R Davies Metals & Sons are specialists in recycling scrap metal in all its forms, including the removal of heavy industrial scrap such as Cast Iron and Heavy Melting Scrap (HMS) in both categories HMS1 and HMS2.
We cover all of the West Midlands and the UK and can arrange quick, efficient removal of all your scrap metal.
Contact us today to get a free quote and learn more about our comprehensive range of scrap metal collection and disposal services.
Scrapping Your Iron and Cast Iron Metals
Iron is one of the most recycled elements on the planet, whilst also being highly sought after as it is used to create other metals, like steel (an iron alloy containing carbon).
It can even be used to produce copper in a cost-effective manner, one that has a low environmental impact. R Davies buys all grades of iron, these being segregated and shredded before being melted down and purified, ready for reuse.
How We Can Help
Why Recycle Iron Using R Davies?
Recycling iron is a vital part of the World’s drive to protect and improve the environment. This process has allowed the 21st-century steel industry to improve its profitability while simultaneously minimising its environmental impact.
Simply put, using secondary (recycled) ferrous metals instead of extracting ore from the ground reduces CO2 emissions and energy and water consumption whilst improving air quality by reducing pollution.
Best Possible Price For Your Scrap Iron
At R Davies, we have invested in state-of-the-art metal recycling machines, allowing us to
extract the maximum possible amounts of metal from the scrap we collect. For our
customers, this means we can pay them top rates for their scrap cast iron, while at the same
time removing a problem for them and protecting the environment.
Some Examples of the Most Commonly Recycled Iron Items
- Scrap materials from various industrial and manufacturing processes
- End-of-life containers
- End-of-life vehicles
- End-of-life appliances
- Industrial machinery
- Construction materials
The Ferrous Metal Recycling Process Explained
Sorting – Being magnetic, iron is easily separated from other recyclable metals using powerful magnetic belts.
Shredding – Shredders used by R Davies have rotating magnetic drums that extract iron and steel from any mixture of metals.
Media Separation – The next step involves electrical currents, high-pressure air flows, as well as liquid floating systems. This process removes any protective layers (like on drinks cans).
Shearing – Here, hydraulic machinery is used, creating pressures high enough to cut the thickest, heaviest pieces of iron. For example, railway lines and parts of old ships. Other cutting techniques are also used, including equipment using plasma arcs. This new type of waste treatment system involves heating metal waste to super-high temperatures. This produces gas that can be burned for energy together with solid waste, which can be used as a building material.
Baling – This process produces large blocks of iron, which makes them far easier to move and transport.
What’s the difference between heavy and light-duty Iron?
Heavy-duty Iron
Heavy-duty Iron is used in machinery, iron pipes, engine blocks and many white goods.
Low-duty Iron
Low-duty iron is used where the stresses involved are lower than that experienced by objects made with Heavy Duty iron.
How much will I get for my scrap Iron?
Typically heavy-duty scrap Iron attracts higher prices than low-duty iron, with prices changing daily depending on market supply and demand.
Please give us a call for an up-to-date estimated value for your scrap iron.
Heavy Melting Steel
Heavy melting steel (HMS), also known as heavy melting scrap (covering recyclable steel and wrought iron), is broken down into two major categories: HMS 1 and HMS 2.
Simply put, HMS 1 does not contain galvanized or blackened steel, while HMS 2 does.
90% Metal Recycling Rates
For any business that wishes to boost its ESG credentials (Environment, Social and Governance), the fact that it can point out how it disposed of its waste products is sure to help, something that could allow them to obtain investments that would otherwise be blocked.
Free Collection Service
R Davies Metals & Sons Ltd has been handling commercial scrap metal collection for many years. Our team has the expertise and experience required to deal with your unwanted metal efficiently and professionally.
What Metals Do We Accept?
We purchase all types of scrap metal, including aluminium, lead, copper, zinc and tin, our speciality being industrial waste metals.
We also collect metal from the public, contractors and trades, offering highly competitive prices.
If you have some scrap metal, our scrap yard can provide you with a quick, easy and profitable method of getting rid of the problem whilst at the same time protecting the environment and boosting your bank balance. Quantity is no problem, and we can deal with loads large and small.
Ferrous and Non-Ferrous Metals
Would you like to know more about the difference between ferrous and non-ferrous metals?
Many people who are not involved in the metal industry or something similar can easily get these terms mixed up, and it could be helpful for you to know more.
Ferrous Metals
Ferrous metals are metals like shearing steel and cast iron, which are often used in large-scale building and construction projects due to their strength and durability. Examples are railways and industrial containers.
These metals have one major drawback, in that they react with the atmosphere and other elements and are therefore vulnerable to rusting.
This is one tell-tale sign that the material is a Ferrous metal. Ferrous metals are in extremely high demand due to their wide usage in the areas of manufacture and construction and therefore command a high price.
Non-Ferrous Metals
Many types of metals are non-ferrous, these including materials such as aluminium, copper, brass and stainless steel, not to mention precious metals like silver and gold.
Two of the major differences from ferrous metals are that non-ferrous metals are much lighter and more malleable. This means that they are very useful in industries where the weight of metal plays a big role.
Non-ferrous metals do not contain any iron, something that means they have a stronger resistance to issues like corrosion, something that makes them easier to recycle.
These metals can be found in piping, housing materials, roofing, plus many more. And as they do not contain any magnetic material, they can also be used in electrical household appliances and many smaller electronic devices.
We Accept All Types of Metal Scrap
- Iron
- Steel
- Girders
- Production Cuttings
- Over-sized Shearing
- Scrap Cars
- Cast Iron
- Irony Aluminium
- Electric Motors
- Cable, Household and Armoured
- Copper, Copper Wire
- Brass
- Lead
- Aluminimum
- Stainless Steel
- Batteries
- Catalytic Converters
- Silver
- Gold
- Tungsten
- Nickel
Our Scrap Vehicle Collection Service
Based in Kingswinford near Birmingham, we cover the entire West Midlands.
Please contact us if you are unsure whether your postcode is covered by our vehicle removal service.
- Worcester
- Bromsgrove
- Redditch
- Kidderminster
- Bridgnorth
- Stratford upon Avon
- Wolverhampton
- Walsall
- Dudley
- Ironbridge
- Telford
- Solihull
- Coventry