IFAT 2024

Highlights at IFAT 2024

New manual-clean FF Drawer Filter Magnet

Bunting’s new manual-clean FF Drawer Filter Magnet features an insert easily retrofitted into existing FF Drawer Filters. The new insert enables quick, easy and safe removal of ferrous metal captured...

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Fraunhofer Institute for Structural Durability and System Reliability LBF

New methods for reliable lifetime estimation of plastic recyclates

Recyclates make products sustainable and competitive. Safety and reliable function must be guaranteed. At K 2022 in Düsseldorf, researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Structural Durability and...

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Issue 04/2022 Smart solution

New multi-tine grab designed for tough applications in the area of recycling and scrap handling

Liebherr presents its newly developed multi-tine grab GMM 50-5. The intelligently designed five-tine grab was not only developed for customers, but also developed together with them. The new grab...

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Issue 01/2023 Efficient recycling

New non-ferrous separator recovers high-quality secondary materials from construction waste

With the acquisition of a new non-ferrous separator at the Weikersdorf landfill site in Wiener Neustadt, Rohrdorfer is taking a further step towards promoting the circular economy and reducing...

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Issue 05/2024 State-of-the-art PET and plastics sorting plant in Switzerland

New pet sorting plant in Frauenfeld relies on artificial intelligence

PET and hollow plastic bottles have been sorted at Müller Recycling AG in Frauenfeld for over 30 years. The two sorting systems from 2004 and 2015 are currently being converted and supplemented with...

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Issue 02/2018 A bright solution

New process for complete materials-route recycling of electroplating waste

The production of electroplated plastic components makes extremely high demands on the material‘s surfaces. Up to 30 % of production is out-of-specification. Up to now, there has been no process for...

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Issue 03/2019 A major leap in quality and effectiveness

New processing plant for garden waste

An intriguing story: In 1882, a group of farmers from the West of England got together, chartered a train, loaded it with all their cows, sheep, horses and agricultural equipment, and set off...

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New project to recycle electric scooters and bikes – ensuring sufficient supply of valuable metals

Electric scooters and e-bikes will be better recycled in the future as the Department of Chemistry at the University of Jyväskylä and the Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) in Finland jointly...

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Issue 05/2020 Homogeneous structure

New PU conveyor belts for recycling applications

Nitta has expanded its product line of thermoplastic polyurethane (PU) conveyor belts. The material is exceptionally resistant to grease, oils and chemicals. The PU belts are highly flexible, easy to...

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Issue 04/2023 Flying high

New recycling centre in Sweden relies on telehandler

In Vara, on the Västgötaslätten plain, the new and highly modern Heljeved Recycling Centre has opened, receiving waste from private households in the municipality.

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