Facility Allows Company to Work with Customers on Bespoke Setups : Eriez Expands Central Test Lab for Recycling Equipment Optimisation

Erie, Pennsylvania based recycling equipment manufacturer, Eriez, has expanded its lab-scale testing services for the US recycling industry.

The company explained that the majority of test work for recycling applications focuses on ferrous and nonferrous magnetic separation and is conducted at its Central Test Lab (CTL).

According to Eriez, the test equipment utilised most frequently for recycling industry customers includes Eddy Current Separators, Magnetic Drum Separators, Rare Earth Rolls, DensitySort® Air Tables and Electrostatic Separators.

Test procedures are tailored to each customer based on their specific challenges. Some of the most common recycling tests conducted are said to centre on the recovery of copper wire/fine Zorba from ASR fines.

This includes separating minus 2-inch Zorba into Twitch and Zebra, recovery of fine aluminum and copper from wire chop, stainless steel recovery from fine zurik packages, ECS negatives and ASR fines, and aluminum separation from PET flake.

"After processing customers' materials on the recycling equipment, we can determine recovery rates and make judgments on material grade," explained Chris Ramsdell, recycling equipment product manager at Eriez.

"With these recovery and grade figures, we can often help the customer determine equipment payback periods to support their investment," he continued.

The company added that testing also allows it to map out potential process flows, mix and match different pieces of equipment and determine recovery rates based on where a particular piece of equipment will be located in a process flow.

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