Abstract: A method for recycling of laminated glass is disclosed. The laminated glass comprises at least one glass layer and at least one polyvinyl butyral (PVB). The method comprises mechanical removal of at least part of the glass, placing residual waste with glass particles in a vat comprising a separation fluid to produce a mixture of glass particles and one polyvinyl butyral (PVB) pieces from the residual waste, from which the one polyvinyl butyral (PVB) pieces can be screened off, washed, and dried for reuse. The separation fluid comprises water and butyl diglycol.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for separating nickel powders and cobalt powders from each other in a mixture of nickel powders and cobalt powders. The method includes a first step of heating a mixture of nickel powders and cobalt powders received in a container to a temperature of 350° C. to 500° C.; and a second step of reacting the heated mixture with a magnet to separate the nickel powders and the cobalt powders from each other, wherein in the second step, not the nickel powders but the cobalt powders react with the magnet, and thus the cobalt powders move out of the container and thus are separated from the nickel powders.

Abstract: An automated food waste processing system including an enclosure secured to prevent unauthorized access to contents contained therein, the enclosure including a plurality of exterior walls and a food waste processing system housed within the enclosure. The food waste processing system including an imaging system configured to capture a plurality of images of the food waste and the non-biodegradable material received by the sorting receptacle, a processing system configured to process the plurality of images using a trained neural network to identify at least plastic waste and metal waste as the non-biodegradable material when included in the food waste input stream as received by the sorting receptacle, and a sorting system configured to, in response to instructions received from the processing system, automatically locate and remove the non-biodegradable material from the sorting receptacle to create a bio-degradable input stream to the anaerobic digester.

Abstract: A material sorting system sorts materials utilizing an x-ray fluorescence and/or a vision system that implements a machine learning system in order to identify or classify each of the materials, which are then sorted into separate groups based on such an identification or classification determining that the materials are composed of either wrought aluminum, extruded aluminum, or cast aluminum. The system is capable of sorting between cast aluminum alloys and also between wrought aluminum alloys.

Abstract: A purpose of the present invention is to suppress reduction in recovery rate of a target component due to a gel adhering to an inner wall surface of a treatment liquid layer. After passing magnetic particles through a gel layer, when moving the magnetic particles in the treatment liquid layer adjacent to the gel layer, the magnetic force source is automatically operated in a longitudinal direction of a tubular container so that the magnetic particles do not enter a range of a certain distance from the gel layer through which the magnetic particles have passed.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for treating fly ash containing an initial carbon concentration to obtain ash containing a predetermined final carbon concentration less than the initial concentration, the method including: —a step of granulometric separation of the ash into at least two fractions, a coarse traction and a fine fraction, the coarse fraction having a granulometry greater than the fine fraction; —a step of extracting carbon from the ash; a method wherein the extraction step is subsequent to the separation step, the extraction step being implemented solely on the coarse fraction, by electrostatic separation, the method including a step of drying the ash during which the temperature of the ash is above 60° C.

Abstract: Systems, apparatus, and methods for recycling battery cells and/or battery cell assemblies for metallurgical recovery. In some embodiments, the battery cells and/or battery cell assemblies can be discharged/deactivated, reduced to smaller pieces, thermally decomposed, and then sorted into different component materials.

Abstract: Disclosed is a system and a method for classifying articles in a flow of articles to be separated, the flow of articles to be separated being installed on a conveying device, including: —an image acquisition member installed so as to be able to acquire at least one image of a portion of the flow of articles to be separated; —a first overhanging light source, which emits in the visible spectrum and illuminates the portion of the flow of articles to be separated, the at least one image of which is acquired by the image acquisition member; a classification member capable of classifying the articles of the portion of the flow of articles to be separated according to the acquired image; and at least one second light source, of a different nature than the first light source, allowing additional visual information to appear on the acquired image.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for sorting lithium cells, which includes quick sorting and high-precision sorting. The method provided by the present invention can be used for quickly and accurately classifying cells based on self-discharge, and is applicable to large-scale self-discharge sorting due to low cost of adopted equipment. Through the quick sorting method and the high-precision sorting method in the present invention, cells with large self-discharge rates can be eliminated from a batch of cells, cells with similar self-discharge rates can be sorted into groups, and an application range is wider.

Abstract: Method and apparatus are provided to select target metal particles from aggregate ore. A feed stream of aggregate is directed along a path and a higher density portion is segregated therefrom. Detectors are arranged in-line and along the flow of the higher density portion. High resolution detection of a target particles within the feed stream triggers ejection of a select portion of the feed stream and target particle as a concentrate and the balance continues to a further phase of detection/ejection. The concentrate is processed in further stages or collected as product. Multiple parallel detector/ejectors across the path can isolate target particles and minimize the ejected gangue portion associated therewith. Dry or hydrodynamic transport of the feed stream is available determined by aggregate characteristics. A compact footprint of the apparatus is achieved with arcuate paths and multi-level conveyance whilst low energy requirements enables use in artisan installations.

Abstract: A reinforced screen cloth for use in a screening device for screening out oversize objects, including oil sand lumps and rocks present in an oil sands slurry, is provided comprising a plurality of anti-wear components affixed to a base plate having a plurality of openings.

