Improvements in separation of non-ferrous scrap metals using an electromagnetic sensor

Physical Separation in Science and Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 87-101

  Mesina, Marian B ^a   De Jong, Tako Pieter Rinze ^a   Dalmijn, Wijnand L ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b FACULTY OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN ENGINEERING   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Eddy current; Electromagnetic sensor; Non ferrous metals; Separation; Sorting

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC SENSOR; HEAVY MEDIA SEPARATION SYSTEMS (HMS); NON-FERROUS METALS; SENSOR TECHNOLOGY;

CURRENT DENSITY; EDDY CURRENTS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETISM; INDUCTANCE; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; RECYCLING; SENSORS; SEPARATION; SORTING; THICKNESS CONTROL;

SCRAP METAL;

EID: 2442494778     PISSN: 14786478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1478647031000139079     Document Type: Article

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