Material sorting system

Garcia, Manuel Gerardo; Kumar, Nalin; Das, Subodh

Title: Material sorting system

Abstract

A material sorting system sorts materials, such as scrap pieces composed of unknown metal alloys, as a function of their detected x-ray fluorescence. The x-ray fluorescence may be converted into an elemental composition signature that is then compared to an elemental composition signature of a reference material in order to identify and/or classify each of the materials, which are then sorted into separate groups based on such an identification/classification. The material sorting system may include an in-line x-ray tube having a plurality of separate x-ray sources, each of which can irradiate a separate stream of materials to be sorted.

Inventors:: Garcia, Manuel Gerardo; Kumar, Nalin; Das, Subodh

Issue Date:: Tue Feb 19 00:00:00 EST 2019

Research Org.:: UHV Technologies, Inc., Fort Worth, TX (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1507098

Patent Number(s):: 10207296

Application Number:: 15/213,129

Assignee:: UHV Technologies, Inc. (Fort Worth, TX)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B07 - SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS B07C - POSTAL SORTING

G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01B - MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEAR DIMENSIONS

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B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B07 - SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS B07C - POSTAL SORTING
B07C5/10 - measured by light-responsive means {
B07C5/34 - Sorting according to other particular properties {
B07C5/3416 - {according to radiation transmissivity, e.g. for light, x-rays, particle radiation
B07C5/346 - according to radioactive properties {

G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01B - MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEAR DIMENSIONS
G01B11/043 - {for measuring length}

G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
G01N2223/076 - X-ray fluorescence
G01N2223/615 - composite materials, multilayer laminates
G01N2223/643 - object on conveyor
G01N23/223 - by irradiating the sample with X-rays or gamma-rays and by measuring X-ray fluorescence

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DOE Contract Number:: AR0000422

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2016 Jul 18

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

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patent, August 2000

Schultz, Paul B.; Wyss, Rebecca K.
US Patent Document 6,100,487
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Isotropic Quantization Sorting Systems of Automobile Shredder Residue to Enhance Recovery of Recyclable Materials patent-application, April 2013

Method of an apparatus for X-radiation sorting of raw materials patent, August 1993

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Integration of cooling jacket and flow baffles on metal frame inserts of x-ray tubes patent, October 2002

Sorting Pieces of Material Based on Photonic Emissions Resulting from Multiple Sources of Stimuli patent-application, October 2013

Side Transfer Sorting Conveyor patent, February 1974

Conveyor With Air Nozzle Sorting Apparatus patent, March 1947

High Speed Conveyor Sorting Device patent, May 1970

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Apparatus for sorting waste materials patent, November 2001

System for assorting solid waste material and preparation of same for recovery patent, August 1976

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Tilting tray sorting conveyor patent, August 1976

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Sorting Pieces of Material Based on Photonic Emissions Resulting from Multiple Sources of Stimuli patent-application, October 2010

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Tilting tray sorting system patent, January 1977

X-ray tube electron sources patent, March 2011

Rapid Screening of Heavy Metals and Trace Elements in Environmental Samples Using Portable X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometer, A Comparative Study journal, November 2014

High speed materials sorting using x-ray fluorescence patent, May 2005

Carriage with tiltable plates, for sorting machines in particular patent, February 1988

Sorting System patent-application, January 2010

Method of Removing Heavy Metal Catalyst from Olefinic Polymers by Treatment with an Aqueous Solution of a Complexing Agent patent, September 1960

Method and Apparatus for Sorting Materials According to Relative Composition patent-application, June 2012

Applicability of total reflection X-ray fluorescence (TXRF) as a screening platform for pharmaceutical inorganic impurity analysis journal, April 2012

High speed materials sorting using x-ray fluorescence patent, November 2009

High speed materials sorting using x-ray fluorescence patent, July 2001

Conveyor sorting and orienting system patent, August 1977

Electro-optical inspection patent, May 1992

Method and apparatus for sorting materials according to relative composition patent, July 2009

Device and Method for Sorting Out Metal Fractions from a Stream of Bulk Material patent-application, February 2003

