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Recycling scheme for scrapped automobiles in Japan

Conference ·
OSTI ID:197284
 [1];  [2];  [3]
  1. AI Tech Associates, Tokyo (Japan)
  2. Car Steel Co., Ltd., Gunnma (Japan)
  3. Shinsei Co., Ltd., Osaka (Japan)

Over 5 million cars are scrapped yearly in Japan. After dismantling scrapped automobiles, they are put into a shredder for differential recovery of ferrous and nonferrous metals. The residue, which is called shredder dust, runs over 1.2 million tons per year. This paper reports a entire sequence of scrapping cars in Japan with the following sections: (1) production and scrapped car management, (2) material composition, (3) dismantling, (4) shredder plant, (5) differential recovery of metals including specific gravity and newly developed color separation.

OSTI ID:
197284
Report Number(s):
CONF-951105--; ISBN 0-87339-318-X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English