Industry · 04

Manufacturing
tool, die and swarf.

Solid carbide tooling, inserts, dies and punches, plus the swarf and offcuts that come with them. Scheduled bin swaps so the machine shop never stops for a full skip.

Scheduled bin swapsSwarf drums suppliedPickup across WA
Why the swarf bin matters

A machine shop throws away
more value than it realises.

Broken end mills, spent inserts and carbide grinding sludge all read as workshop waste and all carry recoverable tungsten. The same applies to stainless and titanium turnings once they are kept dry and separate. We supply the drums and bins, set a swap schedule that matches your production rate, and assay each stream on its own rather than averaging the lot.

Workshop · WA-wide
What we accept

Workshop streams we buy
and a few we can't.

  • Solid carbide tooling

    End mills, drills and reamers in solid carbide, broken or worn out.

  • Inserts & tips

    Turning, milling and drilling inserts, loose or still in their caddies.

  • Dies & punches

    Cold heading, wire drawing and extrusion dies, punches and forming tools.

  • Grinding swarf & sludge

    Carbide grinding swarf and sludge off the tool room, even moist.

  • Turnings & chips

    Stainless, titanium and nickel turnings, kept dry and segregated by alloy.

  • Plate & bar offcuts

    Drops and offcuts out of the cutting bay, sorted by grade before pickup.

Our Process

How It Works

From the drum swap on your floor to the payment run, every step is built around keeping each stream separate so it is priced on its own assay.

Bins & Drums Supplied

Drums for swarf, bins for tooling, on a swap schedule that matches your production rate rather than a fixed calendar.

Scheduled · To suit output
Sort & Assay

Each stream identified and separated. XRF on the carbide, PMI on stainless, titanium and nickel before anything is weighed.

100% · Per stream
Weigh & Log

Every stream weighed as its own line on a 60-tonne NMI-certified weighbridge, photographed and ticketed against your reference.

60T · NMI-certified
Payment Sent

EFT within 48 hours of you signing the assay, with each stream priced and shown on its own line.

48H · EFT after sign-off
0 cost
for bins and drums on site

We supply and swap the containers. Keeping carbide, stainless and titanium in their own drums from the moment they leave the machine is what makes the difference at assay - a blended bin gets a blended rate.

  • Swarf drums and tooling bins supplied
  • Swap schedule set to your throughput
  • One container per stream, labelled
100%
of streams assayed separately

Solid carbide, brazed tooling, grinding sludge and turnings all carry different recoverable content. Each is graded on its own rather than averaged into one workshop rate.

  • Niton XRF on carbide and precious
  • PMI on stainless, titanium and nickel
  • Moist sludge dried and assayed, not discounted
60T
NMI-certified weighbridge

You get a breakdown by weight, stream and grade rather than one workshop tonnage, ready for internal audit and for the next quote you write.

  • Third-party calibration certificates on file
  • Itemised weight and assay reports
  • Photographed and ticketed before sort
48 hours
from sign-off to EFT

Once the assay is signed, payment goes out by EFT within two business days. The traceability PDF lands with the funds - weighbridge tickets, stream split, downstream destination.

  • EFT, no chasing invoices
  • Each stream priced on its own line
  • Downstream destination disclosed
Related industries

Workshop adjacent. Same yard.

Why work with us

Why work with Drill Bits Recyclers.

One drum of inserts or a full tool-room clear-out – the commitments are the same.

Weighed
Every stream
NMI-certified 60t weighbridge. Photographed and ticketed before sort.
Assayed
Every drum
XRF on carbide and precious, PMI on stainless, titanium and nickel.
Paid fast
48 hours
EFT within two business days of you signing the assay.
Audited
Every job
One signed PDF per consignment - weights, assay, downstream destination.
ESG & responsible sourcing

Tool steel that counts on your report.

Every insert and end mill in the bin is tungsten carbide, and tungsten sits on every critical-mineral list there is. Recovering it keeps the metal in the Australian supply chain and turns a waste line into a recovery figure you can report.

~80%
Less embedded CO₂
Secondary tungsten emits roughly 2 t CO₂e per tonne W - against ~12.5 t for primary mining and concentration.
vs. virgin tungsten extraction
1 hop
From your floor to smelter
Direct downstream offtake to a certified tungsten smelter - no broker chain, no offshore re-handling, no traceability gap.
Downstream destination on every PDF
100%
WA-sourced & traceable
Every kilo we handle comes from Australian end-of-life tooling. No conflict-mineral exposure on the carbide fraction, no gap in your due-diligence chain.
OECD Due Diligence aligned
Embedded CO₂e per tonne tungsten
Cradle-to-gate, indicative ranges from secondary & primary tungsten LCA studies.
Primary tungsten mining, concentration, smelting
~12.5 t CO₂e
Recycled tungsten collection, sort, smelter feed
~2 t CO₂e

Numbers vary by ore grade and smelter route – cite your own LCA in formal reports. We provide tonnages and downstream destination on every traceability PDF.

Aligned with
NGERNational Greenhouse & Energy Reporting
GRIGlobal Reporting Initiative 306: Waste
ISOISO 14001 Environmental Management
3TGOECD Conflict Minerals Due Diligence
Filling a swarf drum this month?

Get paid for the carbide you
actually threw out.

Drums and bins supplied, each stream assayed on its own, payment inside 48 hours of sign-off.

Drums supplied • Streams assayed separately • Paid in 48 hours