REDWAVE SORTING TECHNOLOGY

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1 WASTE GLASS PROCESSING with REDWAVE SORTING TECHNOLOGY GMIC-2011 BT-WOLFGANG BINDER / REDWAVE FERVER_ATHENS_

2 WASTE GLASS PROCESSING Requirements for Cullet for Re-melting in Glass Furnace - High Color Purity - Free of Contaminants such as - Ceramics, Stones, Porcellain - Metals - Organics - Glassceramics (Heat resistant glass) - Leaded Glass GMIC-2011 BT-WOLFGANG BINDER / REDWAVE FERVER_ATHENS_

3 FERVER_ATHENS_

4 WASTE GLASS PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY Removal of Ceramics, Stones, Porcellain: Color Sorting : Removal of Glassceramics and Leaded Glass: TRANSMITTING INFRAREAD LIGHT TRANSMITTING LASER LINE CAMERAS LINE CAMERAS X-RAY FLUORESCENCE X-RAY TRANSMISSION UV- FLUORESCENCE 4

5 REDWAVE IR CERAMIC SEPARATION with INFRARED LIGHT or LASER REDWAVE C, REDWAVE CS CERAMIC SEPARATION and COLOR SORTING with CAMERA TECHNOLOGY Material feed Glass Processor Material feed Glass slope Processor Receiver Camera Infrared or Laser transmitter Reject valves and nozzles Lightsource Reject valves and nozzles GMIC-2011 BT-WOLFGANG BINDER / REDWAVE FERVER_ATHENS_

6 REDWAVE 1300 C/M 2 way VIBRATORY FEEDER CAMERA MIRROR METAL SENSOR LIGHT SOURCE DUST and DIRT BARRIER AIR NOZZLES GMIC-2011 BT-WOLFGANG BINDER / REDWAVE FERVER_ATHENS_

7 REDWAVE XRF-G Removal of Heat Resistant and / or Leaded Glass with X-Ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy X-Ray Röntgenröhre Tubes Detectors Sensor Processor Rechner Beschickungsrinne FEEDER Reject Ausblasventil Air Valves ca. 1,8 m/sec GMIC-2011 BT-WOLFGANG BINDER / REDWAVE FERVER_ATHENS_

8 20 YEARS GLASS PROCESSING

9 WASTE GLASS PROCESSING INPUT MATERIAL from Curbside Collection from Single Stream Collection Content of Glass in Input: + 98% - 65% Size Distribution: - 3/8" 10% - 3/8" 50% + 3/8" - 1" 30% + 3/8" - 1" 45% + 1" - 2" 30% + 1" - 2" 5% unbroken 30% unbroken non Ceramics, Stones: ppm 0,20% ppm 2,00% Ferrous / Non Ferrous Metals: ppm 0,20% ppm 1,00% Organics, Trash: ppm 0,50% ppm 30,00% Color Distribution: Sorted at Collection 3-Color Mix 9

10 SORTING PLANTS Handpicking and Ceramics Removal Ceramics Removal and 3 - Mix Color Sorting Handpicking Drying Organics Separation Crushing and Screening Metalseparation for unbroken Contaminants Not required Suction Plants Typical 3/8" or 5/8" lines Magnets Metaldetetectors for Infeed Quality Control Required Air Classifier, Suction Plants to break bottle necks etc. Magnets Metaldetectors Eddy Current Separators Ceramics Separation + 3/8" +1/8" Color Sorting Handpicking only + 1/4" Removal of Glassceramics Removal of Leaded Glass Not available Not available Available Available 10

11 TECHNOLOGY Ceramics Separation Technology Horizontal Resolution Scanning Rate Theor. Pixel on 1/8" cullet 1/4" cullet 3/8" cullet /8" +1/8" Laser or Infrared Color Line Camera 8 sensor/ inch 50 sensor / inch 1000 Hz (scans / sec) 5000 Hz (scans / sec) non Color Sorting Technology Not available +1/4" Color Line Camera Removal of Glassceramics Technology Removal of Leaded Glass Technology Not available +5/16" X-Ray Fluorescence Not available +5/16" X-Ray Fluorescence 11

12 TECHNOLOGY Reject Air Valves Number of Valves Valve Speed Smallest window rejected Hits / sec / Valve Rejects / 40" Sort. width 1 Valve / inch 25 msec (min. opening time) 1" x 2" pcs / sec up to 6 Valves / inch 6-8 msec (min. opening time) 1/8" x 5/8" pcs / sec 12

13 COSTS 25 tph Processing Line Handpicking and Ceramics Removal Ceramics Removal and 3 - Mix Color Sorting Content of Glass in Input: + 98% - 65% Total Investment ca. 1,5 Mio USD ca. 7-8,0 Mio USD Energy Requirements Recovery of Furnace Glass Wastage ca. 200 to 250 kw kw incl. Material Handling Equipm. incl. Material Handling Equipm. Crusher, Screen Crusher, Screen Compressor, Suction Plant Compressor, Suction Plant Drying Plant 23,5 tph = 94% of 25 tph input 12,5 tph = 50% of 25 tph input 1,5 tph = 6% 12,5 tph = 50% 13

14 CHALLANGES and FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS Technical Limitations extremely high content of small broken glass % Glass in Infeed pcs / ton +3/8" - 1" 50-60% /4" - 3/8" 15-20% /8" - 1/4" 15-20% /8" 15-20% extremely high level of contaminants up to 35% Organics and Trash up to 3 % Ceramics, Stones 14

15 CHALLANGES and FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS Technical Limitations % Glass in Infeed pcs / ton pcs to reject per second at 10 tph and 35 % reject required sorting width +3/8" - 1" 50-60% ft +1/4" - 3/8" 15-20% ft +1/8" - 1/4" 15-20% ft -1/8" 15-20% ft 15

16 CHALLANGES and FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS Economical Limitations Feasibility of sorting small cullet ( - 3/16" / -1/8") Capacity of Optical Sorting Equipment Costs of Drying Plants Costs of Energy Future Developments Faster processors Faster reject air valves Improved systems to remove organics 16

17 25,0 tph WET INFEED MIXED GLASS PROCESSING LINE Scale ,3 tph Magnet 1 WASTE (+ Moisture) 1,0 tph 16,5 tph /4" WASTE (Plastics, etc.) 0,5 tph 22,8 tph 16,0 tph Wet Fines < 3/16 " 1,2 tph Dryer 105 ca.6% ca.33% 58% Fines 1/4-1/2" + 1/2" < 1/4 " 1,0 tph 5,5 tph 9,5 tph 15,0 tph WASTE 1,5 tph Fines < 1/8 " + 1/8 " - 1/4" Fines < 1/4 " 2,0 tph Sample 315 Scale 4 ORGANICS 115 Scale 5 WASTE Steel Aluminium GLASS CERAMICS Fines < 1/8 " 0,7 tph 0,2 tph 0,2 tph 0,2 tph 1,0 tph 130 Fines < 1/4" Scale 6 Sample Scale 2 Scale 7 Sample Scale 3 GMIC-2011 BT-WOLFGANG BINDER / REDWAVE FERVER_ATHENS_ ,5 tph Ceramics + Stones TOTAL OUTFEED 15,0 tph 3-MIX FINES GREEN FLINT AMBER 17

18 MIXED GLASS PROCESSING LINE GMIC-2011 BT-WOLFGANG BINDER / REDWAVE FERVER_ATHENS_

19 MIXED GLASS PROCESSING LINE FERVER_ATHENS_ 2010BINDER / REDWAVE