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Copper Cable Recycling: How Instant Alloy Identification Turns Scrap into Maximum Profit A scrap yard in Houston processes 40 tons of mixed cables every week. For years, they sorted by weight and appearance: thick cables went in one pile, thin in another, shiny copper here, dull brass there. The operation made money, but the owner… View Article

Handheld XRF in Scrap Recycling: From Scrap Heap to Profitable Business Owners and managers of scrap recycling companies know that profit is not made at the baler or the scale, but at the sorting stage. A single mistake in identifying metal grades during scrap intake can wipe out the entire margin on a batch of material…. View Article

In which industries XRF analyzer is a must-have tool Today, XRF analyzers are very popular tools in the field of elemental composition analysis of materials, finding more and more applications in various fields of science and industry. In certain fields, such as the recycling of autocatalysts, metallurgy or the jewelry industry, XRF takes the place… View Article

Alloy libraries for handheld XRF analyzers: which ones are available and how to work with them Nowadays a huge number of different alloys are widely used in various industries, the performance characteristics of products made from them depend on their quality. Therefore, analysis of metals and alloys, as well as their conformity to certain standards,… View Article

How to quickly sort metals with handheld XRF analyzer: basic modes and methods Sorting of metals and alloys is one of the key tasks in many processes of modern industry. Input control of raw materials, control of the composition of metals during melting, certification analysis of finished products, sorting of scrap metal – this is… View Article