Electrostatic separator separates metal from plastic by means of electrostatic separation
hamos KWS electrostatic separator is used for the dry separation of metals from plastics and other non-conductive materials. Even the finest metal particles smaller than 0.1 mm can be separated by electrostatic separation.
This makes it possible in a particularly economical way,- to recover valuable metals, to separate them or to clean plastics from metal parts using electrostatic separation before further processing.
Requirements for your electrostatic separation material
To achieve an optimum separation result, the material mixtures to be separated must be as follows:
- Conductor/non-conductor mixture (e.g. metal and plastic)
- Completely digested material (no material composites)
- Dry material (ideal surface moisture less than 0.2%)
- Largely dust-free material
- Particle size from 100 μm to max. 8 mm
You are not sure whether your material is suitable for electrostatic separation? Send us a material sample of approx. 5 kg after consultation. We will use it to demonstrate the performance of our electrostatic separators.
We will show you what metal yield and throughputs you can achieve with an electrostatic separator for your material. Based on these separation results, you will receive our test report and quotation.
The operating principle of electrostatic separators
The hamos KWS electrostatic separator separates conductive products from non-conductors.
The metal mixture to be separated is fed via a vibratory feeder onto a rotating, grounded metal roller and transported to the area of a corona electrode.
There, the material mixture is electrostatically charged by high voltage of up to 35,000 volts.
Conductive materials (metals) then very quickly release their charge to the roller and are thrown off by the rotating motion. Non-conductors, on the other hand, lose their charge only very slowly, remain attached to the surface of the metal roller and are finally brushed off. The material mixture is thus separated by electrostatic separation into a conductor and a non-conductor fraction.
Based on the principle of charging, these separators are also called corona roll separators.
Your advantages
- Dry separation process
- High metal purities
- Optimal for fine metal particles
- Additional profits through higher metal yield
- Proven technology
- Fast amortization
- Low energy consumption
- Low personnel deployment
Examples
When you recycle, for example
- Plastic production waste
- Metal-non-conductor mixtures
- Old cable
- Electronic scrap
- Shredder light fractions
- Grinding dusts
- Printed circuit boards
- Aluminum-plastic composites
- other conductor-non-conductor mixtures
the hamos KWS is the ideal device for recovering the valuable metal fraction.