Every manufacturer has waste. The smartest ones turn it into value.
Leftover byproducts—shavings, dust, fibers, and sludge—compromise floor space, safety, and resources. Waste piles up, costs rise, and it feels like you’re stuck managing a problem instead of solving it. You deserve a proven solution.
Clear the floor with briquetting
Shrinking waste by 90% is just the beginning.
- Cut costs: Shrink disposal costs, recover fluids, and reduce labor.
- Reclaim floor space: Reduce scrap volume by as much as 20-to-1.
- Improve safety: Minimize fire hazards and manual handling.
- Run cleaner: Divert waste from landfills and generate renewable fuel.
- Keep uptime up: RUF systems can operate 24/7 and last for decades.

Robust briquetting presses
Wood
Metal
Sludge
Biomass
Turn wood waste into clean, burnable fuel for industrial use or simply cut landfill volume.
- Bark
- Cotton
- Hay
- Miscanthus
- Sawdust
- Tobacco
- Wood chips

Make cleaner, denser briquettes for resale or remelting, and ensure safer material transport.
- Aluminum
- Brass
- Bronze
- Cast-iron
- Copper
- Inconel
- Magnesium
- Steel
- Titanium
- Zinc

Extract valuable fluids, reduce disposal costs, and minimize hazardous materials with a hydraulic briquetter.
- Hot Rolled Sludge
- Milled Sludge
- Pinion Sludge
- Ring Sludge
- Tin Sludge

Transform materials like paper dust, bagasse, and agricultural waste into briquettes for energy or recycling.
- Paper Dust
- Bagasse
- Agricultural Waste

What makes RUF Briquetting solutions stand out?
Quality, service, and dependability are built in.
- Machines pay for themselves in as little as 12 months.
- U.S.-based service team and extensive parts inventory ensures maximum uptime.
- RUF briquetters make the densest, highest quality briquettes so you can recoup more value from resale or reuse.
- Autonomous, 24/7 operation keeps labor costs to a minimum.
- RUF Briquetting machines are designed, built, and tested in-house, ensuring long-term quality and dependability.
Forward-thinking manufacturers are shrinking waste and saving big.

The world’s largest consumer tissue brand is achieving sustainability objectives through RUF systems.

A Tier 1 North American auto company saves an estimated $1M annually in recovered fluids.

U.S. government cuts waste at sea with RUF briquetting.
Incorporating briquetting into operations is much simpler than most people think.
- Get a free, no-obligation press test of your material. We press samples of your material to prove out its briquetting potential.
- Engineer the solution. Our U.S. briquetting experts customize a machine for material volume, output, and pressure and install it seamlessly.
- Waste shrinks day one. You’ll have more floor space, fewer safety worries, and more margin to put back into your business.
How RUF briquetting presses work
Stop struggling with scrap and turn it into savings instead.
Find out how briquetting can be integrated into your operations.