Steinert UniSort Film can help reach export standards

Walton, Kentucky-based Steinert’s UniSort Film hyper spectral imaging system sorts paper and plastic fractions with increased accuracy and a faster operation, the company says. The UniSort Film helps reach today's export paper grade standards.

The challenge for sorting lightweight plastics and paper is the flyaway nature of the material, Steinert says. The company says it addresses this challenge with its active object control (AOC) System. The AOC is a stabilizing system designed to control the way the material is sent through the equipment for sorting, keeping material from getting trapped in the machinery and causing damage.

Using air injection at the beginning of the process allows the material to be spread out before it reaches the belt, Steinert says, resulting in higher purity and recovery of the product. The UniSort Film is designed to provide automatic sorting of the film fractions with a higher throughput rate and improved sorting results compared with standard machines not equipped with AOC.

AOC also enables the UniSort Film to operate close to three-times higher belt speed in comparison with standard settings, Steinert says, providing higher throughput with better sorting results. Additionally, the UniSort Film’s closed-air system produces no discharge of dust, mold or other waste contaminants.

Equipped with hyperspectral imaging (HIS) camera technology, the UniSort Film is designed to ensure a high degree of flexibility and future usability for material sorting operations, including paper, conventional PVC (polyvinyl chloride) film, biobased film, biodegradable film, agricultural film, packaging and more.

For more information and to watch the UniSort Film in operation, visit www.steinertglobal.com/us/en/products/unisort/unisort-film.

Steinert is exhibiting at WasteExpo 2018 April 24-26 in Las Vegas at Booth No. 2443.