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Company : Natural Recovery Technologies. Inc.

	NRT is a recognized world leader in automated industrial inspection systems, materials handling, and process control, particularly in processing of recycled plastics
Year established :	1981
Business :	Manufacturer

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Company name :	Natural Recovery Technologies. Inc.
Street :	566 Mainstream Drive, TN 37228-122
City :	Nashville
Website :	www.nrtsorters.com
Phone :	1.615.734.6400 ; 800.467.4678
Office Type :	Main Office
Country Name :	USA

National Recovery Technologies, Inc. (NRT), located in Nashville, Tennessee USA, is a privately held small business, formed in 1981 by physicists Dr. Charles E. Roos (Chairman of the Board of NRT) and Dr. Edward J. Sommer, Jr. (President and CEO of NRT). NRT maintains a full range of capabilities including sales, manufacturing, installation, customer service, and technology development. The company owns or is exclusive licensee for twenty-one U.S. patents and five foreign patents. Numerous other patents are pending or in the application stage.

NRT is a recognized world leader in automated industrial inspection systems, materials handling, and process control, particularly in processing of recycled plastics. Dr. Ed Sommer is a widely recognized world expert in high-speed industrial inspection systems, spectroscopic technology integration, and process control with 21 patents in the field and numerous presentations at national and international conferences both domestically and abroad. Dr. Charles Roos is a widely recognized world expert in x-ray technologies and high strength magnetic fields. NRT maintains a talented staff of scientists, engineers and technicians.

NRT continues to develop new products through its research and development programs. Most of these new developments are improvements and new methods for our industrial inspection and sorting equipment designed to improve our clients' processes and help make recycling more profitable. Throughout the years NRT has been supported in the development of these new technologies by the U.S. EPA and the U.S. Dept of Energy. NRT systems are unique in the industrial recycling environment in that we primarily utilize computerized rapid spectroscopic based sensing in the x-ray, visible, and infrared ranges. These are relatively sophisticated technologies for the typically rugged recycling environment and require very specialized design and packaging. NRT systems are specifically engineered for 24/7 applications in these environments including handling and sorting of materials from wet caustic cleaning systems. These systems incorporate high reliability rapid real time sensing and computing platforms for process control in addition to Ethernet/modem capabilities for remote factory diagnostics, adjustments, and upgrades. In developing, manufacturing, selling, and servicing our line of products NRT has developed information technology core competencies. All current NRT sorting systems are built around sophisticated database-driven software technologies. The systems implement industry standard OLE for Process Control (OPC) interfaces to control and configure NRT proprietary sorter hardware. Microsoft Active Data Objects (ADO) are used to connect the hardware drivers and the user interface with a Microsoft Access database where all system configuration variables are stored. This system has proven to be flexible and reliable in 24/7 installations throughout the world, and is designed to provide remote access to NRT technical service personnel for maintenance via dial-up or broadband connections.

Additionally, our successes in industrial inspection technologies are bringing new clients to NRT in new areas. NRT has assisted the U.S. Dept. of Energy in development of a robotic system for the handling and sorting of plutonium waste in preparation for impoundment into the DOE Waste Isolation Pilot Plant located 1/2 mile underground in an ancient salt formation in the deserts of New Mexico. Recently NRT developed the worlds fastest x-ray fluorescence (xrf) sensing system for identifying and sorting shredded scrap metal nonferrous alloys on fast moving conveying systems in sub-second time frames. The third generation of this unique system is installed at a metals recycling facility in the U.S. belonging to our joint venture partner for that technology and is undergoing production testing. Development of this new technology has been assisted with funding from the National Science Foundation SBIR program and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Advanced Technology Program (ATP).

Another new NRT development is in the area of airport security. Since the tragic events of 9/11/01, national needs have arisen for increased sophistication of security technologies while reducing costs. NRT, working with the National Science Foundation under their SBIR program, is developing the SecuriFlow technology to computerize checkpoint security and bring new information and data handling paradigms and techniques to the aviation security industry.

	EQUIPMENT - Flake AnalyzerTM The world's first automated instrument for accurate high speed spectral analysis of plastic flakes. Combines leading edge infrared spectroscopic detection of polymers with proprietary, high-speed algorithms to scan, identify, and analyze polymer flakes. This machine is designed for use in a quality-control lab. For continuous analysis in a processing area, see the Online Analyzer.
	EQUIPMENT - Flake SortTM The world's first sorting sysytem designed for industrial feed streams of polymer flakes or pellets. Combining a leading edge computerized process and infrared spectroscopic detection, the FlakeSort scans and classifies high volumes of polymer flakes or pellets using proprietary high-speed identification algorithms.
	EQUIPMENT - MultiSort® ES An advanced color sorting system designed for precision color identifications and sorts of plastic bottles over a wide range of colors, tints, and transparencies. Utilizes revolutionary extended spectrum color sensing technology, and allows rapid detection of even slight differences in colors with extraordinary accuracy.
	EQUIPMENT - MultiSort® IR The MultiSort® IR advanced automated plastic bottle sorter is a high performance system designed for 24/7 operation. Used in applications worldwide, the system utilizes high speed industrial infrared sensing to detect specific polymers within a mixed stream of material and incorporates high precision air ejectors to accurately sort selected polymers from the material stream at high processing rates. The rugged industrialized computing and sensing systems feature high reliability components and subsystems, built-in computerized diagnostics, and an advanced easy-to-use graphically driven touch screen operator interface. The system provides for modem connectivity with the factory for fast factory technician response, adjustments, and upgrades
	EQUIPMENT - MultiSort® IR-ES Combo Combines NRT's MultiSort® IR advanced polymer sorting system with NRT's MultiSort® ES high precision color sorting system into one sorting platform for high accuracy low cost sorting of post-consumer plastic bottles. Features a small installed footprint, high throughput rates, an advanced easy-to-use touch screen operator interface, and provides modem connection with the factory for fast response diagnostics, adjustments, and upgrades.
	EQUIPMENT - Online AnalyzerTM The world's first automated process monitoring instrument offering accurate high-speed spectral analysis of plastic flakes. PVC content and Low Melts content are measured and displayed graphically in real time on an industrialized computer screen with Ethernet capability. The Online AnalyzerTM is used in the factory production area to continuously monitor flake quality. In addition to its "remote access to data" feature, it also maintains a log of test results.