Belt Conveying in Recycling Plants

Mixed waste streams contain metal, glass, textiles and batteries, and every one of them damages a conveyor in a different way.

Loading is uneven, which makes tracking and spillage harder to control than with a graded product.

A conveying line that delivers the rate without spillage, keeps the product in the condition it arrived in and can be cleaned and maintained without a shutdown.

Magnets and eddy current separators sit as early in the line as possible, because every metre of belt after them is exposed.

Anti-wrap shaft protection and accessible clearing points reduce the time lost to fibre and film.

Fire detection along conveyors and at transfer points is now normal practice given the number of incidents traced to discarded cells.

• Separation steps placed before the vulnerable equipment.
• Belt covers and liners selected for cut resistance.
• Fire detection and a defined response for conveyors and storage.

• Composition of the incoming stream and its variability.
• Separation steps available before the conveyor.
• Belt cut resistance and the expected replacement interval.
• Fire detection and suppression strategy.
• Dust and odour control for the building.