Date of Award
12-2020
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Departmental Honors
Department
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Abstract
Western Metals Recycling (WMR), a subsidiary of NUCOR Steel, is a metals recycling company with a location in Plymouth, Utah. At Plymouth, a 50 NT/hr. non-ferrous recovery plant uses eddy current technology to generate a non-ferrous product called zorba. Zorba is a mix of aluminum, copper, brass, zinc, printed circuit boards, coins, lead, and the like. (Figure 1) The market value of zorba varies but generally ranges from $0.30 to $0.50 per pound. The value of the coins (not including pennies) is much higher than zorba price. The team's objective is to upgrade and optimize the existing trommel equipment to sort the zorba into coin-sized denominations with greater than 90% accuracy.
Recommended Citation
Lofthouse, Carly, "Coin Recovery II" (2020). Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects. 867.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/honors/867
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Faculty Mentor
Spencer Wendel
Departmental Honors Advisor
Joel Ellsworth