A METHOD OF SEPARATING SCRAP, AND A DEVICE

摘要

The invention relates to a method of and a device for separating scrap comprising scrap items of a first type and of a second type, at least one of said types of scrap comprising metal. According to the invention, the method comprises the steps of passing a spot of light over the surface of a scrap item, and performing a plurality of successive light intensity measurements of light reflected from the surface to collect data from said light intensity measurements, and computing the type of scrap item based on the data; and performing a separation based on the type of scrap item.