The Eddy Current Separator is a specialized device used to recover non-ferrous metals (like aluminum, copper, magnesium, zinc, and silver) from mixed waste streams, such as shredded electronic waste (WEEE), automotive scrap, municipal solid waste (MSW), and industrial byproducts.

Rotor spins at high speeds, an electric current is induced into conducting metals. The induced electric current produces a magnetic field, which opposes the field created by the rotor, repelling the conducting metals over a pre-positioned splitter plate. The remaining materials such as plastics, glass and other dry recyclables will simply free-fall over the rotor, sepa-rating them from the repelled metals.

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Metal shredding and sorting line

Key Components of a Metal Shredding and Sorting Line

Pre-Shredder (Optional)

Breaks down large scrap metal (e.g., cars, appliances) into smaller pieces before the main shredding process.

Metal Crusher

Uses high-torque rotors with hammers to shred metal into small fragments (typically 50–150 mm).

Common types: Hammer mills, shear shredders, or rotary shredders.

Conveyor System

Transports shredded material between processing stages.

Magnetic Separator (Ferrous Metal Separation)

Uses powerful magnets to extract ferrous metals (iron, steel) from the shredded mix.

Eddy Current Separator (Non-Ferrous Metal Separation)

Uses magnetic fields to repel and separate non-ferrous metals (aluminum, copper, brass).