Or maybe you would just like to chat. Folks are friendly out here in New Mexico. Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls, and looks like work. Thomas A. Edison Environmental Concerns Precision Electrical Contacts Company is an environmentally conscious company. The copper in the base plates and the silver in the tips are finite resources.
Precision thoroughly cleans and re-uses the copper base plates whenever possible.
We then send the burned silver off for re-refining. Proceeds from this are reinvested in new contact material. They then toss the base plates. The extrusion process is the major cost factor in the manufacture of a new set of electrical contacts. You'll be doing yourself, your bottom line, and the environment a favor.