CRICKET™
Grapple Mounted Radiation Detection System |
>> Overview
The Cricket
radiation detection system is designed specifically to meet
the needs of the steel, scrap, and waste industries.
The Cricket’s
revolutionary, yet simple design provides an optimum level
of detection capability for low intensity radioactive sources,
on a continuous basis, in applications where radiation detection
systems have never existed before. The level of detection
capability will far exceed any conventional radiation detection
system, including detection systems that are mounted on the
boom of a crane, regardless of the detector size.
>> Features
and benefits
Mounting the
Cricket in the grapple allows direct exposure to all
the material being handled. There
are three critical opportunities to measure
all scrap material during the handling process.
First,
because the Cricket system scans on
a continuous basis,
material is scanned on the
surface before the grab even picks up the load.
Second,
the grapple load is scanned for up to 10 seconds
while in the grapple.
Finally,
the material is scanned as it falls from the grapple.
These
three scanning conditions allow the Cricket to provide
a high degree of detection capability for low level radioactive
material. In addition,
the Cricket’s robust design provides greater impact-resistance
then any other manufactured grapple.
Typically,
the Cricket grapple mounted radiation detection system
is 2.5 times more
sensitive than a vehicle monitoring
system.
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Applications |
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Port,
waterside loading / unloading applications |
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Rail
car loading / unloading |
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Shredder
infeed loading |
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Charge
bucket loading |
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