Eriez white paper delves into ballistic separation

Magnetic equipment company Eriez, headquartered in Eriez, Pennsylvania, has announced the release of a new white paper designed to make a case for producing low-copper steel with ballistic separators. The paper compares the Eriez Shred1 Ballistic Separator with other widely used ferrous scrap upgrading systems, concluding that the Shred1 is a low investment option that cuts hand picking labor in half.

“The Case for Producing Low-Copper Steel with Ballistic Separators,” written by Eriez Metals Recycling Market Manager Mike Shattuck and Eriez Recycling Product Manager Chris Ramsdell, begins by emphasizing the demand from steel mills for low-copper steel. It goes on to examine the many challenges processors face when producing low-copper steel to meet a typical mill’s specifications.

The white paper provides an overview of three of the most popular recovery systems used to produce low copper steel: gamma scrap analyzers; scrap drums with a variable rectifier; and X-ray fluorescence (XRF) separators. It covers the capabilities, advantages, drawbacks and average melt results for each piece of equipment.

The final section of the white paper focuses on the Eriez Shred1 Ballistic Separator. It describes how this equipment uses ballistics to efficiently separate iron-rich ferrous from mixed metals in the postdrum magnet flow.  It also includes a chart depicting a typical ferrous system layout.

According to the white paper, the Shred1 has minimal ongoing operating costs with no need for air and only very little electricity. Since the Shred1 is entirely automated, hand picking labor becomes more focused and efficient. Scrap dealers with a capacity of 400 tons per day are reporting the need for only two pickers, which represents a reduction of 50 percent when compared with strictly relying on hand-sorting.

“As evidenced in the white paper, the Eriez Shred1 Ballistic Separator provides significant advantages over other recovery systems,” says Shattuck.

The report can be downloaded from this web page.