Scrap Sorting
Sort wire or circuit board or ...
Why :
High prices for metals, make recycling more
attractive.
One million cellphones can yield 24 kg (53 lb) of gold, 250 kg of silver, 9 kg of palladium and more than 9 tonnes of copper, according experts quoted by the Bonn-based StEP.
Operation :
The system operates two reject mechanisms. Air to reject one type of detected material and paddles another. The system is trained on certain colors eg copper or circuit boards, and shapes and as these fly down the line the detected material is deflect from the stream
Hardware :
- Basler color and monochrome line scan camera
- Measurement Computing PC IO card
- I7 PC
Advantages/Benefits. :
- Automation Manger is very flexible and can integrate diverse hardware very quickly
- It can be quickly reprogrammed to detect a different colors / sizes...
- Logging reject images for post analysis
- Kinematic control synchronizing speed to rejects
- NOTE no PLC required
Typical System Performance :
- Conveyor speed up to 300ft per min