Metal
SEPMANREC
AUTOMATED SEPARATION OF SINTERED NdFeB MAGNETS TO BE RECYCLED AS BONDED MAGNETS
THANKS TO PREVIOUS MAGNET RECYCLING PROJECTS and close cooperation with companies in the value chain, one of the key issues regarding the performance and continuity of this activity was identified as the need for an automated system to separate magnets from the rest of the ferrous scrap (casing, electrical steel, etc.). At present, this separation is not carried out: magnetic materials are treated together with the rest of ferrous scrap and sent to steel mills where scrap and other raw materials, necessary to obtain the desired chemical composition, are melted down. During this process within steel plants, where the material received is melted down, rare earths, due to their affinity with oxygen, oxidise and form part of the waste slag. The SEPMANREC project, a sequel to a previous project (FABRIMANREC), focuses on the needs and concerns of the industrial sector in this area.
STADLER is dedicated to the design and manufacture of metal parts by powder metal pressing technology, and has relied on the CEIT Technology Centre and the Otua Group organisations REYDESA and INATEC for the SEPMANREC project.
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