After a year missed due to the pandemic, BMRA service member, Bunting, is back exhibiting at two shows in 2021.

The designer and manufacturer of magnetic separators for the recycling and waste industries will be on stand 5-R10 at the RWM show at the NEC in Birmingham, UK (22nd to 23rd September 2021) and on Bunting’s ‘Protect, Prevent & Purify’ stand (H11) at the Interplas plastics exhibition (28th to 30th September, NEC, Birmingham, UK). 

For the first time, Bunting is showcasing its revolutionary ElectroStatic Separator, as well as other advanced technology for metal separation and recovery.

The ElectroStatic Separator, provides the key to expanding the recycling of plastic.  The separator enables the segregation of small non-ferrous metals, such as copper wire and aluminium foil.  The revolutionary separation technology provides the only known method of separating, removing or recovering metals from certain recycled materials.  Separation occurs by induced an electrostatic charge into a conductive dry-liberated particle.  Electrostatic separators are commonly used in conjunction with high-intensity magnetic separators and is successfully used in the plastics and recycling industries, although there is a continual expansion in the application of the technology.

A working production-scale model of the patented SSSC Magnetic Separator will show RWM visitors how to separate fragmented stainless-steel as well as weakly magnetic materials such as printed circuit boards (PCB).  In operation, a patented Neodymium Rare Earth magnetic roll produces an ultra-strong magnetic force to attract even large and heavy materials with weak magnetic properties (Stainless Steel up to 125mm).  The strength of the magnetic field is far greater than standard magnetic separators, extending the separation capabilities from just removing ferrous and strongly magnetic materials to materials that have a very low magnetic susceptibility.

“RWM provides us with the perfect opportunity to help recycling companies maximise metal separation,” explained Simon Ayling, Bunting’s European Managing Director.  “This will be our first show since 2019 and provides the perfect platform to showcase new technology such as the ElectroStatic Separator.”

Mr Ayling added: “Interplas provides the ideal platform to restart industry events for the plastics sector. Bunting has a rich history in solving metal contamination problems for the industry.  Interplas provides us with the ideal opportunity to talk with producers and processors, resolve metal separation issues and introduce new technology.”