Eriez, Erie, Pa. has announced that its new Shred1 Separator uses ballistics to separate iron-rich ferrous from much of the mixed metals and waste material in the post drum magnet flow. The separator delivers three distinct fractions: a premium low-copper content #1 Shred, a traditional #2 shred and a heavy/light/waste mix.
Eriez notes that when the Shred1 Ballistic Separator is combined with Eriez’s P-Rex permanent rare earth magnetic drum, the system is referred to as the CleanStream Process. In a release, Eriez notes that the CleanStream Process recovers more ferrous and concentrate from the post drum magnet flow into a low-copper premium shred, while eliminating the need for a scavenger magnet, a z-box air system and hand picking the entire flow.
The three fractions and the characteristics produced by the Shred1 Ballistic Separator include the following:
- Fraction one is a high-value, low-copper-content ferrous product with a higher value than a #2 grade fraction. Fraction one contains 60-80 percent of flow and contains less than 0.2 percent copper, and, unlike traditional polishing drums, the fraction does not require picking.
- Fraction two represents about 20-30 percent of the flow and contains mostly mixed metals, copper and aluminum with steel housings or cores. Hand sorting can be accomplished with few pickers because only a fraction of the total shredder discharge is picked.
- Fraction three consists of heavy steel objects and light material such as fluff, rubber and some wire. This fraction can be picked with fraction #2 or stockpiled and re-processed later. Fraction three contains 5-7 percent of the flow.
To learn more about Eriez’ Shred1 Ballistic Separator, visit http://en-us.eriez.com/Products/Recycling/shred1ballisticseparator/.