Steinert releases Fines ISS with Argos C technology

The equipment company Steinert, based in Cologne, Germany, has introduced its Fines ISS (induction sorting system) with Argos C technology to the recycling industry. The company notes that the system allows users to extract metals smaller than three-eighths-inches in size.

Steinert adds that it developed the fines sorting system in cooperation with its customers. The company says interest in the system is strong becuase it offers users the ability to extract more copper from auto shredder residue (ASR). Steinert says recent installations of the system show that even a 1 percent increase in metal recovery with the Steinert Fines ISS will lead to a much quicker return on investment.

In research Steinert conducted, it found that the typical product extracted with the Steinert Fines ISS includes up to 80 percent of small bare and insulated copper wire not traditionally detectable with other systems found in the market.

The Steinert Fines ISS combines two new technologies to separate fine metals, according to the company:
 

Both the new Argos C sensor and the bullet-type valve bar are connected through a control panel, allowing for a large variety of signal-based information to be processed, Steinert says. The design, Steinert says, guarantees results in terms of recovery and purity with sensitivity and selectivity for customers.

While the initial success of the first Steinert Fines ISS sensor sorters started within the ASR industry, Steinert says the system has been incorporated in a range of other fields including waste to energy, metal processing from bottom ash and plastic scrap processing.

The Steinert Fines ISS is available in working widths of 40 inches and 80 inches.

For more information on the system, visit Steinert at www.steinertglobal.com.