CMC - Lexington, SC
purchases X-tract Separator
Wendt Corporation (Tonawanda, NY) is pleased to announce the sale of an X-tract Separator to Commercial Metals Company located in Lexington, SC making them the second company in the USA to purchase the newest and most advanced separation technology available.
Now, instead of shipping residue to a heavy media plant, a scrap yard can process residue at their location, produce a high quality finished product and market it directly to the secondary marketplace. An X-tract Separator is a dry separation process which serves as an excellent and cost effective alternative to dense media separation without the environmental concerns.
The SSE X-tract Separator utilizes X-Ray Transmission (XRT) technology to identify the metal content of targeted particles. This advanced technology can support the metals the flow from up to four Eddy Current Systems to be processed at once with the most accurate sensing available. A burst of X-ray energy is utilized to "see through" the particles traveling in the process stream allowing materials to be identified and separated based on Atomic Density. XRT technology can also identify particles that may contain combined metals such as a metal screw within a piece of aluminum to insure the purity of the recovery.
Very successful in Europe, this advanced technology is causing scrap processors to re-evaluate their existing non-ferrous sorting process and immediately benefit from a continual revenue stream. Commercial Metals rapidly determined the potential for significant incremental revenue offered by implementing this technology and requested to have the system installed in April.
Wendt Corporation remains the scrap industry's leading innovator and manufacturer of processing equipment and solutions. We understand the critical nature of building long-term business relationships with our clients and would be pleased to schedule a tour at one of our many installations in the US for any interested parties.
