[Vo]:Need suggestions on plastic detection

I am working with my friend Howard Walker. He is in the junk plastic business. The plastic bottles are worth 12 cents a pound in bulk. If separated into 1,2,3,4 and 5 the plastic is worth 24 cents a pound. I found that #1 the clear coke bottle plastic if opaque to mid infrared. I blocks a

Re: [Vo]:Need suggestions on plastic detection

http://www.waste-management-world.com/articles/print/volume-9/issue-4/features/waste-sorting-a-look-at-the-separation-and-sorting-techniques-in-todayrsquos-european-market.html On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 4:50 PM, fznidar...@aol.com wrote: I am working with my friend Howard Walker. He is in the

Re: [Vo]:Need suggestions on plastic detection

Thank you Axil. We only want to do plastic bottles. There is a company that does this in the mid IR but I believe crushed up dirty bottles may confuse it. The ratio to mid IR to blue light is really profound with the #1 soda bottles and the #2 milk bottles. I was surprised how well those

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I don't have any poloriod. If you do, please look at the plastic transmission through poloroid let me know what happens. How do the plastics react to poloroid light? Frank Znidarsic