Recycling

Recovering and Removing Metal for Recycling:

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Recycling Industry Products

Ferrous Metal Magnetic Separators

Stainless Steel Separators

Overband Magnets

Suspension Magnets

Drum Magnets - Electro

Stainless Steel Separator

Ultra high-intensity magnetic separators to recover or remove weakly magnetic materials including fragmented stainless-steel and PCBs.

An overband magnetic separator

Overband magnets, suspended over conveyors, recover ferrous metal such as steel cans from conveyed waste and are available as permanent and electromagnetic designs

A Suspension Magnet

Suspension Magnets, suspended over conveyors, separate occasional ferrous metal and protect equipment such as shredders.  Available in permanent and electromagnetic versions.

Bunting Permanent Drum Magnet

Heavy-duty large diameter Electro Drum Magnets recover ferrous metal from incineration ash, steel slag and automobile shredded scrap.

Recycling Industry Products

Ferrous Metal Magnetic Separators

Stainless Steel Separators

Buntings stainless steel separator

Ultra high-intensity magnetic separators to recover or remove weakly magnetic materials including fragmented stainless-steel and PCBs.

Overband Magnets

Overband magnets, suspended over conveyors, recover ferrous metal such as steel cans from conveyed waste and are available as permanent and electromagnetic designs.

Suspension Magnets

A Suspension Magnet

Suspension Magnets, suspended over conveyors, separate occasional ferrous metal and protect equipment such as shredders.  Available in permanent and electromagnetic versions.

Drum Magnets - Electro

 

Bunting Permanent Drum MagnetHeavy-duty large diameter Electro Drum Magnets recover ferrous metal from incineration ash, steel slag and automobile shredded scrap.

 

Magnetic Head Pulleys

A lagged Pulley Magnet

The Magnetic Head Pulley replaces the standard head pulley of a conveyor to provide continuous separation of ferrous metals from conveyed products.

Plate Magnets

Permanent Plate Magnets, mounted in chutes and suspended above conveyors, to separate larger tramp metal.

Tube & Grid Magnets

Multiple Rod Magnets

High-strength Tube and Grid Magnets used to cleanse dry, free-flowing shredded or granulated waste of problematic ferrous metal contamination.

Magnetic Sweepers

Towable Electromagnetic Sweeper

Magnetic sweepers clear ferrous debris off floors, yards, car parks and other areas to prevent damage to equipment and vehicles.

 

Non-Ferrous Metal Separators

Eddy Current Separators

Eddy Current Separator Bunting

Recover and separate large and small non-ferrous metals from e-waste, household refuse, shredded auto scrap, plastic waste and other waste materials.

Electrostatic Separators

A new generation of metal separator, enabling the separation or recovery of fine non-ferrous metals such as copper wire and aluminium foil.

Metal Detectors

Free-Fall Metal Detectors

Bunting QuickTRON 03R Metal Detectors

As dry, free-flowing plastic and shredded plastic waste falls through the metal detector, any identified tramp metal gets automatically rejected.

Conveyor Metal Detectors

Bunting Metron

 

High-sensitivity metal detectors mounted around a conveyor to locate any metal contaminant present in the transported waste.

Magnetic Head Pulleys

Plate Magnets

Tube & Grid Magnets

Magnetic Sweepers

A lagged Pulley Magnet

The Magnetic Head Pulley replaces the standard head pulley of a conveyor to provide continuous separation of ferrous metals from conveyed products.

A plate magnet with various pieces of tramp metal attached.

Permanent Plate Magnets are mounted in chutes and suspended above conveyors, to separate larger tramp metal.

 

Multiple Rod Magnets

High-strength Tube and Grid Magnets used to cleanse dry, free-flowing shredded or granulated waste of problematic ferrous metal contamination.

Towable Electromagnetic Sweeper

Magnetic sweepers clear ferrous debris off floors, yards, car parks and other areas to prevent damage to equipment and vehicles.

 

Non-ferrous Metal Separators

Eddy Current Separators

Electrostatic Separators

Eddy Current Separator Bunting

Recover and separate large and small non-ferrous metals from e-waste, household refuse, shredded auto scrap, plastic waste and other waste materials

Bunting's electrostatic separator machine.

A new generation of metal separator, enabling the separation or recovery of fine non-ferrous metals such as copper wire and aluminium foil.

Metal Detectors

Free-Fall Metal Detectors

Conveyor Metal Detectors

Bunting QuickTRON 03R Metal Detectors

As dry, free-flowing plastic and shredded plastic waste falls through the metal detector, any identified tramp metal gets automatically rejected.

Bunting Metron

High-sensitivity metal detectors mounted around a conveyor to locate any metal contaminant present in the transported waste.

Metal Separators for Recycling

Metal separators are a vital stage for nearly all recycling processes.  The range of technology, that includes magnetic separators, metal detectors, eddy current separators and electrostatic separators, enables both the recovery of valuable metals and the removal of metal contamination.

Magnetic Separators for Recycling

There is a long history of utilising magnetic separators to recover ferrous metals from non-magnetic materials such as household waste and auto-shredder metals.  Traditional Electro Drum Magnets operate alongside ultra high-intensity Stainless Steel Separators to ensure the recovery and separation of all valuable ferrous metals.

Eddy Current Separators for Recycling

Eddy Current Separator technology changed the recycling landscape for non-ferrous metal recovery and separation.  Bunting’s broad range of Eddy Current Separators enables recovery of both large and small non-ferrous metals in a diverse and ever-growing variety of recycling applications.  ElectroStatic Separators compliment the range, providing final stage separation of fine non-ferrous metals such as copper wire.

Metal Detectors for Recycling

Metal Detectors are becoming increasingly important in the recycling industry.  Magnetic Separators and Eddy Current Separators are widely used to remove liberated ferrous, non-ferrous and even some stainless-steel metals, but are unable to separate metals that are imbedded in material or are unresponsive to these types of metal separators.  A common location for the Metal Detector is on the conveyor prior to size reduction, where it identifies the presence of any metal that may damage the shredder or granulator.  The effect of metal damage can be costly in terms of repair and production downtime.