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FERROUS SCRAP [4 records]

Record 1 2021-01-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Tools and Equipment
  • Waste Management
  • Motor Vehicles and Bicycles
CONT

The core of any modern ferrous metal recycling plant is the car shredder. A huge hammer mill, with rapidly rotating hammers, strikes the flattened automobile and continually shears and compresses the scrap material until it is small enough to pass through sizing grates.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage industriel
  • Gestion des déchets
  • Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes
Key term(s)
  • déchiqueteur de voiture
  • déchiqueteur d'automobile
  • déchiqueteuse de voiture

Spanish

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Record 2 2013-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metallurgy - General
DEF

Any [metal] cutting or reject of a manufacturing operation, which may be suitable for recycling as feedstock to the primary operation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Métallurgie générale
DEF

Déchet de fonte ou d'acier trié en vue de la refusion.

Spanish

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Record 3 2003-05-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Steel
CONT

Electric furnace steel plant. Process description. Solid substances used in the electric arc furnace(scrap, ferrous alloys, iron slury) are melted predominantly by electrical energy which is inputted via the electrodes, as well as by fossil energies in the presence of oxygen.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Acier
CONT

Séparation directe et récupération des métaux contenus dans les fumées d'aciérie électrique.

Spanish

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Record 4 1993-07-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
  • International Bodies and Committees

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Organismes et comités internationaux

Spanish

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