Method of applying marking to metal sheet for scrap sorting purposes patent, July 2002

Walk-through imaging system having vertical linear x-ray source patent, February 2014

Method for bulk sorting shredded scrap metal patent, February 2011

Method and apparatus for sorting metal patent, March 2010

Line scan and X-ray map enhancement of SEM X-ray data patent, February 1981

High speed materials sorting using X-ray fluorescence patent, July 2011

Material Sorting Technology patent-application, March 2013

Sorting conveyor patent, October 1991

Tilting cart for a package sorting conveyor patent, November 1998

Direct Identification and Analysis of Heavy Metals in Solution (Hg, Cu, Pb, Zn, Ni) by Use of in Situ Electrochemical X-ray Fluorescence journal, April 2015

The first years of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy journal, January 2013

Automatic sorting conveyor systems patent, June 1977

Process for sorting metal particles patent, February 1986

High Speed Materials Sorting Using X-Ray Fluorescence patent-application, October 2006

Extended multi-spot computed tomography x-ray source patent, January 2006

Sorting pieces of material based on photonic emissions resulting from multiple sources of stimuli patent, July 2010

Method and apparatus for sorting materials according to relative composition patent, December 2010

Method and Unit for the Separation of Non-Ferrous Metals and Stainless Steel in Bulk Material Handling patent-application, November 2010

Matrix conveyor for use as a sorting device or palletizing device patent, October 2013

Electrochemical X-ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy for Trace Heavy Metal Analysis: Enhancing X-ray Fluorescence Detection Capabilities by Four Orders of Magnitude journal, April 2014

Glass composition determination method and apparatus patent, September 1997

X-Ray Multichannel Spectrometer patent-application, August 2010

Using X-ray fluorescence to measure inorganics in biopharmaceutical raw materials journal, January 2015

Method and apparatus for the separation of materials using penetrating electromagnetic radiation patent, November 1993

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High speed materials sorting using x-ray fluorescence patent, February 2003

Studies of a prototype linear stationary x-ray source for tomosynthesis imaging journal, April 2014

High speed drum sorting conveyor system patent, June 2000

Modular mat gravity-advance roller conveyor patent, July 2006

Apparatus for the multisorting of scrap metals by x-ray analysis patent, July 1989

Method of automatically discriminating and separating scraps containing copper from iron scraps patent, June 1999

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X-ray multichannel spectrometer patent, August 2011

Scrap sorting system
patent, October 1997

Isotropic Quantization Sorting Systems of Automobile Shredder Residue to Enhance Recovery of Recyclable Materials
patent-application, April 2013

Method of an apparatus for X-radiation sorting of raw materials
patent, August 1993

Sorting apparatus
patent, December 1984

Method and apparatus for the separation of materials using penetrating electromagnetic radiation
patent, April 1998

Method and apparatus for sorting materials according to relative composition
patent, August 2006

Water bath separator
patent, March 2008

Sorting system
patent, May 1976

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patent, October 2002

Sorting Pieces of Material Based on Photonic Emissions Resulting from Multiple Sources of Stimuli
patent-application, October 2013

Side Transfer Sorting Conveyor
patent, February 1974

Conveyor With Air Nozzle Sorting Apparatus
patent, March 1947

High Speed Conveyor Sorting Device
patent, May 1970

Material sorting technology
patent, October 2014

Apparatus for sorting waste materials
patent, November 2001

System for assorting solid waste material and preparation of same for recovery
patent, August 1976

Sorting Of Scrap Metal
patent, June 1960

Sorting conveyor for individual objects
patent, November 1983

X-ray multiple spectroscopic analyzer
patent-application, November 2012

Elemental imaging for pharmaceutical tablet formulation analysis by micro X-ray fluorescence
journal, June 2005

Tilting tray sorting conveyor
patent, August 1976

Differential interference phase contrast X-ray imaging system
patent, December 2011

