Air Sorting Metals Refining Plant

Main Features
Mixed metals refining plant based on air sorting technology.

Manufactured in Italy

Year built: 2020

Components

• Loader/feeder
• Hammel mill model Flex 500 Refine (90 kW) – included in the drawing
• Conveyor belts
• Circular sieve
• 2 smaller hammel mills (132 kW and 90 kW)
• Magnetic overband
• Air sorting tables (densimetric tables)
• Dust collector with sleeve air filters + fan

Throughput – 8 MT/h – 1.5 MT/hour – 2.5 MT/h (largely depending on input material, grates used, and PLC settings)

Certificates & Compliance
CE Certificate available; in compliance with 2006/42/CE, 2014/35/UE, 2014/30/UE Directives.

Power requirement  – 350 kW

Spare parts available:-

• Spare double-rotor per each mill (3 mills installed overall) (3 pcs)
• Spare fans (large and small)
• Impact & blow bars, hammers
• Star valves (4 pcs)
• Tubes and pipes
• Double mesh for each densimetric table

Dust collector with sleeve air filter specifications

• Air flow rate (in-process) 25,000 m3/h
• Size 4900 x 2400 x 8000 mm
• Expected filter rating 1.55 mt/sec
• Filtrating area 268 m2
• Number of sleeve filters 286
• Sleeve filter size ⌀ 125 x 2410 mm
• Operating temperature Ambient temperature
• Loss of head in filter 80 mmH2O

Fan specifications

• Air flow rate 25,000 m3/h (±5% tolerance)
• Total pressure 250 mm H2O
• Power 45 kW
• Noise 95 dB (A)
• Rotation speed 1.48 rpm
• Supply voltage 380 V 50 Hz

Suitable infeed material

• Aluminium tins and cans
• Aluminium caps
• Copper stemming from shredded electric motors
• Small electric motors and armatures (ISRI “meatballs”)
• Pre-shredded WEEE (Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment) residues
• Plastic-based materials that include copper, copper wire and cable, brass, stainless steel, glass,
• We have also recently processed melted shells and cartridges. We managed to recover and sort
• lead and brass

Output Materials

• Aluminium granules
• Copper granules with precious metals
• Brass, copper & stainless steel granules (fine, medium and large fractions)
• Any materials that can successfully undergo density-dependent sorting

• Scrap Metal

• Scrap Metal