Electrical driven metal briquetting system and method

A method for producing metal briquettes from an electric metal briquetting system, the method comprising:

• electrically driving a feed auger by a first motor in a hopper feeding assembly to feed raw metal material;
• electrically driving a charging actuator or a charging auger by a second motor in a charging assembly to charge said raw metal material into a charged material;
• electrically driving a main compression plunger by a third motor in a main actuator assembly to compressed said charged material into a puck;
• recording, by a controller, position information of the main compression plunger at the end of a compression cycle;
• estimating an approximate size of produced metal briquettes based on the recorded positional information of the main compression plunger;
• electrically driving a puck stop actuator by a fourth motor in a puck stop actuator assembly;
• and
• collecting coolant extracted from said puck by a coolant reservoir.

A briquetting system for producing briquettes, the system comprising:

• a hopper feeding assembly receiving raw metal material and having a feed auger configured to be electrically driven by a first motor used to feed the raw metal material;
• a charging assembly configured to receive the raw metal material from said hopper feeding assembly and charging said raw metal material into charged material, said charging assembly having a charging actuator or a charging auger configured to be electrically driven by a second motor;
• a main actuator assembly configured to receive said charged material from said charging actuator assembly and further compress said charged material into a puck, said main actuator assembly having a main compression actuator configured to be electrically driven by a third motor;
• a puck stop actuator assembly having a puck stop actuator configured to be electrically driven by a fourth motor, said puck stop actuator assembly controlling a position of the puck generated by said main actuator assembly;
• and
• a coolant reservoir configured to collect coolant extracted from said puck.

A metal briquetting system for producing metal briquettes, the system comprising:

• a hopper feeding assembly receiving raw metal material and having a feed auger and configured to be electrically driven and used to feed the raw metal material;
• a charging assembly configured to receive the raw metal material from said hopper feeding assembly and pre-compress said raw metal material into pre-compressed material, said charging assembly having a charging actuator or a charging auger and configured to be electrically driven;
• a main actuator assembly configured to receive said pre-compressed material from said charging assembly and further compress said pre-compressed material into a puck, said main actuator assembly having a main compression actuator and configured to be electrically driven;
• and
• a puck stop actuator assembly having a puck stop actuator and configured to be electrically driven, said puck stop actuator assembly controlling a position of the puck generated by said main actuator assembly, wherein a coolant is extracted from said puck, and wherein said extracted coolant is collected by a coolant reservoir.