If your company uses temperature sensors in ovens or high-temperature processes, there's a good chance you're discarding them. platen with significant commercial value without realizing it.
The purchase of platinum, even today, is an opportunity frequently overlooked by the industry. When sensors fail, wear out, or are replaced, the most common behavior is to treat them as scrap. However, even after the end of their operational lifespan, many of these sensors remain industrial assets.
This happens because noble metal sensors and thermocouples—especially type R, S, and B thermocouples—use platinum and platinum-rhodium alloys (Pt and PtRh) in their sensing elements. In other words, the sensor can fail; the platinum cannot.
Want to know if your sensors are valuable? Contact us by email. compra.platina@alutal.com.br and learn more.
Which used temperature sensors are worth the money?
Noble sensors and thermocouples — especially type R, S, and B thermocouples — utilize platinum and platinum-rhodium alloys (Pt and PtRh).
In other words: the sensor may fail, but the platinum does not lose its value.
Sensor elements are typically made from:
- 0,35 mm and 0,5 mm wires
- platinum tubes,
- Pt and PtRh alloys.
Even in their dilapidated state, these materials:
- retain relevant commercial value,
- They can be recycled with high efficiency.
- They can be reused in the manufacture of new sensors.
Ignoring this information effectively means losing money.
The Alutal Platinum Purchase and Repurchase Program
With this in mind, Alutal has structured the Platinum Buyback Program, aimed at industrial clients who want to transform used sensors into real cost reductions.
Alutal buys any quantity of:
- platinum (Pt),
- platinum-rhodium alloys (PtRh),
- Used or damaged sensor elements.
The customer can choose the most advantageous option: receive the value as a financial credit, or use the material as part of the payment for new temperature sensors.
Thus, what was previously an industrial liability now generates direct returns.
Is this program for your industry?
This program is suitable for companies that operate with:
- industrial furnaces,
- cement plants,
- steel mills,
- high temperature processes,
- Type R, S, or B thermocouples are out of operation.
If you fall into one of these scenarios, it's worth evaluating your sensors before discarding them.
How does buying platinum at Alutal work (risk-free)?
The industrial platinum procurement process was structured to ensure transparency, traceability, and commercial security.
- Issuance of an invoice by the customer;
- Weighing on a calibrated scale;
- Complete chemical analysis, carried out by Alutal and verified by technical reports;
- Payment in full, after material verification.
Without subjective estimates.
No values "by eye".
No blind negotiating.
Technical assessment directly at your company.
In specific situations, Alutal can go beyond conventional analysis.
When necessary, it is possible to:
- send a technical team to the customer's plant,
- Perform analysis, cleaning, and disassembly in the field.
- Properly separate threads and precious elements, avoiding losses due to improper handling.
This ensures maximum utilization of the available platinum.
Reuse, recycling and industrial sustainability
In addition to the purchase, Alutal is evaluating the reuse of recycled platinum wires in the production of new temperature sensors.
As a result, the process generates:
- less waste,
- smaller environmental impact,
- greater economic efficiency.
This process goes beyond the discourse of sustainability, applying engineering in a practical way in the industrial environment.
Why negotiate the purchase of platinum with Alutal?
The focus is on a technical, transparent, and secure negotiation for the client.
Alutal offers:
- more than 20 years of experience in the industrial market,
- specialization in temperature measurement,
- evaluation based on the true value of the material, not just its weight.
- Safety, traceability, and reliability throughout the entire process.
Evaluate your sensors before discarding them.
If your plant has used, damaged, or out-of-service temperature sensors, don't treat them as scrap.
An accurate valuation can mean recovering value, reducing costs, and optimizing your replacement process.
Contact Alutal: compra.platina@alutal.com.br
