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- Ares: Single shaft grinder (small particle sizes)
- Alligator: blade-operated shearing machine for size reduction of metal sheets and products (even box structures).
- Portable analyser: this instrument enables detection of the chemical composition of pieces of metal (hence, assay and classification at least of the metal’s main elements).
- Aspirating system: stationary and/or mobile device for removal of dust, gasses and fumes and for cleaning of atmospheres (interiors/exterior).
- Financial agreement (WEEE): any contract or agreement pertaining to loans, leasing or rental, or sale by instalment payments relating to any equipment, irrespective of the fact that the terms of the said contract or agreement or of an accessory contract or agreement provides for transfer or for possible transfer of ownership of the said equipment.
- APAT (WEEE): the Agenzia per la Protezione dell’Ambiente e per i servizi Tecnici (Italian environmental protection agency), instituted pursuant to art.38 of D.L.gvo (legislative decree) no. 300 of 30.7.1999, performs tasks of national scientific and technical significance in the interests of protection of the environment, water resources and soil. The agency came about as a result of the merger between the Agenzia nazionale per la Protezione dell’Ambiente (ANPA) (national agency for protection of the environment) and the Dipartimento per i Servizi tecnici nazionali della Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri (department for National technical services of the office of the prime minister)
- Archimedes’ screw: worm-wheel conveyor device for moving (loose) materials (not only longitudinally).
