Abstract: The invention is direct to a method and an apparatus for the bulk determination of scrap metal content, said method comprising the steps of providing a scrap metal input; preparing said input for submission to a bulk scanning apparatus; scanning at least part of the scrap metal with a bulk scanning apparatus to determine the composition of the scrap metal; and securing said scrap metal from the step of providing the scrap metal input to the step of scanning at least part of the scrap metal. Said apparatus comprises a scanning container together with a low-intensity neutron scattering device, a laser cutting device and/or magnetic sensing device.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 13, 2017
Date of Patent:
November 10, 2020
Assignee:
SCRAPSCANNER B.V.
Inventors:
Hendrikus Staal, Martijn Van de Poll, Simon Petrus Maria Berkhout, Peter Carlo Rem