TITECH LAUNCHES NEW X-RAY COPPER RECOVERY TECHNOLOGY

Published: 01/10/2010
Category: Products

Sensor-based sorting systems provider TITECH has announced a significant enhancement to its product portfolio with the launch of an x-ray-based sorting machine which enables the fast and effective recovery of copper from shredded ferrous scrap.

Called x-tract, the new system is the first product of TITECH’s partnership with Austin AI, a US-based manufacturer of Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence (EDXRF) spectrometric equipment. The first x-tract machine will be delivered to a TITECH customer located in Belgium in October this year.

EDXRF is a favoured analysis methodology due to its rapid sensing speed, high degree of measurement accuracy, low cost of ownership and - most importantly - the ability to sort by material chemistry.

The integration of the companies’ respective technology systems is further improved by TITECH’s proprietary sorting know-how which heightens the efficiency and effectiveness of the sorting process.

Jörg Schunicht, TITECH’s business development manager metal recycling, said: said: “The recovery of copper from shredded ferrous scrap has always been a challenge but with x-tract we are providing the industry with unsurpassed levels of accuracy and efficiency.

“The new system shows just how well EDXRF technology has integrated with our product and enhanced our offer. Its success means we are already working on a number of further metal-based applications for x-tract.”

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