Eddy Current Separator

Eddy Current Separator Manufacturer

Being a reputed brand in the industrial market for offering the widest range of Eddy Current Separator, which is known for its good sorting effect to a variety of nonferrous metals that pass over the drum. These offered Eddy Current Separator is manufactured by using the finest quality raw material at par with the universally accepted standards. These separators are widely demanded in the industrial market for its unique attributes and quality of the material with customized specification as per the demand of the customer as per their required time period.

Eddy Current Separators are working on the bases of a magnetic rotor with alternating polarity, spinning rapidly inside a non-metallic drum driven by a conveyor belt. In these separator there is vibratory feeder which provides a consistent flow of material. Our offered range of top-class non-ferrous eddy current separators are highly reliable, durable, high performing and accessible at reasonable prices. Many Industries developed across the globe aims for these separators which can be used for aluminium cans from municipal waste, aluminium flakes from shredded pet, brass and aluminium from foundry sands, and metals from shredded automobile scrap and even other metals like lead can also be removed.

Principles and Separation Mechanism of Eddy Current Separators

Eddy current separators (ECS) represent an advanced sorting technology designed to eject non-ferrous metals like aluminum, copper, brass, and magnesium from non-metallic bulk materials. The separator features a conveyor belt system with a high-speed magnetic rotor spinning inside an independently rotating outer drum. As non-ferrous metals pass over this drum, the rapidly alternating magnetic fields induce temporary electrical currents (eddy currents) in the metals, producing a magnetic force that repels them forward away from the conveyor tray.

Our eddy current separators are fabricated with high-energy neodymium rare-earth magnetic rotors to ensure strong throwing distances and sharp sorting paths. They are widely implemented in municipal solid waste sorting, auto shredder residue recovery, PET container recycling, glass cullet purification, and electronic scrap recycling plants to maximize material recovery rates and improve processing throughput.

FAQs About Eddy Current Separators

1. How does an Eddy Current Separator work? + It utilizes a high-speed alternating magnetic field to induce electrical eddy currents in conductive non-ferrous metals. This creates a repelling force that throws the metal particles over a splitter plate, separating them from the falling stream of non-metallic materials.
2. What metals can be sorted by an Eddy Current Separator? + It successfully separates non-ferrous conductive metals, including aluminum cans and foil, copper bits, brass turnings, zinc, and magnesium scrap.
3. Can an Eddy Current Separator sort ferrous iron or plastic? + No, it is specifically designed for non-ferrous metals. Ferrous iron should be removed beforehand using a magnetic pulley or overband magnet. Plastics and glass are non-conductive and simply fall off the drum by gravity.
4. What is the role of the vibratory feeder in this system? + The vibratory feeder spreads the raw material into a single, consistent, thin layer across the conveyor belt, allowing each non-ferrous metal particle to react individually to the magnetic rotor.
5. What determines the sorting efficiency of an Eddy Current Separator? + Sorting efficiency depends on the rotor speed, belt speed, splitter plate positioning, magnetic field depth, and the shape and size distribution of the metallic pieces.
6. Are customized configurations available for different recycling plants? + Yes, we customize belt widths, conveyor lengths, rotor pole configurations (eccentric or concentric), and motor ratings to suit your recovery volume and plant capacity.