The processes we use meet the needs of our consumer-customers.

The procedures at Advantage Metals Recycling are systematic and formalized for quality control. Every scrap delivery is sorted and examined by trained inspectors. They determine how the scrap should be processed to maximize the value to the customer.

Both ferrous and nonferrous scrap is processed according to form, size and composition. Some scrap is sent to the shredder or bailer. Oversized scrap is sorted and cut to a manageable size. Nonferrous scrap is seperated by conveyor systems, sorting tables and eddy-current systems.

Here’s what happens to metal scrap once it is sold to the Advantage Metals Recycling.

Sorting
Initially, scrap metal is inspected to determine how it should be processed for maximum yield and value. Some scrap metal is sorted and sold to consumers for remelting, without further processing. But most scrap metal is separated for processing based on form, size and composition. Advantage’s sorting operations separate different types of metal scrap in conveyor systems, or with magnets, sorting tables and eddy current separation systems. Many nonferrous metals need to be sorted and identified with grinders, hand torches, and spectrometers.

Baling
Light-gauge ferrous metals (clips and sheet iron) along with stampings, clippings and excess trimmings are fed into hydraulic presses and compress the materials at high pressure to create dense uniformly sized blocks, or “bales.” Light-gauge, bulky nonferrous metals – byproducts from industrial manufacturing processes, aluminum siding, aluminum beverage cans and obsolete scrap – are compressed in various different types of balers to suit consumer demands. Our advanced technologies allow us to control the metallurgical content of bales to meet our consumers’ melt specifications for new metals or castings.

Shearing
Large pieces of scrap, including steel beams, channel, plate, rail and pipe, which are too large to be processed by shredders are cut to specifications with hand torches, crane-mounted alligator shears or large stationary guillotine shears. After the material is cut into a more manageable size, the metal is separated by grade and sold directly to the consumer for remelting.

Shredding/Crushing
Shredders account for most of our tonnage, processing automobiles, home appliances and other consumer goods. Our two shredders are extremely efficient, turning entire objects into small fist-sized pieces within seconds. Autos account for much of the scrap we process; the shredders break them down, sorting ferrous from nonferrous metals though air and magnetic separating systems. Nearly all of the metallic content of unprocessed scrap is recycled. The shredders make it more economical to recover valuable metals for remelting.

Eddy Current/Alloy Separation Systems
These systems size and recover nonferrous scrap metals from automobile shredder residue and other sources of mixed or shredded metals. Conveying systems, vibration tables, and magnets allow us the ability to economically recover valuable metals for remelting by our consumers.