251 page SCRAP YARD Recycling Metal Recovery Book on CD

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Full Title:   Defense Scrap Yard Handbook .

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Published by the Department of Defense in 1986.

INTRODUCTION:

SUMMARY: This handbook is issued under DoD Directive 4160.21, "DoD Personal Property Utilization and Disposal Program," December 5, 1980. Its purpose is to outline practical, cost effective methods for the recovery and recycling of scrap by providing technical guidance on scrap identification and segregation, scrap yard operations and merchandising scrap.

CONTENTS:

FOREWORD 2

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 3

TABLE OF CONTENTS 5

DEFINITIONS RELATING TO METALS AND METALWORKING 8

DEFINITIONS RELATING TO PLASTICS 35

CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION 51 C1.1. GENERAL 51 C1.2. PURPOSE 51 C1.3. OBJECTIVES 51 C1.4. RESPONSIBILITIES OF DoD ACTIVITIES 52

CHAPTER 2 - A SCRAP OVERVIEW 57 C2.1. GENERAL 57 C2.2. FERROUS SCRAP 57 C2.3. NONFERROUS SCRAP 60 C2.4. NONMETALLIC SCRAP 60 C2.5. SCRAP RECYCLING CONSERVES NATURAL RESOURCES 61

CHAPTER 3 - SCRAP YARD ORGANIZATION 63 C3.1. GENERAL 63 C3.2. FACILITY LAYOUT 63 C3.3. EQUIPMENT 70 C3.4. SUMMARY 83

CHAPTER 4 - SEGREGATION AND IDENTIFICATION 84 C4.1. SEGRATION AT THE SOURCE 84 C4.2. IDENTIFICATION OF METALLIC SCRAP 85 C4.3. SIMPLIFIED METAL TESTING AND SORTING PROCEDURES 89 C4.4. PROCEDURE FOR CHART 1 102 C4.5. PROCEDURE FOR CHART 2 103 C4.6. PROCEDURE FOR CHART 3 105 C4.7. PROCEDURE FOR CHART 4 107 C4.8. PROCEDURE FOR CHARTS 5A THROUGH 5G 116 C4.9. LABORATORY ANALYSIS OF METALLIC SCRAP 130

CHAPTER 5 - STANDARD SCRAP SPECIFICATIONS 159 C5.1. GENERAL 159 C5.2. FERROUS SCRAP 159 C5.3. NONFERROUS SCRAP 160 C5.4. PAPER, CARDBOARD, AND CORREGATED SCRAP 173 C5.5. PLASTIC SCRAP 176 C5.6. USED PETROLEUM PRODUCTS 186 C5.7. USED SYNTHETIC LUBRICANTS 186 C5.8. INDUSTRIAL DIAMONDS/RESIDUE 186 C5.9. WOOD SCRAP 187 C5.10. RECYCLABLE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 187 C5.11. ACCOUNTING FOR SCRAP 187

CHAPTER 6 - RECOVERY OF PRECIOUS METALS 217 C6.1. GENERAL 217 C6.2. PROCESSING PRECIOUS METAL-BEARING MATERIALS 217 C6.3. SALE VERSUS RECOVERY 218 C6.4. EXAMPLES OF PRECIOUS METAL-BEARING PROPERTY 218 C6.5. RECYCLING OF SCRAP REMAINING AFTER PRECIOUS METAL RECOVERY 222

CHAPTER 7 - SCRAP MERCHANDISING 223 C7.1. GENERAL 223 C7.2. PRINCIPAL TYPES OF SCRAP SALES 223 C7.3. OPTIMUM LOT SIZE 224 C7.4. SALES DESCRIPTIONS 225 C7.5. SCRAP MARKET RESEARCH 230

CHAPTER 8 - SAFETY AND HEALTH IN THE SCRAP YARD 231 C8.1. GENERAL 231 C8.2. OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH, SAFETY, AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL 232 C8.3. PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE) 235 C8.4. MATERIAL HANDLING EQUIPMENT 237 C8.5. MACHINERY AND MACHINE GUARDING 240 C8.6. TORCH CUTTING 242 C8.7. DEMILITARIZATION 244 C8.8. ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS 244

CHAPTER 9 - RESERVED 245

APPENDICES AP1. PRIMARY SCRAP RECYCLING ORGANIZATIONS 246 AP2. BIBLIOGRAPHY 247