Metal sorter
Abstract
A material sorting system sorts materials utilizing a vision system that implements a machine learning system in order to identify or classify each of the materials, which are then sorted into separate groups based on such an identification or classification determining that the materials are composed of either wrought aluminum, extruded aluminum, or cast aluminum.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Sortera Alloys, Inc., Fort Wayne, IN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1986703
- Patent Number(s):
- 11471916
- Application Number:
- 16/939,011
- Assignee:
- Sortera Alloys, Inc. (Fort Wayne, IN)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AR0000422
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 07/26/2020
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Citation Formats
Kumar, Nalin, Garcia, Jr., Manuel Gerardo, and Maun, Isha Kamleshbhai. Metal sorter. United States: N. p., 2022.
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Kumar, Nalin, Garcia, Jr., Manuel Gerardo, & Maun, Isha Kamleshbhai. Metal sorter. United States.
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"Metal sorter". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1986703.
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abstractNote = {A material sorting system sorts materials utilizing a vision system that implements a machine learning system in order to identify or classify each of the materials, which are then sorted into separate groups based on such an identification or classification determining that the materials are composed of either wrought aluminum, extruded aluminum, or cast aluminum.},
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