| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2023 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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New Directions in Mineral Processing, Extractive Metallurgy, Recycling and Waste Minimization: An EPD Symposium in Honor of Patrick R. Taylor
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| Presentation Title |
Sensor-based Sorting. A New Workhorse in the Recycling and Mining Community |
| Author(s) |
Harold Cline, Jordan Rutledge |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Harold Cline |
| Abstract Scope |
Sensor-based sorting, once considered a boutique processing technique, has become one of the workhorses in our arsenal of separation tools in recycling, mineral processing and even food processing with thousands of sorters deployed around the world. A wide variety of well-established sensors have undergone maturation and modernization have been developed to recognize and separate materials, utilizing color, near infrared, x-ray transmission, and electromagnetic properties of the materials to be separated. In addition, new technologies such as LASER sorting have been brought to bear expanding the processors tool kit. It is now possible to witness numerous mainstream and innovative uses of sensor-based sorting technology at work in the real world--critical at a time when energy reduction and the sustainable use of the world’s resources are paramount. The development of sensor-based sorting technology, current industry adoption, and new advancements in the field will be discussed for the mining and recycling industries. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |
| Keywords |
Extraction and Processing, Other, Recycling and Secondary Recovery |