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Article: Beyond appearances: analyzing equipment can help recyclers and their consumers go beyond appearances when sorting and melting metals.(Metal Analyzer Feature)
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- Recycling Today
- Article date:
- November 1, 2003
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Appearances count for a great deal in the scrap metal recycling industry. Just look at the terms used to classify ferrous scrap metal. No. 1 busheling, according to Institute for Scrap Metal Industries Inc. (ISRI) specifications, is clean steel scrap, fewer than 12 inches in any dimension, which may not include old auto body or fender stock. No. 1 bundles are described as "new black steel sheet scrap, clippings or skeleton scrap, compressed or hand bundled to charging box size and weighing not less than 75 pounds per cubic foot," while No. 2 bundles are "old black and galvanized steel sheet scrap" prepared to meet the same physical specifications.
While these ...