Established in 1942, Eriez is a pioneering force in separation technologies, embodying a truly global presence. With 12 wholly owned subsidiaries worldwide, Eriez designs, manufactures, and supports magnetic separation, flotation, metal detection, and material handling equipment. The dedicated team of knowledgeable and experienced sales engineers collaborates closely with customers, understanding their unique challenges to deliver dependable, high-performance equipment, systems, and solutions.
Eriez provides clients with both standard equipment and bespoke solutions tailored to their precise specifications. Drawing from more than 80 years of experience across diverse industries, Eriez leverages its extensive expertise to design and supply products that enhance productivity, efficiency, and product purity.
The Shred1 Ballistic Separator from Eriez uses a combination of magnetics and ballistics to efficiently separate iron-rich ferrous from much of the mixed metals post-drum magnet flow. This separator produces two distinct fractions: a premium low-copper ferrous product (in the range of 0.16-0.20% cu) and a traditional #2 shred.
The Shred1 ballistic separator combined with a PokerSort to extract long, troublesome pokers, and a P-Rex permanent rare earth magnetic drum improves the entire process. Not only does this process generate a consistent low-copper premium shred, but it also reduces hand picking and helps increase recovery of copper bearing materials.
Scrap processors that can supply steel mills with a high-grade ferrous product are well-positioned for the future. However, with a decline in availability of pure, high-quality industrial scrap, processors are shredding more “consumer scrap” than ever. Post-consumer scrap, items like automobiles and appliances, contain motors, condensers, wire harnesses, and cast aluminum pieces; all of which have steel housing, shafts or cores. This presents a sizeable problem for current processing technology.
This ferrous process helps processors stand out by producing high-quality ferrous shred, allowing them to sell it at a higher price per tonne.
Fraction 1: The first fraction is a high-value, low-copper content ferrous product worth considerably more than a traditional #2 grade fraction. Demand for this premium product is on the rise. It produces low-copper shred, makes up 70-80% of the flow, and contains less than 0.2% copper.
Fraction 2: This second fraction represents less than 25% of the flow and consists mainly of mixed metals, copper/steel housings, or cores. Hand sorting can be accomplished with few pickers, and increased copper recovery can also be realized. It produces #2 shred, including copper/steel and aluminum/steel materials, and accounts for less than 25% of the flow.
