Dutch recycler installs Protec sorting system.Dutch metals Dutch metal: see brass. recycler Gebr. Gerrits Beheer BV is installing a heavy media and sorting system plant configured by ProTec Srl of Genoa Genoa (jĕn`ōwə), Ital. Genova, city (1991 pop. 678,771), capital of Genoa prov. and of Liguria, NW Italy, on the Ligurian Sea. , Italy. The Dutch company is installing the system at its Oss, Netherlands, yard to replace an existing plant that has been in operation for 15 years. The plant includes a pre-washer followed by two Steinert eddy currents Eddy current An electric current induced within the body of a conductor when that conductor either moves through a nonuniform magnetic field or is in a region where there is a change in magnetic flux. It is sometimes called Foucault current. and a media drum that uses magnetite magnetite (măg`nətīt), lustrous black, magnetic mineral, Fe3O4. It occurs in crystals of the cubic system, in masses, and as a loose sand. to separate the remaining metals from non-metals. A double-density drum helps separate lighter magnesium metals from heavier aluminum metals and from metals that are heavier yet (copper, brass, zinc). The plant also includes conveyors, drain and rinse screens and includes automatic density control of the media. Maximum input for the system has been calculated as 40 tons per hour of shredded shred n. 1. A long irregular strip that is cut or torn off. 2. A small amount; a particle: not a shred of evidence. tr.v. scrap. It is expected to go online for operation in the fall of 2005. ProTec Srl, found on the Web at www.protec-srl.com, was founded in 1994 by metals sorting industry veterans. The company has systems in place in Italy, Spain, France and Switzerland. |
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