Tube City IMS offers steel mills and other commodity producers a proven scrap handling and management system for improved performance. Our Scrap Management Systems utilize specially designed material handling and transport equipment and state-of-the-art communications to improve your scrap operation and reduce overall costs.
 
As a full-service company, Tube City IMS will design, engineer and construct the optimum scrap handling and delivery system to meet your needs. Tube City IMS will also provide all the equipment and manpower necessary to operate and maintain the system so you can concentrate on your core business.
 
Focus on Improved Material Flow
Tube City IMS' Scrap Management Systems transform your present operation into an efficiently engineered system. With a focus on reducing your scrap handling and transportation costs, we minimize the number of times that scrap is handled.
 
The choices in material handling and transport equipment are many - from hydraulic cranes, gantry and equilibrium cranes to front end loaders, pallet carriers, off-highway trucks and railcars. Tube City IMS will custom desing a scrap system to expeditiously handle and move scrap at the lowest possible cost.
 
Scrap Optimization
The differential in pricing between scrap grades can vary tremendously. One of the keys to success in melt shop operations is in the creation of least cost scrap charge mixes or scrap optimization based on availability, chemistry and cost. Tube City IMS' Scrap Management System can help provide you with the information needed to effectively purchase scrap and determine the right scrap mix for handling, charging, melting and low-cost production.
 
Scrap Inventory Planning
The value of scrap in inventory can easily be several million dollars. Tube City IMS can custom design a scrap yard configuration to optimize scrap inventory levels while offering flexibility to receive scrap by the most economical means - whether by truck, rail or barge. Our inventory system monitors all scrap movements allowing you tighter control over your scrap inventory. Frequent turnover and "zeroing" of stockpiles are integral to the effective management of your multi-million dollar scrap inventory.
 
Communication System
Using state-of-the-art computer linked communication systems, real time data can be exchanged between the scrap yard and the melt shop. This results in enhanced control in melt shop operations, improving production and yield.
 
Reduced Costs
The Tube City IMS Scrap Management System can reduce your manpower, maintenance and overall scrap costs to compared to traditional handling systems by:

• Elimination of Capital Expenditures - Tube City IMS will invest all necessary capital to implement the equipment and infrastructure necessary to provide an efficient and reliable service.
• Less Manpower Required - Reduced labor cost along with a dedicated focus on scrap management with the use of high productivity material handling and transport equipment means a cost effective operation.
• Lower Maintenance Costs - Tube City IMS maintains all scrap handling equipment as part of our service, allowing you to direct the efforts of your maintenance crew to other critical steelmaking activities and equipment.
• Minimize Scrap Handling - The focus with the Tube City IMS system is in minimizing the number of times that scrap is handled, avoiding additional and unnecessary material handling costs.
• Lower Scrap Costs - Scrap mix optimization and tighter scrap inventory control enables you to effectively manage your procurement dollar and lower scrap carrying costs.