SBIR Phase I: High Speed Optoelectronic Recognition of Al, Si, and Mg Alloys

SBIR 第一阶段：铝、硅、镁合金的高速光电识别

• 批准号: 0319851
• 负责人: David Spencer
• 金额: $ 10万
• 依托单位: wTe Corporation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-07-01 至 2004-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0319851&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; Speed; Optoelectronic; Recognition

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I Project will develop a novel optoelectronic sensingsystem for the high-speed identification and sorting of metals, in particular aluminum alloys containingsilicon and magnesium alloying elements. The goal of the program is to develop a commercial system thatwill be capable of sorting wrought alloys from cast alloys. This new sensor driven technology, called theSpectramet Technology, will ultimately provide a revolutionary remote sensing intelligent-machinesystem (actually a platform of sensors and systems) that will accurately and unambiguously analyze andsort recycled metals at currently unachievable high accuracy and high speeds into compositions of metalsand alloys custom mixed to smelter or mill specifications. If successful, the result would be a commercially viable sorting system.Worldwide generation of aluminum scrap amounts to 8 million metric tons per year, of which half is generated here in the U.S. If successful, applying a projected scrap value of $1500 per metric ton, this technology would create a paradigm shift in a $10 billion market for sorting and recycling scrap aluminum. The new technology would be important in helping U.S. industry compete with low cost, labor-intensive overseas operations. It would replace the need for new primary production allowing substitution of existing U.S. aluminum scrap resources into high-grade specification applications.

该小型企业创新研究（SBIR）第一阶段项目将开发一种新型的光电传感系统，用于高速识别和分选金属，特别是含有硅和镁合金元素的铝合金。该计划的目标是开发一个商业系统，将能够从铸造合金中分选出锻造合金。这种新的传感器驱动技术，称为光谱技术，将最终提供一个革命性的遥感智能机器（实际上是一个传感器和系统的平台），将准确和明确地分析和分类回收金属在目前无法实现的高精度和高速度到金属和合金的组合物定制混合冶炼厂或轧机规格。如果成功的话，这将是一个商业上可行的分拣系统。全球每年产生的铝废料达800万公吨，其中一半是在美国产生的。如果成功的话，应用每公吨1500美元的预计废料价值，这项技术将在价值100亿美元的废铝分拣和回收市场中创造一个范式转变。这项新技术将有助于美国工业与低成本、劳动密集型的海外业务竞争。它将取代对新初级生产的需求，从而将现有的美国铝废料资源替代为高等级规格应用。