From junk metal to works of art - The Hindu

From junk metal to works of art - The Hindu

Wonder if it runs, I'd love to see that belting down the Highway :-)

How to Easily Refine & Smelt Gold from Computer Memory Chips

DIY Gas Furnace - Melting Gold and Silver

Hand-Held LIBS Portable Scrap Metal Analyser – mPulse

Hand-Held LIBS Portable Scrap Metal Analyser – mPulse™ 



The mPulse is the world's fastest scrap metal analyzer, which has been
designed so that it can simply, quickly and consistently identify scrap
or recycled metal and determine its value, reducing time and maximizing
profits. mPulse makes use of a technology known as laser induced
breakdown spectrometry (LIBS), considered a non-destructive metals
analysis technique.

Failing to Succeed Movie

Failing to Succeed Movie: Yes, it is a challenge to succeed; you've got to become a good planner, and a good dreamer. You've got to see the future finished in advance. You've got to put in the long hours and put up with the setbacks and the disappointments. You've got to learn to enjoy the process, because challenges are part of success.

The Green Side of Metal

An interesting article has been published by greenlivingsavings.com giving 6 reasons scrap metal is a good green business.

Extract....

Reusing and recycling items has become ingrained in a society concerned about fulfilling its environmental responsibility. The industry of metal processing and fabrication is no different. In fact, a large percentage of metal products manufactured for industrial and commercial use come from recycled sources. Products like auto parts, building materials and even jewelry generally use recycled metal. This is an already huge industry and in continually on the incline. Knowing and understanding the right avenues to pursue can be beneficially for all young green businesses. 

Here are the six main steps that metal processors use to transform unsightly scrap metal into valuable raw materials.

Nice to see something positive being published about scrap metal for a change :-)

Magnets and Scrap

 
Ohio magnet maker attracts customers selling scrap

Walker Magnetics, with a plant near Rickenbacker Airport, is the America's leading manufacturer of magnets for the steel industry.

Inside the walls of a nondescript building, workers fabricate magnets capable of lifting more than 100 tons.

These are electromagnets, super-size versions of the grade-school science project in which you magnetize a nail by wrapping a wire around it and touching it to an alkaline battery. An electric current creates a force that either attracts or repels other metals.

Read More here


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Gold Recovery: How to recover gold from ink cartridges

Another excellent video from "Moose Scrapper" on how to recover gold from ink cartridges.

Some ribbons have adhesive on one side and will not work in this reaction. You may have to incinerate them with your IC's and flat packs. Very easy process with HCL ( Muriatic acid) and bleach to make Auric chloride.

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Check out other awesome videos by Moose Scrapper 

Have a great day and an awesome 2014 :-)

Fwd: [Interesting Technology] Electronics Weekly News | General | Electronics patent of the month: Inductance sensing circuit monitors scrap metal

Electronics Weekly News | General | Electronics patent of the month: Inductance sensing circuit monitors scrap metal

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Select base metals climb on rising demand, global cues

Select base metals climb on rising demand, global cues | Business Standard

Copper utensils scrap moved-up by Rs 2 per kg to Rs 467 from Thursday's closing level of Rs 465. 94 ($8.47 AUD)

Copper cable scrap, copper armature, copper wire bar, copper sheet cutting, brass utensils scrap and brass sheet cutting inched-up per kg each to 

Copper cable scrap Rs 513 ($9.34 AUD), 
copper armatureRs 493($8.69 AUD) , 
copper wire bar Rs 541 ($9.85 AUD), 
copper sheet cutting Rs 486 ($8.85 AUD), 
brass utensils scrap Rs 355 ($6.47 AUD) and 
brass sheet cutting Rs 360 ($6.56 AUD).

However, tin dipped by Rs 5 per kg to Rs 1,520 ($27.69 AUD) as against Rs 1,525 ($27.78 AUD) previously.