Product spotlight

New and updated products for the recycling industry

Cardinal Echelon EH Series floor scales

Cardinal Scale, Webb City, Missouri, says its Echelon EH series floor scales provide “exceptional” performance in light-industrial and NTEP (National Type Evaluation Program) legal-for-trade applications for warehouses, logistics operations, processing plants and shipping/receiving departments. Features include:

  • suitable for pallet, drum and package weighing
  • available in 4-foot-square steel checkered deck platforms for a universal industrial weighing size
  • 5,000-pound-by-1-pound or 10,000-pound-by-2-pound capacities
  • available digital weight indicator
Visit www.cardinalscale.com for more information.

Winkle Industries Bullet

Winkle Industries, Alliance, Ohio, has introduced the Bullet, a product designed to protect lifting magnet power cables, as well as to prevent smashing and exposing of electrical conductors in the lifting magnet’s power cable, which can restrict the performance capabilities and service life of lifting magnets and components in magnet systems. According to Winkle, it features:

  • a high-density polymer device that is designed to slide over the power cable and to protect magnet leads from abrasions, cuts and impacts
  • a polymer material that is “impervious to environmental factors such as UV degradation, as well as extreme hot and cold conditions, ensuring durability and extended service-life”
Visit www.winkleindustries.com for more information.

Spectro xSort hand-held XRF analyzer

Spectro Analytical Instruments, headquartered in Kleve, Germany, has upgraded its Spectro xSort hand-held X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectrometer with improved performance and precision for aluminum and other light elements, enabling recyclers to identify and sort more alloys faster and with increased precision, the company says. Additional features include:

  • analyzes most alloys in two seconds
  • identifies alloys based on light elements, such as aluminum, magnesium, silicon, phosphorus and sulfur, in seven seconds
  • interface bezel with operator-defined hot keys
  • simplified software with touch screen
Visit www.spectro.com/xsort for more information.

Thermo Scientific ARL easySpark analyzer

Thermo Scientific, with U.S. headquarters in Waltham, Massachusetts, has introduced its ARL easySpark, a benchtop optical emission spectrometry (OES) instrument designed to provide fast and accurate results. According to Thermo Scientific, it features:

  • the ability to analyze metal samples from trace to percentage levels
  • robust and reliable construction that requires minimal maintenance
  • compliance with quality requirements imposed by end users in automobile, aviation and other industries
  • designed for small to midsized secondary metal manufacturers
Visit www.thermoscientific.com/OES for more information.

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