Applications

Magnapower supports the waste management industry with metal separation equipment that boosts recycling efficiency and reduces environmental impact. Our technology ensures maximum recovery of ferrous and non-ferrous metals, helping operators divert valuable resources from landfill and contribute to a more sustainable, circular economy.

Separation processes will vary depending on materials / size and can include:

• Size reduction – primary shredding
• Separation of ferrous metal – usually with an overband or drum magnet
• Cleaning of ferrous metal (tyre wire) with a Clean Wire Separator
• Separation of remaining ferrous – usually with magnetic head pulley or drum magnet. This may take a number of stages to produce a virtually wire free rubber product / crumb

We recognise the need for product quality and purity. We focus our experience and knowledge of this application to provide separation equipment which leads the industry.

Separation processes will vary depending on materials / size and can include:

• Size reduction – primary shredding
• Separation of ferrous metal – usually with an overband or drum magnet
• Separation of remaining ferrous – usually with magnetic head pulley or drum magnet
• Granulation of cable to produce a copper and insulation granule
• Separation of heavy copper granules from the light insulation granules – usually using an air table
• Removal of remaining ferrous from copper granules

We recognise the need for product quality and purity. We focus our experience and knowledge of this application to provide separation equipment which leads the industry.

Renewable organic materials, such as wood, agricultural crops or wastes, and municipal wastes, especially when used as a source of fuel or energy.

We manufacture a comprehensive range of equipment for this industry including:

• Overband Magnets
• Drum Magnets
• Eddy Current Separators
• Magnetic Head Pulleys

Recognising the need for product quality and purity, we focus our experience and knowledge of this application to provide separation equipment which leads the industry.

Incineration plants:

• Use waste as a regular or additional fuel, or
• Waste is thermally treated prior to disposal

The Incineration of waste is a successful way in helping to meet some of the requirements of the Landfill Directive. Incineration can also help reduce the reliance on other energy sources such as fossil fuels or nuclear energy.  During incineration, the volume and weight of the waste is reduced. Energy is produced which can be used for district heating and electricity generation. Where both electricity and heat are utilised from an incineration plant it may be termed a Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plant.

The waste product of incineration is known as incineration bottom ash (IBA). Before disposal of this “waste product” valuable metals can be removed. Initially ferrous metal is extracted from the incineration bottom ash (IBA) with overband magnets and then drum magnets. IBA material can then be feed to an eddy current separator for recovery of non ferrous metals.

The IBA can be used as a secondary aggregate in construction projects or disposed of to landfill as inert waste. Incinerator ash (also know as IBA or bottom ash) includes a complex range of metals and requires special processing.

Separation processes will vary depending on materials / size and can include:

• Metering of product to separation line at a consistent rate
• Size reduction – shredding
• Fines removal
• Separation of ferrous metal – usually with an overband or drum magnet
• Separation of remaining ferrous – usually with magnetic head pulley or drum magnet
• Separation of non-ferrous metals – usually with an eddy current separator
• Separation of stainless steel
• Product (UPVC) checking with metal detection

Separation processes will vary depending on materials / size and can include:

• Size reduction – shredding
• Separation of ferrous metal – usually with an overband or drum magnet
• Separation of remaining ferrous – usually with magnetic head pulley or drum magnet
• Separation of non-ferrous metals – usually with an eddy current separator
• Separation of stainless steel
• Product (UPVC) checking with metal detection
• Sorting of non-ferrous metals using sensing equipment

We recognise the need for product quality and purity. We focus our experience and knowledge of this application to provide separation equipment which leads the industry.

Dry Recyclables usually include empty household waste material such as:

• • Food and drink cans
  • Plastic bottles and containers
  • Paper and card

We recognise the need for product quality and purity. We focus our experience and knowledge of this application to provide separation equipment which leads the industry.

Separation processes will vary depending on materials / size and can include:

• Metering of product to separation line at a consistent rate
• Size reduction – shredding
• Fines removal
• Separation of ferrous metal – usually with an overband or drum magnet
• Separation of remaining ferrous – usually with magnetic head pulley or drum magnet
• Primary Separation of non-ferrous metals – usually with an eddy current separator. This is often to remove just the aluminium where possible and will leave a copper / precious metal rich product within the non-metals.
• Separation of stainless steel

We recognise the need for product quality and purity. We focus our experience and knowledge of this application to provide separation equipment which leads the industry.

Metal separation in the food industry is a critical process designed to protect consumer safety and maintain product integrity. During production, metal contaminants—such as fragments from machinery, packaging materials, or raw ingredients—can inadvertently enter the food stream.

We recognise the need for product quality and purity. We focus our experience and knowledge of this application to provide separation equipment which leads the industry.

We focus our experience and knowledge of this application to provide separation equipment which leads the industry.

Separation processes will vary depending on materials / size and can include:

• Sizing of material into different fractions e.g. 0-20mm, 20-60mm, 60-150mm
• Separation of remaining ferrous – usually with magnetic head pulley or drum magnet
• Separation of non-ferrous metals – usually with an eddy current separator
• Further processes are then used to sort the non-ferrous metals from one another such as inductive, x-ray, colour, shape sensing and sorting

We recognise the need for product quality and purity. We focus our experience and knowledge of this application to provide separation equipment which leads the industry. Separation processes will vary depending on materials / size and can include:

Stage 1

• Size reduction (shredding)
• Primary ferrous removal – often using a Frag Drum

Stage 2

• Sizing of material into different fractions e.g. 0-20mm, 20-60mm, 60-150mm
• Separation of ferrous metal – usually with an overband or drum magnet
• Separation of remaining ferrous – usually with magnetic head pulley or drum magnet
• Separation of non-ferrous metals – usually with an eddy current separator
• Further processes are then used to sort the non-ferrous metals from one another

Stage 3

• Auto Shredder Residue (ASR) Processing
• This can be a complete separation plant on its own and may include a version of stage 1& 2 again for recovery of metals missed in the first stages.
• Additional processing may include inductive sensing to recover copper wire and stainless steel.
• Further processes are then used to sort the non-ferrous metals from one another.