Product Spotlight

New and updated products for the recycling industry from our March 2026 issue.

Yale Reliant cameras

Photo courtesy of Yale Lift Truck Technologies

Greenville, North Carolina-based Yale Lift Truck Technologies, a division of Hyster-Yale Materials Handling Inc., offers its Yale Reliant pedestrian awareness camera for its lift truck customers. The Reliant cameras:

  • can identify pedestrians at ranges up to 16 feet within a 110-degree field of view
  • provide alerts to the lift truck operator when a pedestrian is detected
  • can be customized to offer audible and visual alerts only, with a voice feature communicating pedestrian proximity and a light indicating which zone the pedestrian is in the truck-mounted operator remote
  • can be equipped with optional traction alerts that automatically and gradually slow down the lift truck
  • now comes with an optional pedestrian detection event dashboard at no extra cost to customers already using the Yale Reliant camera and the advanced tier of the Yale Vision wireless verification telemetry product
  • allows users to track when pedestrians come within 3, 10 or 16 feet of a lift truck via the pedestrian detection event dashboard

Visit the Yale website for more information.



QCC QC Series torch tips

Photo courtesy of Quality Components Co.

Mentor, Ohio-based Quality Components Co. offers its patented postmix QC Series torch tips, designed specifically for caster cutting systems. The QC Series torch tips:

  • feature enhanced flame definition and concentration to deliver narrower cuts with smoother cut faces, minimal kerf and dross and reduced top rounding
  • can cut through material thicknesses ranging from 10 inches to more than 40 inches
  • are constructed in two pieces, with a brass internal and a chrome-plated brass external
  • offer 50 percent lower preheat pressure settings, use 24 percent less oxygen and 23 percent less fuel consumption
  • eliminate flashback and reduce flying debris
  • are precision-machined to increase cutting speeds

Visit the Quality Components Co. website for more information.



Thermo Fisher Niton analyzers

Photo courtesy of Thermo Fisher Niton

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., based in Waltham, Massachusetts, has expanded its Niton range of hand-held elemental analysis devices with the introduction of the XL5e X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analyzer, for use in industries such as scrap metal recycling, oil and gas, mining, manufacturing and metal recovery. The XL5e XRF analyzer:

  • allows users complying with materials specifications or managing quality control in manufacturing processes to meet a wide variety of detection demands
  • is suitable for extended in-field use in rugged environments such as recycling facilities or demolition jobsites without losing connectivity or overheating
  • offers enhanced performance on light elements, advanced calibration stability and a small, light design
  • can analyze metals and alloys in the aluminum and copper families, as well as slags, alloys, cement and clinker and mined ores
  • includes Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity, as well as a built-in fan and thermal management system to help the device endure hotter climates at scrapyards or industrial facilities
  • is designed to increase throughput, improve operational efficiency and enhance productivity

Visit the Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. website for more information.

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