Parcel sorting conveyor system
patent, May 1972

Scrap Metal Sorting System
patent-application, November 2013

Sorting Apparatus
patent, March 1940

Tilting tray package sorting apparatus
patent, November 1996

Sorting Pieces of Material Based on Photonic Emissions Resulting from Multiple Sources of Stimuli
patent-application, October 2010

Sorting pieces of material based on photonic emissions resulting from multiple sources of stimuli
patent, July 2013

Diverter ball conveyor
patent, May 2012

Tilting tray sorting system
patent, January 1977

X-ray tube electron sources
patent, March 2011

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journal, November 2014

High speed materials sorting using x-ray fluorescence
patent, May 2005

Carriage with tiltable plates, for sorting machines in particular
patent, February 1988

Sorting System
patent-application, January 2010

Method of Removing Heavy Metal Catalyst from Olefinic Polymers by Treatment with an Aqueous Solution of a Complexing Agent
patent, September 1960

Method and Apparatus for Sorting Materials According to Relative Composition
patent-application, June 2012

Applicability of total reflection X-ray fluorescence (TXRF) as a screening platform for pharmaceutical inorganic impurity analysis
journal, April 2012

High speed materials sorting using x-ray fluorescence
patent, November 2009

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patent, July 2001

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patent, August 1977

Electro-optical inspection
patent, May 1992

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patent, July 2009

Device and Method for Sorting Out Metal Fractions from a Stream of Bulk Material
patent-application, February 2003

Method of applying marking to metal sheet for scrap sorting purposes
patent, July 2002

Walk-through imaging system having vertical linear x-ray source
patent, February 2014

Method for bulk sorting shredded scrap metal
patent, February 2011

Method and apparatus for sorting metal
patent, March 2010

Line scan and X-ray map enhancement of SEM X-ray data
patent, February 1981

High speed materials sorting using X-ray fluorescence
patent, July 2011

Material Sorting Technology
patent-application, March 2013

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patent, October 1991

Tilting cart for a package sorting conveyor
patent, November 1998

Direct Identification and Analysis of Heavy Metals in Solution (Hg, Cu, Pb, Zn, Ni) by Use of in Situ Electrochemical X-ray Fluorescence
journal, April 2015

The first years of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy
journal, January 2013

Automatic sorting conveyor systems
patent, June 1977

Process for sorting metal particles
patent, February 1986

High Speed Materials Sorting Using X-Ray Fluorescence
patent-application, October 2006

Extended multi-spot computed tomography x-ray source
patent, January 2006

Sorting pieces of material based on photonic emissions resulting from multiple sources of stimuli
patent, July 2010

Method and apparatus for sorting materials according to relative composition
patent, December 2010

Method and Unit for the Separation of Non-Ferrous Metals and Stainless Steel in Bulk Material Handling
patent-application, November 2010

Matrix conveyor for use as a sorting device or palletizing device
patent, October 2013

Electrochemical X-ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy for Trace Heavy Metal Analysis: Enhancing X-ray Fluorescence Detection Capabilities by Four Orders of Magnitude
journal, April 2014

Glass composition determination method and apparatus
patent, September 1997

X-Ray Multichannel Spectrometer
patent-application, August 2010

Using X-ray fluorescence to measure inorganics in biopharmaceutical raw materials
journal, January 2015

Method and apparatus for the separation of materials using penetrating electromagnetic radiation
patent, November 1993

Conveyor system for sorting piece goods
patent, August 2001

High speed materials sorting using x-ray fluorescence
patent, February 2003

Studies of a prototype linear stationary x-ray source for tomosynthesis imaging
journal, April 2014

High speed drum sorting conveyor system
patent, June 2000

Modular mat gravity-advance roller conveyor
patent, July 2006

Apparatus for the multisorting of scrap metals by x-ray analysis
patent, July 1989

Method of automatically discriminating and separating scraps containing copper from iron scraps
patent, June 1999

Modular roller-top conveyor belt
patent, November 2000

X-ray multichannel spectrometer
patent, August 2011

Method and apparatus for sorting materials according to relative composition
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Method and apparatus for sorting non-ferrous metal pieces
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X-ray fluorescence measuring system and methods for trace elements
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