The plant consists of pre-crusher, a separation unit, a granulator, a separation for shredded plastic (foils, dust), iron, synthetic material and aluminum/copper.
After the e-waste is delivered the the loose parts such as CRTs, glass, batteries, cables, etc. are removed. In the first step the e-waste is cut into 50mm wide stripes then separated manually from hartened shafts, capacitors and printed circuit boards (PCBs). Only then the sighted e-waste is moved to the post-shreeder where it is shredded into < 30mm pieces.
The recyclable material – aluminium/copper, iron, and plastic are separated subsequently.
The pellets from the hammer mill can be separated into aluminium and copper.
One ES system can recycle up to 3 or 5t per hour of e-waste.
The monitoring system which includes data loggers is useful for continuous recording and supervision of the entire system. The camera observes the feed to the pre-shredder.
It is even possible for a tele-diagnosis to be made via modem.
In Germany, the mix of input components is composed of approx.:
18 - 20% household appliances
(electric irons, newer vacuum cleaner motors, small-sized transformers)
35 - 40% brown goods
(radio, video)
15 - 20% individual components
(i. e. TV chassis)
10 - 20% residual components
Throughput: 3 or 5 t/h
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