drops and off-cuts
  • Machining turnings, chips and swarf
  • Grindings, skimmings and process fines
  • Metal-bearing floor sweeps and clean-out material
  • Obsolete equipment, tooling and surplus alloy inventory
  • Mixed ferrous and non-ferrous plant scrap

Your Programme

How the account is run

Each stream in the programme is graded and settled on its own line so you can see where the value sits by department, and adjust segregation where the payback is real.

  • Residue sampling so skimmings and dross are paid on recovered metal, not gross weight
  • Containers rated for hot, dusty and free-flowing melt-deck material
  • Removal scheduled around furnace cleanouts and planned shutdowns
  • Return and residue streams settled on separate lines for real cost visibility

Melt-deck material is dirty, hot and awkward to handle, which is exactly why so many yards decline it. It is a core stream for us.

  • Full container programme -- roll-offs, luggers, gaylords, drums and hoppers
  • Scheduled or on-call service matched to your production rate
  • Line-item settlement by stream so value is visible by department
  • Consolidated monthly reporting for accounting and sustainability records
  • Direct shipment to mills, foundries and smelters with no dealer resale

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Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

Do you buy industrial scrap from foundries & die casters?

Yes. foundries typically generate furnace skimmings, dross, gates and risers, sprues, baghouse dust and sand fines, and industrial scrap buying is one of our core purchasing programmes. V-V Metals buys ferrous and non-ferrous industrial scrap in virtually any form -- skimmings, grindings, turnings, solids and floor sweeps -- and runs it as a managed programme rather than one-off loads.

What is the biggest industrial scrap mistake foundries make?

Foundry value walks out in the residue, not the returns. Gates and risers get handled properly and then skimmings, dross and collector dust are treated as disposal cost even though a real fraction of the metal is still recoverable. Most plants do not have a scrap problem, they have a handling problem: the wrong container in the wrong place, emptied on the wrong day. A managed programme fixes that and lifts realised value without anyone changing how they run the shop.

How do you set up a industrial scrap programme for our operation?

We walk the floor, find where skimmings, grindings, turnings, solids and floor sweeps accumulate, place the right container at each source, then agree a service frequency. Melt-deck material is dirty, hot and awkward to handle, which is exactly why so many yards decline it. It is a core stream for us.

Where does our material end up?

Unlike many scrap companies, V-V Metals does not sell purchased material to other scrap dealer houses. Everything we buy goes directly to mills, foundries or smelters, so there is one margin between your dock and the end user instead of two or three. Industrial Scrap scrap from foundries moves to mills, foundries and smelters.

Ready to fix your industrial scrap stream?

Call to review your industrial scrap material, agree grading, and get containers on site.

Call (440) 585-5959