ICL is making significant upgrades to their magnetic separators at their mine in North Yorkshire, England. The company has decided to replace an existing single air-cooled Overband Electromagnet with four modern ElectroMax Overband Magnets that have been designed and built by Bunting-Redditch.

Bunting’s new manual-clean FF Drawer Filter Magnet features an insert easily retrofitted into existing FF Drawer Filters.

Separating and detecting problematic metal contamination is the focus for Bunting at PLAST 2023 (5-8 September 2023, Milan, Italy). Live demonstrations on stand B172 in hall 13P will show equipment including metal detectors, eddy current separators and drawer filter magnets removing metal from virgin and recycled plastic.

UK plastic recycler uses Bunting Metal Separation Module to separate ferrous and non-ferrous metal from plastic flake, featuring Vibratory Feeders, Drum Magnet, and Eddy Current Separator.

A new 12.5-tonne overhead crane and a pillar mounted slewing jib crane are the latest investments at Bunting’s magnetic separator and metal detector manufacturing facility in Redditch, UK.

Bunting has signed up as a gold sponsor of REPM 2023, the 27th international workshop on rare earth and future permanent magnets and their applications (3-7 September, University of Birmingham, UK).

Bunting emphasizes the use of high-intensity magnetic separators to remove iron, iron-bearing, and paramagnetic minerals, reducing defect rates and improving surface brightness.

Bunting and Force Engineering collaborated to design a magnetic brake for rollercoasters, using high-power, low-weight neodymium magnets to generate the braking force needed.

Bunting is focusing on technology that maximises metal recovery and purity to ensure economic viability of recycling e-waste, which is the focus of their stand at the E-Waste World Conference & Expo.

The effective separation of ferrous and non-ferrous metal is a key stage in the successful recycling of plastic and plastic containers.