The stages of a typical waste extraction system in metal production is to convey, process, and recycle. Waste extraction is a primary necessity in all industries where it is produced. If done correctly then the working environment improves and there is a commercial incentive through efficient recycling practice. L.A.C Conveyor Systems have worked closely with IntegratedAIR on several automated turnkey solutions that not only solve today’s process needs but offer capacity for future expansion.
IntegratedAIR systems was recently approached by a client building a new beverage can manufacturing facility. They required a system for their trim and can scrap waste created in the production process. The IntegratedAIR solution collects bright aluminium trim and can scrap from multiple areas within the facility to one central place to be effectively processed for recycling.
The waste extraction system is made up of two air systems that come together in the baler room. The first collects bright aluminium trim scrap from trimmers and cupping presses and is designed with extra capacity for future expansion. Material is conveyed to the front-end scrap separator, which feeds into the baler via a weigh hopper system to accurately weigh the scrap and create consistent bale sizes.
The second air system collects whole can scrap from around the plant and only runs when required. There are can scrap sweep up points in the trimmer area, decorator area, necker, flanger and baler room. This system will convey scrap to the whole can scrap separator feeding into the baler again via a weigh hopper system. From here the process is completed with the integration of a palletising system.
For businesses whose operations involve the handling of scrap metal bales, a robot palletiser is a great solution to improve ergonomic conditions, efficiency, and productivity. L.A.C Conveyor Systems scrap palletisers are designed and manufactured in-house. This includes;
•End of arm tooling that allows the robot to handle a wide variety of bale sizes,
•Robust belt conveyor transfer for bales leading up to robot palletising
•Heavy-duty pallet roller conveyor used on outfeed, transferring completed pallet stacks to an unload station.
Systems are typically designed to automatically and continuously, stack, palletise and strap scrap bales. Bale dimensions are measured through the system flow to ensure scrap bales are within tolerance. “OK” bales are stopped on the conveyor at the robot pick up position and are picked and palletised with “NOK” bales picked and placed on to a reject conveyor.
This automated end of line approach enables increased process consistency and efficiency thereby reducing the labour requirement and operational costs while improving ergonomic conditions. For more information, please contact sales@lacgroup.co.uk
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