Metal separation in plastic recycling is an important process step for protecting material quality and production equipment. Businesses working with recovered materials should consider metal control as part of both production line design and investment evaluation.
How does metal contamination affect production?
Metal particles can cause damage, blockages, and production interruptions in plastic processing equipment. Sesotec states that metal contamination should be evaluated in terms of machine protection when processing regrind and recovered materials.
Sesotec plastic processing applications
When identifying risks in your operation, review material acceptance records, previous equipment failures, and separated foreign materials. Include a representative material sample in the technical evaluation to investigate whether the solution is suitable for actual production conditions.
How should magnets and metal separators be evaluated?
Magnetic separation systems are used to remove ferrous magnetic contaminants. Inductive metal detection systems, on the other hand, provide solutions for detecting both magnetic and non-magnetic metal contaminants. Therefore, select the technology according to the types of metal contaminants you intend to detect.
Sesotec metal control technologies
Evaluate the detection and separation functions separately in the quotation. Clarify how the material will be removed when metal is detected, what notification will be provided to the operator, and how the separated material will be tracked.
Select the control point according to material flow
Sesotec offers metal separation systems for machine feeding applications in plastic processing. The appropriate installation position should be determined according to the structure of the production line and the operating conditions of the selected system.
Sesotec machine feeding systems
Provide the supplier with information about the form of the material, target capacity, conveying method, and the existing layout drawing. Include installation space, maintenance access, and control system integration in the quotation scope.
Evaluate performance using your own material
Define the metal types, test conditions, and evaluation criteria to be used in the acceptance test in advance. Request a procedure that also verifies the result of the separation process after detection.
Also include installation, training, maintenance, and after-sales support conditions when comparing quotations.
To evaluate the most suitable metal separation solution for your plastic recycling line, share your material information, line layout, and capacity target with Somplast and request a quotation.
