Abstract: A device and method of reclaiming refractory material from a lining of a refractory includes assembling a first refractory component of the lining with a first refractory product, and assembling a second refractory component of the working lining with a second refractory product different from the first refractory product, the second refractory product including magnetic material dispersed therein. Upon the lining reaching a service life, the lining is demolished to produce a mixture of the first refractory component pieces and the second refractory component pieces. Magnetic separation is performed on the mixture to separate the second refractory component pieces from the first refractory component pieces.

Abstract: A vibratory screening apparatus has a frame, a screen assembly affixed to the frame and having a screen with the plurality of spaced openings extending between outer edges of the screen, and a vibration amplifier coupled to the frame into the screen assembly. The screen assembly has a plurality of cross-members extending between sides or ends of said frame. The screen assembly has at least one screen cloth therein. The vibration amplifier is positioned directly beneath the screen assembly. The vibration amplifier is adapted to exert a force against a portion of an underside of the screen assembly.

Abstract: An efficient material recovery facility is disclosed, including: a first sorting device configured to: process a first instruction to remove a first target item from a set of items; and in response to the first instruction, perform a first sorting action to remove the first target item from the set of items, wherein the set of items excluding at least the first target item is to be transported towards a second sorting device, wherein the second sorting device is associated with a same sorting device type as the first sorting device; and wherein the second sorting device is configured to perform a second sorting action to remove a second target item from the set of items excluding at least the first target item in response to receiving a second instruction to remove the second target item.

Abstract: A sorting system (10, 20) for sorting sorting objects (1), including a sensor unit (2) which is adapted to detect a property, in particular a size, shape, weight, color and/or material, of a sorting object (1), and a valve arrangement (3) which is adapted to blow on the sorting object (1) in order to convey the sorting object (1) to one of a plurality of possible sorting destinations (4), wherein the sorting system (10, 20) is adapted to selectively set, according to the detected property, a blowing strength (8) to a first blowing strength (8A) greater than zero or to a second blowing strength greater than zero, the second blowing strength being different from the first blowing strength (8B), and to blow the sorting object using the valve arrangement with the set blowing strength to cause the sorting object to be conveyed to the sorting destination.

Abstract: A sorting device for sorting piece goods in end locations includes a plurality of horizontal conveyors, which are arranged one above another and are configured as conveyor belts, for conveying the piece goods in a circuit, wherein the conveyors are configured to move the piece goods perpendicularly to the conveying direction of the circuit. The sorting device also includes a plurality of end locations, wherein the end locations are arranged along the conveyors in such a manner that the piece goods can be transported into the end locations by the movement perpendicularly to the conveying direction. The piece goods are transported from the conveyor into the end location only by the conveyor.

Abstract: An inspection device in a radiation protection housing comprises an electromagnetic radiation-based inspection device, especially an X-ray device and a weighing device. The inspection device an endless conveyor belt for transporting products in a transport direction from an entry region to an inspection region, from there to a region for weighing, and from there to an exit region of the inspection device. An upper run of the endless conveyor belt in its path from the region for weighing to the exit region, traverses a height difference in in a height direction by means of an inclined region. The conveyor belt circulates around at least part of the inclined region and the weighing device, looking in the transport direction, is disposed immediately in front of the inclined region in the inspection device.

Abstract: An apparatus for classifying items in a logistic process including an item manipulating device that includes a plurality of conveying elements for moving items, a vision system configured to produce visual information of at least one item of the items that performs a movement caused by conveying elements of the plurality of conveying elements, and a control system configured to receive the visual information and to perform a classification of the at least one item dependent on the visual information into one more classes.

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: 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: 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: 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 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: 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: 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: 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.