Scrap Processor Installs Second Online Analyzer

River Metals Recycling LLC (RMR), a venture of the Cincinnati-based David J. Joseph Company (DJJ), has installed its second online bulk metal analyzer.

The world’s first Gamma-Tech Crossbelt Metal Analyzer – which analyzes scrap as it moves on a conveyor belt – was installed at River Metals Recycling’s site at Newport, Ky., in 2002. 

The Gamma-Tech machine determines the chemistry of scrap grades, with the goal of reducing variability in designing blends and scrap charges. Ideally, this allows recyclers to produce shredded scrap to a specific chemistry, which can help consumers get maximum value from the scrap supply chain.

By the first quarter of 2005, all of RMR’s shredded scrap will be analyzed by Gamma-Tech machines, resulting in a cleaner shred grade with lower residuals. The newest bulk analyzer was installed in RMR’s Louisville yard and a third is planned for installation at a location in Henderson, Ky.

RMR’s sister company, Trademark Metals Recycling, also plans to install a bulk analyzer at one of its Florida locations in 2005.

The original concept for the bulk scrap analyzer was developed by Gamma-Tech and DJJ in the late 1990s. The field testing of the first analyzer began at a DJJ Detroit yard in 1998.