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Title:
COPPER-CONTAINING SCRAP DISTINGUISHING AND SEPARATING APPARATUS
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP3187244
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:

PURPOSE: To automatically distinguish and separate copper-containing scraps among iron scrap groups after crushing.
CONSTITUTION: A copper-containing scrap distinguishing and separating apparatus is provided with a transporting means 40 to continuously transport iron scrap groups after crushing, an image pick-up means 41 to take color images of the transporting iron scrap groups, and a distinguishing and processing means 42 which receives the color images and the image taken time from the image pick-up means 41 and sends out the position (X, Y) information of all the copper-containing scrap images among the images and image taken time for the former images. The apparatus is also provided with a separating means 44 joined to the transporting means 40 and having a system to separate the copper-containing scraps and iron scraps and a separating apparatus controlling means 43 which receives the position (X, Y) information of the images of all the copper-containing scraps and respective image taken time from the distinguishing and processing means 42, computes the time delay for transportation from the image taken time for each copper-containing scrap to the separating means 44 based on the position (X, Y) information and the respective image taken time, and operates the separating means 44 when each copper-containing scrap reaches the separating means 44.


Inventors:
Tomio Tanaka
Sumitada Kakimoto
Toshio Akagi
Shuji Naito
Masahiro Ito
Application Number:
JP7621594A
Publication Date:
July 11, 2001
Filing Date:
April 14, 1994
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
Nippon Steel Corporation
International Classes:
G01J3/46; B07C5/342; G01N21/27; G01N21/89; (IPC1-7): B07C5/342; G01N21/27
Domestic Patent References:
JP5131175A
JP5223641A
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Tachio Chanogi (1 outside)