#1 Heavy Scrap Copper: No.1 Heavy Scrap Copper Shall consist of clean unalloyed copper solids and must be uncoated. May include copper clippings, punchings, bus bars, commutator segments clean copper pipe or tubing and Copper wire over 1/16" thick but free of burnt or brittle wire. This grade is equivalent to the ISRI code CANDY.
#2 Scrap Copper: Clean unalloyed copper solids. May include clean, oxidized or coated(plated) copper clippings, punchings, bus bars, commutator segments, clean oxidized copper pipe or tubing free of excessive solder and light gauge clean, oxidized or coated (plated) copper wire but free of fine gauge hair wire. Should be free of excessive oxidation, scale, ash or brittle burnt wire.
Soldered Copper Pipe: Soldered Copper Pipe shall consist of assorted copper pipe (of any length) with soldered joints or ends, free of brass or bronze or non-copper fittings.
Beryllium Copper: Beryllium Copper shall consist of clean beryllium alloyed copper solids, may contain clippings, punchings, bar or pipe, tubing & elbows.
Light Scrap Copper: Light Scrap Copper Shall consist of miscellaneous, unalloyed copper solids. May include sheet copper, gutters, downspouts, kettles, boilers, foil and unburned hair wire. May include any thin gauge, high surface area solid copper that has surface oxidation only. Minimum copper content of 88% remelt recovery rate. This grade is equivalent to the ISRI code DREAM.
Copper Turnings: Copper Turnings shall consist of unalloyed copper turnings grindings or borings, may be contaminated with cutting oils.
#1 Bare Bright Copper Wire: No.1 Bare Bright Copper Wire shall consist of bare, uncoated, unalloyed copper wire, not smaller than 16 gauge (B&S). Similar to ISRI code BARLEY with the exception that no green wire is allowed.
#1 Copper Wire: No.1 Copper Wire shall consist of clean, uncoated, unalloyed copper wire, not smaller than 16 gauge (B&S). Equivalent to ISRI code Berry.
#2 Copper Wire: No.2 Copper Wire shall consist of clean unalloyed copper wire, free of hair wire, brittle burnt wire and excessive oils. Minimum copper content of 94% remelt recovery rate. Equivalent to ISRI code Birch.
#1 Copper Wire Nodules: No.1 Copper Wire Nodules shall consist of No 1 bare, uncoated, unalloyed copper wire nodules, from a chopping or shredding operation, not smaller than 16 gauge (B&S). Minimum copper content of 99% remelt recovery rate. Equivalent to ISRI code CLOVE.
#2 Copper Wire Nodules: No.2 Copper Wire Nodules shall consist of No 2 unalloyed copper wire nodules, from a chopping or shredding operation. Minimum copper content of 97% remelt recovery rate. Equivalent to ISRI code COBRA.
#1 Insulated Copper Wire: No.1 Insulated Copper Wire shall consist of plastic insulated unalloyed, uncoated (plated) copper wire, with the copper wire not smaller than 16 gauge (B&S).
#2 Insulated Copper Wire: No.2 Insulated Copper Wire shall consist of assorted plastic insulated, unalloyed copper wire, free of heavy or double insulation. Included in ISRI code DRUID.
#3 Insulated Copper Wire: No.3 Insulated Copper Wire shall consist of assorted plastic insulated, unalloyed copper wire, includes heavy or double insulation, plastic insulated telephone cable. Included in ISRI code DRUID.
Copper/Aluminum BX Cable: Copper/Aluminum BX Cable shall consist of plastic insulated copper wire, armor coated with an Aluminum casing.
Copper/Steel BX Cable: Copper/Steel BX Cable shall consist of plastic insulated copper wire, armor coated with an steel casing.
Copper/Fractional Electric Motors: Copper/Fractional Electric Motors consists of electric motors and small copper coil windings from motors less than 1 horsepower in size.
Copper/Large Electric Motors: Copper/Large Electric Motors consists of electric motors and large copper coil windings from motors larger than 1 horsepower in size.
Copper/Large Sealed Electric Motors: Copper/Sealed Motors shall consist of sealed electric compressor motors derived from common Refrigerators and freezers.
Copper/Aluminum Radiators: Copper/Aluminum Radiators shall consist of unalloyed copper tubing surrounded by aluminum cooling fins derived from typical heat exchange radiators. Equivalent to ISRI code TALK.
Note:
The more you know about preparing and separating scrap metals, the more
money you will make when you take your proucts to market. Although it
is not required, you will be paid more when your materials are
separated by description or category into boxes, barrels or other
containers and prepared according to the descriptions listed above.
Our goal at Stubblefield Salvage and Recycling, LLC is to help our
scrap collecting partners get the highest possible price for their
scrap iron and other scrap metals.
