Bollegraaf Introduces New Film Grabber

Netherlands-based Bollegraaf Recycling Machinery, a global supplier of sorting installations, has introduced its latest product, the film grabber. The film grabber is designed to mechanically remove the foil from the flow of materials.

Foil makes sorting recyclable materials more difficult because it wraps itself around the recyclable materials, the company says. As a result, it becomes difficult to sort the recyclables.

The film grabber features a revolving drum with movable spikes. The flow of recyclable materials is led uniformly to the film grabber by a conveyor belt. Before the film grabber, a flow of air blows the foil slightly upwards. The spikes of the film grabber grab the foil from the material flow. On top of the drum, the spikes withdraw into the drum as a result of which the foil ends up lying free on the drum and can then be sucked up. The rest of the material flow drops under the film grabber onto another belt.

The film grabber mechanically removes more than 70 percent of the foil larger than A4 from the flow of materials, the press release says.

This application has been tested extensively and has already been sold worldwide to clients in The Netherlands, the United States, Canada and France, the company says.

More information is available by calling +31 (0) 596-654333 or visiting www.bollegraaf.com.