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WELDING JOURNAL I $ RE OF THE G I~\IDU mini in i| w~ I N TER NA TI 0 NA L May 6-10, 2001 Filling the entire International Exposition (I-X) Center Cleveland, Ohio presented by AmericanWelding Society International Welding and Fabricating Exposition and Annual Convention and lUL=mUF,,'~,,]~IVl ~r~JA i,Wllllr4 PRECISION Visit us at www.aws.org or METLALFORMING www.metalforming.com New Recycling Process Uses Lasers to Separate Aluminum A newly developed recycling process employs lasers to iden- Aluminum is now the third most-used material in cars and tify and recover metals from scrap lasers, according to the Auto trucks, and nearly 90% of automotive aluminum is recovered Aluminum Alliance, in conjunction with the U.S. Department and recycled. While this aluminum represents less than 10% of of Energy. The lasers can distinguish between cast and wrought the average motor vehicle by weight, it accounts for about half alloys, as well as separate wrought alloys from each other at of the vehicle's value as scrap. commercially viable rates. "The techniques we're exploring will allow us to recapture During the process, which uses a technique called laser- more of the value and performance capability of the many high- induced breakdown spectroscopy, a laser is used to clean the quality aluminum alloys that are used in our vehicles," said Jim surface of the particle by laser ablation, and then a laser pulse Quinn, staff engineer, General Motors Corp., and chairman of hits the same spot as it moves down a conveyor belt. The second the U.S. Automotive Partnership, Automotive Metals, United laser pulse vaporizes a small amount of material from the States Council for Automotive Research (USCAR).