Scrap Salvage & Surplus patents mobile processing unit

Scrap Salvage & Surplus Inc., Butler, Pa., has patented a mobile processing unit for heavy torching of oversized metal scrap generated by steelmakers and other metal manufacturers.

The unit, which began operating in 2005, reduces energy consumption and labor costs and eliminates 99.8 percent of airborne emissions generated by ferrous and nonferrous metal torching in the traditional cutting process, the company states. The patent was awarded in August 2008.

The unit travels over the arranged materials, which permits continuous operation and eliminates the need to handle material more than once. It can accommodate heavy torching, lance rods, plasma cutting, scarfing, and, with minimal modification, sandblasting and painting.

The process facility can employ two torch operators simultaneously and be equipped with automatic torches.