Steel Mantle Catalytic Converters have generally had a lower unit value for a few reasons, including:
Difficulty in removing the PGM washcoat from the thin metal foil core
Comparing a steel mantle converter and a traditional ceramic "honeycomb" converter, it takes 30% less PGM loading to get an equal result
No one in North America presently has a process to refine these units.
These reasons kept the price low on steel mantle units, and they were considered far "less desirable" by most collectors.
Well, the word is out on these units and prices are rising. Here at TSS we've been helping our clients to get the best payout possible on steel mantle units for years. There is still a higher cost to extract the PGM's than with standard catalytic converters, and they do have the lower PGM loading mentioned above. With our proprietary technology, though, we can help to overcome these obstacles.
If steel mantle units are a small portion of your business, why should you make them a priority? First, higher potential profit per unit. Secondly, think of it from the point of an automobile manufacturer. If you could load 30% less PGM's and get an equal result wouldn't you move in that direction? That's why you're seeing more and more of these units and will continue to. Let our expertise help you to maximize your profits now and prepare for the future as well.
If you're not making money from the PGM content in your Oxygen Sensors, you should ask yourself why. Don't continue to give these away. Contact us and we'll show you how to make extra profit from this sometimes untapped source.