Hi,
I had quite good success using a plasma cutter (available for quite cheap at
DIY stores - needs an air compressor as well) to cut out the magnet coil (to
use as display item for the original customer) and to separate out the aluminium
from stainless and copper parts. However it's a good day's work, so don't expect
a lot of money from the process. But it's good to know it will all go to proper
metal recycling.
I don't think the coil material is really recyclable though as it's a wild
material mix of copper (wire), niobium-titanium (supercon), stainless (over
binder) and aluminium (formers), tin (joints) as well as resin, plastic etc
I haven't tried cutting it open with an angle grinder and cutter disks after
heariing it's not that funny… But that's the better way if you want a
"full display" piece by cutting a hole into every layer. People have done amazing
jobs at this, adding some LED lighting to show the different dewars 8-)
Cheers
Bert
> Am 25.08.2023 um 22:09 schrieb Richard Fitch via groups.io <richard.fitch=indstate.edu_at_groups.io>:
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> Dear Spinlanders,
>
> I have been tasked with disposing of the magnet from our old AC-250 system.
> I had planned for years to cut it up into a display piece but alas, it has
> not risen high enough on the priority list to get done and my time has run out.
> Rather than send it to the scrapyard, what options are there for handling
> these guys? I assume there are useful recoverable metals but is there some
> form of recycling available? Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> All the best,
> Rick
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