RWM Becomes Metal Separation Test Centre
Visitor interaction is the theme of the Bunting stand at this year’s RWM (12-13 September, 2018, NEC, Birmingham, UK). With their stand (5Q11) in prime-position opposite the entrance to the show, Bunting will invite visitors to take a lump of non-ferrous metal or stainless steel, place it on the belt of the metal separator, and witness separation.
Bunting Magnetics is one of the world’s leading suppliers of Magnetic Separators and Metal Detectors. The European manufacturing headquarters are based in Berkhamsted in Hertfordshire, UK and they have an extensive overseas network of distributors and marketing agents. On the stand, Bunting will be exhibiting their Master Magnets branded range of Magnetic Separators and Eddy Current Separators.
“We wanted to do something different this year,” explained Dave Hills, Bunting’s Head of Sales. “Visitor interaction is so important and we want people to handle the metal and then see what happens when they place it on the belt of the metal separation system.”
Operating on the stand at RWM will be a production-sized Eddy Current Separator and Stainless Steel Magnetic Separator, and demonstration-sized model of the popular Permanent Overband Magnet.
On the Stainless Steel Magnetic Separator, visitors will be able to separate several different materials. These include large lumps of fragmented stainless steel, from secondary metal recycling plants, and printed circuit boards (PCBs) from electronic recycling operations.
The Stainless Steel Magnetic Separator uses a patented high strength magnetic roll that generates enough attractive power to separate even the weakest magnetic materials. When passing through a shredder, the edges of stainless steel become weakly magnetic and this enables the effective separation. Also, PCBs have small components that are weakly magnetic and these are attracted by the strong magnetic field and separated from non-magnetic materials.
Eddy Current Separators are a common feature at the RWM exhibition. The Master Magnets design focuses on maximising non-ferrous metal separation whilst maintaining product purity levels. The ability to produce the optimum separation of non-ferrous metals is dictated by the design of the high speed rotating magnetic rotor and visitors will be able to place non-ferrous metals on the separator and witness the dramatic and violent separation.
As the Permanent Overband Magnet is one of the most commonly used magnetic separators in the recycling and waste industry, it was important to have a model on show. Hundreds of Permanent Overband Magnets are built at the Redditch manufacturing facility each year and they can be seen on many pre-sorted refuse operations recovering steel cans and mobile plant such as crushers and screens.
“Participating in a demonstration is different to simply watching,” explained Hills. “Visitors to the stand can choose the item they want to separate and then see what happens on the metal separator.”
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