Na, Hyunjin and Yoo, Kyoungkeun and Jha, Manis K and Tabelin, Carlito Baltazar (2020) The Separation of Aluminum and Stainless‐Steel Scraps Using Vibrating Mixed‐Size Ball Bed. Metals, 10 (IF-2.117). pp. 868-1-868-10.
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Abstract
Dry gravity separation using a vibrating zirconia ball bed is proposed in this study to
separate aluminum (Al) and stainless steel (STS) scraps obtained from spent hard disk drive
recycling. The effects of zirconia ball sizes and vibrating power (vibration amplitude) on the
separation efficiency of Al and STS scraps were investigated. The zirconia balls moved down at the
center of the vessel and rose with the wall during the vibration test. Although more STS scraps sunk
than Al scraps did, the separation efficiency was not maintained because Al scraps also sunk along
with balls’ movement. The separation efficiency increased to 86.6% using 1‐mm zirconia balls with
a 2.5‐mm vibration amplitude at 4 min, but it decreased rapidly by ball moving. Therefore, when a
ball bed of mixed sizes (2:1 ratio of 1 and 3 mm) was used and arranged, whereby the 3‐mm zirconia
balls were above the 1‐mm ball bed, the separation efficiency increased to 100% for more than 2 min.
This dramatic improvement was because the 3‐mm ball bed acted as a barrier to prevent sunken
STS scraps from rising, and Al scrap cannot sink through the 3‐mm ball bed. These results indicate
that the separation of Al and STS scraps could be achieved successfully using the dry gravity
separation method.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | aluminum scrap; stainless steel scrap; zirconia ball; dry gravity separation |
| Subjects: | Metallurgy Materials Science |
| Divisions: | Metal Extraction and Forming |
| Depositing User: | Dr. A K Sahu |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Jul 2020 06:29 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Jul 2020 06:30 |
| URI: | http://eprints.nmlindia.org/id/eprint/8204 |

