Ford global technologies, llc (20250115976). METHOD OF RECYCLING MIXED ALLOY SCRAP PARTS
METHOD OF RECYCLING MIXED ALLOY SCRAP PARTS
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Inventor(s)
Constantin Chiriac of Windsor CA
S. George Luckey, Jr. of Dearborn MI US
Daniel Scott Freiberg of Dearborn MI US
Larry Alan Godlewski of Fenton MI US
METHOD OF RECYCLING MIXED ALLOY SCRAP PARTS
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20250115976 titled 'METHOD OF RECYCLING MIXED ALLOY SCRAP PARTS
Original Abstract Submitted
a method of processing mixed-material vehicle scrap includes conditioning the mixed-material vehicle scrap and heating the mixed-material vehicle scrap. the mixed-material vehicle scrap comprises a first group of parts and a second group of parts. the first group of parts includes a first alloy and the second group of parts has a substrate of a second alloy and a coating disposed over the substrate. the mixed-material vehicle scrap is conditioned such that an element of the second alloy is diffused into the coating to form a diffused coating. the diffused coating has a melting temperature greater than a melting temperature of the first alloy. the mixed-material vehicle scrap is heated to a temperature above the melting temperature of the first alloy and below the melting temperature of the diffused coating, thereby allowing the second group of parts to separate from the first group of parts.