Abstract: An apparatus for processing a waste battery is proposed. The apparatus includes a conveying unit having a conveying belt rotated by a plurality of rotating shafts which are rotated to convey the supplied waste battery in one direction, a pulverizer disposed on a position along a travelling direction of the conveying unit to pulverize the waste battery, a heater disposed on a downstream side of the pulverizer to heat dust formed by the pulverizer, a collector collecting the dust which passes through the pulverizer and the heater, a filter part filtering a pulverized material of the collector, a mixer supplying an additive to the dust discharged from a discharge pipe of the filter part, and a compressor compressing a mixture mixed in the mixer.

Abstract: Methods for controlling the sorting and sequencing of objects are provided. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving sensor data of a plurality of dental appliances, each dental appliance associated with an identifier including (a) group data indicating a group to which the dental appliance belongs, and (b) sequence data indicating a sequential position for the dental appliance within the group. The method can include controlling a sorting cell to direct each dental appliance into one of a plurality of buffer locations based on the group data for the dental appliance, where each buffer location is configured to hold a set of dental appliances belonging to the same group; and controlling a sequencing cell to sequence the set of dental appliances associated with each buffer location by placing each dental appliance into a position within the corresponding set of dental appliances based on the sequence data for the dental appliance.

Abstract: The disclosed is a method for producing a carbon material dispersion which removes efficiently and reliably metallic components from carbon materials, and that provides a carbon material dispersion of a high product quality and stable electrical properties. The method comprises a first magnetic separation step in which the powdered and/or granulated carbon material C is applied to the surface of a rotating magnetic roll 130 to remove the metallic component M from the carbon material in the dry state of the powdered and granulated carbon material C; and a second magnetic separation step in which a magnet element 310 is placed in a carbon material dispersion D, in which the carbon material from which the metallic component has been removed in the first magnetic separation step is dispersed in a dispersing medium, in advance of the second magnetic separation step.

Abstract: The system extracts water from lunar regolith and includes a regolith intake having a digging bucket that collects lunar regolith soil and a gravel separator that separates and discharges gravel and passes a mixture of ice-regolith powder having ice grains that are about 10-100 microns along the conveyor. A pneumatic separator receives the ice-regolith powder and pneumatically splits the ice-regolith powder into streams of different sized lithic fragments and ice particles per the ratio of inertial force and aerodynamic drag force of the lithic fragments and ice particles. Each split stream may include a magnetic separator that separates further the magnetic and paramagnetic lithic fragments from ice particles to discharge up to 80 percent of lithic fragments to slag.

Abstract: A receptacle system for a sweeper that includes a bin with a base and sidewalls that together define a receptacle space that receives items released from the sweeper, an insert attached to the bin where an upper portion of the insert slopes upward from a front side towards a rear side of the receptacle system when the insert is attached to the bin with tracks defined in the upper portion for the wheels of the sweeper to roll along the slope to position the sweeper above the bin, and where the insert covers a portion of the receptacle space, where the insert defines an opening such that items released by the sweeper pass through the opening when the wheels of the sweeper are positioned on the tracks of the insert.

Abstract: Methods and systems for recycling a printed circuit board (PCB). The printed circuit board is exposed to a swelling agent that causes an epoxy matrix of the printed circuit board to swell and disintegrate into particles. The particles of epoxy are then separated from the printed circuit board, leaving behind reinforcing fiber and metal containing components thereof. These remaining components are separated from each other and recycled separately using suitable processes. The epoxy particles are also recovered, and may be reduced to a monomer for use in synthesizing new epoxy. The swelling agent includes a carboxylic acid, preferably formic acid, as an active ingredient.

Abstract: A system for sorting of diamonds is provided. The system comprises a conveying system including a conveyer belt to transport material sample including diamonds. Further, the system comprises an x-ray source configured to fire x-rays at the material sample. Furthermore, the system comprises an x-ray luminescence (XRL) detector configured to measure radiated intensity of the x-rays from the material sample. Additionally, the system comprises an x-ray transmission (XRT) detector configured to measure transmitted intensity of the x-rays through the material sample. Also, the system comprises a processor that is configured to: receive the radiated intensity and the transmitted intensity from the XRL detector and the XRT detector respectively; process the radiated intensity and the transmitted intensity to determine an equivalent absorption coefficient; and identify the material sample as diamond based on a comparison of the equivalent absorption coefficient and a pre-stored model species absorption coefficient.

Abstract: Systems and methods for the beneficiation of fine and very fine particles of iron ore are disclosed. The system includes a first triboelectric electrostatic belt-type separator (BSS) which receives and processes a stream of particles with a median particle size (d50) less than 75 microns to generate an iron rich concentrate. The system and method is water-free and carried out in a totally dry metallurgical route. The system also includes at least one air classification device that receives and processes a feed stream of particles to provide the stream of particles with a median particle size (d50) that is less than 75 microns. The system may also include a dryer and de-agglomeration system that receives a feed stream of particles and processes the feed stream of particles to provide the particle stream with a moisture of less than 2%.

Abstract: A system for recovering of metal and sand from incinerator ash material having an ash clarification assembly, a magnet to remove the ferrous from the heavy material; a sorting assembly, a drying cage or dewatering unit to dry the material; and a separation assembly to remove the aluminium from the material. Methods are included as well.