Abstract: Food contents are separated from ferrous metal cans for conversion into useful byproducts by lacerating the can bodies into strips of metal to expose their contents, advancing along a vibrating conveyor section through a liquid spray, followed by magnetic separation to remove the metal strips and separately collect the food contents and metal strips for recycling. In order to convert the food contents into animal feed, the contents are first dried to reduce their moisture level either by mechanical dehydration or by the addition of bulking agents and then advanced through an extruder section to convert the food contents into dry particle form.

Abstract: Food and other contents of non-metallic containers are recovered from the containers by cutting the container bodies into fragments, advancing along a vibrating conveyor section through a liquid spray while simultaneously tumbling the fragments and the contents, continuing to advance the fragments and contents across strainer sections in the conveyor section to remove at least a part of the contents, lifting the fragments off of the conveyor section and advancing along a separate path of travel away from the conveyor section for collection together with any fragments and food contents remaining on the conveyor section after passing over the strainer sections. In converting food contents into usable food or feed values, the contents recovered through the strainer sections may be dried to reduce their moisture level either by mechanical dehydration or the addition of bulking agents, or both, and may be advanced through an extruder to convert the dried food contents into a complete ration.

Abstract: Food contents are separated from ferrous metal cans for conversion into useful byproducts by lacerating the can bodies into strips of metal to expose their contents, advancing along a vibrating conveyor section through a liquid spray, followed by magnetic separation to remove the metal strips and separately collect the food contents and metal strips for recycling. In order to convert the food contents into animal feed, the contents are first dried to reduce their moisture level either by mechanical dehydration or by the addition of bulking agents and then advanced through an extruder section to convert the food contents into dry particle form.

Abstract: Food contents are separated from ferrous metal cans for conversion into useful byproducts by lacerating the can bodies into strips of metal to expose their contents, advancing along a vibrating conveyor section through a liquid spray, followed by magnetic separation to remove the metal strips and separately collect the food contents and metal strips for recycling. In order to convert the food contents into animal feed, the contents are first dried to reduce their moisture level either by mechanical dehydration or by the addition of bulking agents and then advanced through an extruder section to convert the food contents into dry particle form.