Quote Originally Posted by krdandu View Post
Hey Scott,



Thanks for taking the time to explain. I did pick up quite a lot of information from your post. And yes the company is not refining the scrap they are melting it direct.
Well due to the strict regulations we make sure there isnt much of residual radiator left left in the radiators before bailing them. The water getting in there is usually
from rain ( storage and transport ) and shipping. Sometimes we get baled scrap direct from the supplier while other times we cut the attachments and then bale them
at our own facility. As of today we do not add any chemicals or blow them with air oranything like that.

Thanks

Cole,

I know some of them but they are limited by thier absorbtion capabilities.

Thanks
Okay so it sounds, if the radiators are in fact completely free of water, that wrapping them in plastic still might work, but I wouldn't do it. If you are just receiving and shipping the problem exists with the people shipping to you and you are just transferring the problem without knowing, or it's happening during the shipment to your customer, or your customer is using the excuse to beat you up over pricing. If you are knocking off the pipes and bailing them yourself, then I still can't imagine a situation where it is your fault.

Depending on how your bailer works, you could eject the bail on top of a plastic sheet, then wrap the sheet around the bale and melt/seat the plastic. There are also shrink plastic product sold for industrial scale use that will shrink to fit the bale once heat is supplied. I believe this is done under a heat lamp, or hot air induction. If you used this method with injecting inert gas they would never be able to blame any oxidation on you.

If I were you, I would look over your shipping insurance, specifically the part about damages during shipping and/or force majeure. If it was an act of nature, that could not be helped, it could be covered by force majeure, such as rain, salt spray, etc. If the shipping company didn't handle your material properly you might talk with them as well. Also, if I were you, I would notify your customer and explain to them this was totally unexpected, and that you will be turning it over to your insurance, so they might expect a call or an insurance inspector sometime in the future. In doing this, letting your customer know that there might be a nosey insurance inspector that will want to poke around their facilities, might just circumvent their current position, meaning they might just change their mind. Getting other entities involved that will be nosing around looking for the actual cause will make someone trying to pull a fast one on you, think twice.

Hope this helps.

Scott