X Ray Machine Scrap Out - Scrap Breakdown - Metal Recovery - Metal recycling.

Hey guys!! We want to give a HUGE shoutout to our viewers and subscribers for helping us get to 400 subs 🙏 It is with GREAT thanks to you all that we have hit this milestone. We appreciate your continued support and encouragement, as without it, this milestone would not have be possible. We look forward to the many challenges that we will face in the future as the world of scrap is forever changing.
Thank you all for the ongoing support.
As always, look after yourselves and I'll catch you on the next one. Cheers 😁

[@scottdavis8382]

There are so many experimenters that would have loved to buy what you scrapped at way more than what you got in metals

[@cushlarapana5790]

Great job tearing that machine down 👍

[@MicroScraprMike]

Thank you 😀

[@afineliner740]

Congrats on your subscriber milestone. That was a great piece of equipment to scrap out. The traces on those boards might actually be silver, not lead. 👍

[@MicroScraprMike]

DOH!! I didn't think of that, thanks.

[@patrickschoenpflug]

You too work well together and that was fascinating to watch you scrap out that x ray machine thanks for a cool video 👍🏻👍🏻😊😄

[@MicroScraprMike]

Thank you very much! I hope that massive transformer will yield some great copper.

[@TechTed1]

sell it on online bro dont scrap that lovely piece of electronics 😊

[@bitsofeverything8385]

Amazing thing scrapped, great quality of vid, i subscribed at by 5th second of vid.

[@MicroScraprMike]

Thank you very much for your support!! 👍

[@DANStickerman]

Great chemistry. Safety slippers are a must.
Best Wishes from Niagara Falls ON Canada
~ Dan-0

[@MicroScraprMike]

Safety slippers for the win! Thanks for watching 👍 🙂

[@krystiankucharski7299]

hey, I have a problem, I can't turn on the subtitle after recording when will it be possible?

[@MicroScraprMike]

Krystian, how about now?

[@krystiankucharski7299]

@@MicroScraprMike Its good 😉

[@krystiankucharski7299]

Hurray thank you 😁

[@peterrobbins2862]

Is it actually safe to disassemble an x-ray machine?

[@MicroScraprMike]

@peterrobbins2862 What are your concerns?

[@MicroScraprMike]

I would say absolutely safe. There was no power going to the unit. It hadn't been used in months, so it would have lost all residual charge, and the x-ray head itself wasn't with the unit when I collected it.

[@KallePihlajasaari]

Aside from the danger of dropping heavy bits onto your toes there is not any additional risk because it was used to produce X-rays.
The biggest risk from any old 'oil' filled transformer, X-ray head or capacitor is the possibility of PCBs (Polychlorinated biphenyl) containing insulating 'oil' from equipment made before 2001. Since 1976 it has been rare to use it but was still found in some countries but may have a label to indicate if it contains PCB or not. Check local disposal guidelines for mineral transformer oil or PCB containing 'oil'.
The risks from the actual X-ray tubes (which was not included in this haul) is the danger of vacuum implosion from impact and from low energy/dental tubes the danger of particulates if grinding the beryllium X-ray exit window.
There is no radiation danger at all from X-ray tubes when they are switched off and radiation treatment machines that use radio isotopes have lots of radiation trefoil warning labels and typically have to be returned to the manufacturer for disposal.