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Recycling Industry

Waste sorting: solutions for diverse requirements

Efficient recovery of recyclable materials from various waste streams like commercial & industrial or even domestic collections is one of the greatest challenges in the recycling industry for ensuring a sustainable circular economy. The range of materials found in the waste is diverse and consists primarily of various plastics, composite materials, organic materials such as wood, paper and green waste, mineral fractions and elements of iron and non-ferrous metals.

STEINERT sorting machines provide you with the right technology for every requirement in separating the contaminants from waste and for recovering fractions with high levels of purity. This is necessary since only high quality of secondary raw materials can offer recycling reliability and revenue, and thus profitable system operation.

Do you require a modern system or process technology to handle multiple waste streams? With our many years of experience and our competent partner network around the world our experts will support you in the planning and implementation stages – and thus make a valuable contribution to sustainable use of resources on our planet. 

The eddy current separator STEINERT EddyC: the new standard

Use of the new belt changing concept to simplify maintenance work on the non-ferrous metal separator

The design of our new STEINERT EddyC combines things that have been tried and tested with innovation in the separation of non-ferrous metals. STEINERT also continues to rely on the established eccentrically mounted magnetic pole system with powerful neodymium-iron-boron magnets and robust construction of all machine elements in its eddy current separators.

The core features of the new STEINERT EddyC model series are a self-supporting frame construction allowing faster belt replacement, variable adjustment of the pole system's application point, optimised accessibility to and overview of the separation area and a fundamentally revised external design.

The conveyor belt can be replaced in just 10 minutes due to the self-supporting, C-shaped design. Further advantages: an additional hoist is no longer required and the machine side for belt replacement can be chosen at will.

Different versions of our non-ferrous metal separators are available within the standard STEINERT EddyC series depending on the intended use. For instance we offer you the type 5009 all-rounder for a medium grain size over 5 mm. On the other hand, the 5005 coarse pole system is advisable for the coarse grain range above 40 mm. Here the design of the magnet system is decisive for compelling selectivity and constantly high separation success. Selection of the correct magnet system enables you to achieve reliable sorting of non-ferrous metals even at high throughputs. We will be happy to advise you.

  • Eccentric non-ferrous metal separator following the STEINERT principle
  • Proven technology of the non-ferrous metal separators in a new design
  • Adapted magnetic pole systems available for various applications
  • Working widths: 500 – 2,500 mm

The mobile way to separate non-ferrous and ferrous metals in a single step

Non-ferrous metal separation with eddy current separator with eccentric pole system

The STEINERT EddyC MOVE combines tried and tested magnet metal-separating technology with mobility and flexibility. Most crushed and pre-sieved bulk materials contain ferrous metals, such as nails and screws, and non-ferrous metals (aluminium, copper, brass etc.). The STEINERT EddyC MOVE easily recovers these metals during the process. Flexibly adaptable to different locations and with a built-in power unit, operators can now enjoy complete self-sufficiency.

  • Now mobile: non-ferrous metal separation with eddy current separator with excentric pole system
  • Ferrous separation with overband magnet STEINERT UMP
  • integrated power unit
  • Grain sizes: up to 300 mm
  • Working width: 2000 mm

Reliably sort all metals with the STEINERT ISS® induction sorting system

Produce residual material containing no metal and recover residual metals with the STEINERT ISS® – and at the smallest grain sizes in metal recovery: STEINERT Fines ISS®

The STEINERT ISS® induction sorting system is the perfect addition to magnetic sorting and eddy-current separation for recovering residual metals from a mix of materials. It is especially suitable for stainless steels and composite materials such as cables or circuit boards. It can be deployed with a focus on producing recoverable metal concentrates, such as zurik or a stainless steel fraction. The aim of treatment may however also be to produce a metal-free residual fraction containing less than 1% metal in order to meet acceptance qualities, e.g. in the production of recovered fuels. Both tasks are the core applications of the STEINERT ISS®.

Our induction sorting system includes an acceleration belt on which the sortable material is transported through the detection area while at rest. Under the conveyor belt, there is a modern inductive metal sensor that produces an electromagnetic field. Any conductive object passing through the sensor area is detected at a sensitivity of significantly less than 1 mm. Following detection and classification, the metal part to be sorted is deflected from its trajectory using a targeted blast of compressed air and is ejected from the material stream.

Sensors for all eventualities
Depending on the requirements of the application case, sensors are available with a coarse or fine resolution resulting from the coil diameters used. We also provide two different types of sensors that can also be selected depending on your specific application. As an all-metal separator for simple applications, such as producing a residue containing no metal, the tried- and-tested all-metal separator offers great value for money and meets all requirements. However, if more complex tasks require more elaborate signal capture and interpretation, we can provide the ARGOS metal detector equipped with a combination sorting system controller. The purely digital sensor combines conductivity detection and image processing, thereby improving the sorting result because the sensor provides more accurate information about all particles detected. The sophisticated view of the inductive metal signals enables enhanced sorting, for example, sorting between stainless steels, cables and circuit boards. Our STEINERT ISS® operates in a grain size range from 1 mm to 200 mm and is available in working widths from 600 mm to 3,000 mm.

For especially small grain sizes
The STEINERT Fines ISS® represents a special design option of the induction sorting system optimised for the grain size range from 1 mm to 20 mm. The STEINERT Fines ISS® meets the ever increasing demand for metal separation systems in small grain sizes down to less than 10 mm. Shredder fractions in these grain sizes usually contain large amounts of fine copper wires that cannot be accessed using eddy-current separation. Recovering these small metal particles from the residual shredder fraction may therefore be an interesting feature for shredder operators. In the STEINERT Fines ISS®, we have therefore coordinated all machine elements to the fine grain range. For example, the jet of compressed air for deflecting metal parts out of the discharge occurs from top to bottom to take into account the higher air resistance of small particles. The very first STEINERT Fines ISS® sensor sorting systems were successfully used in shredder operations. In the meantime, the STEINERT Fines ISS® has also proven its worth in other areas, such as the separation of metal from combustion ash in substitute fuel power plants and metal separation in the process of sorting PET flakes in plastic recycling. We supply our STEINERT Fines ISS® in working widths of 1,000 mm and 2,000 mm.

  • ISS = induction sorting system
  • Proven technology for separating all metals
  • Two sensor types with different resolutions to adapt to your specific scenario
  • special STEINERT Fines ISS® for fine-grain sorting

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