MACHINERY | RECYCLING
Right: Tomra showed several sensor-based sorting
solutions at K2019, including Autosort Flake
Autosort, Autosort Flake and Innosort Flake – were on show at K2019. Volker Rehrmann, executive vice president of
Tomra Recycling & Mining, said: “Continuing to use our resources in an unsustainable and inefficient way should no longer be an option. At Tomra, we continue to develop new sorting solutions.” The Innosort Flake, seen at the show, is a good
example of “positively impacting and purifying the recycling process”, he said. Since its launch earlier this year, it has shown to be a good dual-sorting solution for plastic recovery facilities – sorting plastic fractions of 2-12mm by colour and simultaneously by polymer types. This means that large amounts of contaminants can be removed – and the potential loss of PET flake material can be significantly reduced. This all-in-one solution with ultra-high resolution and specialised sensor configuration offers high performance results. “It’s an economically favourable sorting solution
providing a quick return on investment and scalable flexibility,” said the company. The company is also developing ways of further
improving the sorting process. Based on improvements in collecting and managing large amounts of data – and the development of artificial intelligence – Tomra has developed deep learning software for sensor-based sorting. The software can learn individually from a large amount of collected data, equalling or even surpassing sorting results achieved by humans and typical machines, it says. By combining deep learning models with Tomra’s sorting solutions, objects that could previously not be separated can now be sorted with high purity levels, it claims. “In this regard, deep learning is considered as a
promising approach when it comes to addressing the increasing challenges in waste sorting, such as new waste streams, and objects being detected but not successfully ejected – or covered by other materials,” said the company.
Single-stage shredder Vecoplan introduced a single-stage shredder from its new VIZ (Vecoplan Infinity Shredders) series at K2019. The machine can be equipped either with the high-torque, quick-start HiTorc drive from the company’s VAZ series, or with the ESC, which is Vecoplan’s frequency-controlled, belt-type direct drive. Both systems are patented and are designed for high energy efficiency. The VIZ shredder offers flexibility in terms of the cutting geometry. It can be precisely adapted to
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different input and output requirements by changing the rotors and blades and by selecting the right screen, says Vecoplan. The performance can be precisely determined by the interface. Thanks to the efficient machine concept, users benefit from short set-up times and a high level of adaptability to cater for different outputs, it says. “Our new rotor solution offers numerous advantages,” said Martina Schmidt, head of Vecoplan’s recycling and waste division. “Thanks to the bolted tool holder plates with variable cutting tip sizes, rotor changes are now a thing of the past.” Users only have to exchange the plates to quickly adapt the cutting geometry to different output grain sizes. The rotor remains in the ma- chine. Even cutting tip changes can be carried out with ease – there is no need to touch the rotor. If a tool holder is damaged, only the relevant segment has to be replaced. Vecoplan has also optimised the ram and
revised the machine design. Thanks to the im- proved ram height, the VIZ can now handle entire bales. The working chamber of the machine was also enlarged, permitting reliable shredding of bales with model 1300 and higher. In a comparable Vecoplan model range this is possible only with sizes 1700 and higher, although the smaller version would have the necessary throughput.
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