Paul V Torek from 2744 Golfside Dr, Ann Arbor, MI 48108, age 62, Phone: 7345281481

Scrap Metal Sorting System
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US Patent:

20130304254, Nov 14, 2013
Filed:

Jan 6, 2012
Appl. No.:

13/978118
Inventors:

Paul Torek - Ann Arbor MI, US
Daniel F. Gorzen - Ypsilanti MI, US
Kalyani Chaganti - Brownstown Township MI, US
Assignee:

HURON VALLEY STEEL CORPORATION - Belleville MI
International Classification:

B07C 5/34
US Classification:

700223, 378137
Abstract:

An apparatus and a method for sorting scrap metal containing at least two categories of metals are provided. An x-ray beam is directed towards at least a portion of a particle of scrap metal. Backscattered x-rays, forward scattered x-rays, and transmitted x-rays from the particle are measured and input into a classifier, such as a database with a cutoff plane. The scrap metal is sorted into a first category and a second category on the scrap metal by a controller. An x-ray source for a scanning system is provided with an electron beam generator, an electromagnetic beam focusing coil, a pair of saddle shaped beam steering coils, and a target foil to create a scanning x-ray beam along a plane.

Gas Phase Synthesis Of Nanoparticles In A Multi-Element Diffusion Flame Burner
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US Patent:

20040050207, Mar 18, 2004
Filed:

Jul 16, 2003
Appl. No.:

10/620585
Inventors:

Margaret Wooldridge - Saline MI, US
Paul Torek - Ann Arbor MI, US
David Hall - Alcoa TN, US
Tiffany Miller - Ann Arbor MI, US
International Classification:

B22F009/30
C22C013/00
US Classification:

075/362000, 075/369000, 420/557000
Abstract:

Low nanosized combusted products are obtained by introducing at least one volatile metal compound into the flame of a non-premixed, multi-element diffusion flame burner which exhibits a one-dimensional temperature profile. The combustion process generates a stable environment favoring formation of very small particles of uniform composition. Adjusting burner stoichiometry enables production of zero valent metal powders and metal compounds of low or intermediate oxidation states as well as the usual more highly oxidized species.

System And Method For Sorting Scrap Materials
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US Patent:

20200101497, Apr 2, 2020
Filed:

Mar 27, 2018
Appl. No.:

16/497471
Inventors:

- Trenton MI, US
Kalyani CHAGANTI - Canton MI, US
Paul TOREK - Ann Arbor MI, US
Benjamin H AUBUCHON - Rockwood MI, US
Richard WOLANSKI - Dexter MI, US
Kerry LANG - Taylor MI, US
Assignee:

HURON VALLEY STEEL CORPORATION - Trenton MI
International Classification:

B07C 5/344
Abstract:

A system has a conveyor for carrying at least two categories of scrap particles positioned at random on a surface of the conveyor, with at least some of the particles comprising metal. The system has a sensor array with a series of analog inductive proximity sensors arranged transversely across the conveyor. An active sensing end face of each sensor lies in a sensing plane, and the sensing plane is generally parallel with the surface of the conveyor. A control system of is configured to sample and quantize analog signals from the series of sensors in the array, and locate and classify a scrap particle on the conveyor passing over the array into one of at least two categories of material based on the quantized signals. A method for sorting the particles is also provided.

Vision And Analog Sensing Scrap Sorting System And Method
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US Patent:

20190299255, Oct 3, 2019
Filed:

Mar 27, 2018
Appl. No.:

15/936923
Inventors:

- Trenton MI, US
Paul TOREK - Ann Arbor MI, US
Michael A. HAWKINS - Belleville MI, US
International Classification:

B07C 5/342
G06K 9/62
G06K 9/20
Abstract:

A system and a method of sorting scrap particles is provided. A moving conveyor containing scrap particles is imaged using a vision system to create a vision image corresponding to a timed location of the conveyor, and is sensed using a sensing system to create a sensing matrix corresponding to the timed location. The sensing system has at least one array of analog proximity sensors. A control system analyzes the vision image as a vision matrix of cells, and generates a vision vector containing vision data from the vision matrix for the particle. The control system analyzes the sensing matrix, and generates a sensing data vector containing sensing data from the sensing matrix for the particle. The control system classifies the particle into one of at least two classifications of a material as a function of the vision data vector and the sensing data vector.