The invention relates to a
metal waste sorting system, which belongs to the technical field of
metal waste recovery, and comprises a rack, an identification
assembly is connected to the rack, the identification
assembly comprises an X-
ray exciter arranged above the rack, the transmitting end of the X-
ray exciter faces the rack, excited characteristic X-rays enter an angular instrument, and the angular instrument is connected with the identification
assembly. And the
processing unit is in
signal connection with the
goniometer, the
processing unit processes incident angle information by utilizing a Bragg equation to obtain
wavelength information of the characteristic X-rays, and then
element composition of the
metal waste is obtained by utilizing the
wavelength information. The metal waste is irradiated and bombarded to excite the characteristic X-rays of different elements, the
goniometer and the
processing unit are used for obtaining the
wavelength information of the characteristic X-rays, the
element composition of the metal waste is obtained through the obvious difference of the wavelengths of the different elements, accurate recognition of the metal waste is achieved, and the sorting precision of the metal waste is improved.