ElectroStatic Separators Destined for Australia

Two ElectroStatic Separators built by Bunting Magnetics destined for Australia

Bunting Magnetics has designed and built two ElectroStatic Separators for a metal recovery company based in Australia.  The metal separation technology will recover precious metals from shredded printed circuit boards. The electrostatic separator provides the only known method of removing or recovering metals from certain recycled materials.  Separation occurs by inducing an electrostatic charge into…

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Ensuring In-House Plastic Recycling Purity

Bunting-Plastics Internal Recycling

When re-processing in-house plastic rejects and waste, the purity of the final recycled plastic mix must be equal or at least very close to the original raw material.  Whether the re-processed plastic is for in-house use or as regrind for resale, the removal of any metal contamination is critical. Successful removal of metal contamination from…

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Metal Separator Locations in a Plastics Plant

Plastics Perfect Plant

Determining the best location to remove metal in a Plastics Processing plant can be difficult.  To assist plastics engineers, Bunting has released a Typical Plant Flowsheet showing optimum locations for metal separators.  This blog focuses on the locations, designs and types of Magnetic Separator and Metal Detector commonly used in plastics plants. A Typical Flowsheet On the flowsheet, the…

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