MSort® AP

Fine sorting from 8 mm with maximum precision for mining and raw material recycling

If you’re looking to sort more finely grained materials, the MSort AP is your best option. This machine features additional and faster valves as well as nozzles to reliably colour sort damp bulk materials (e.g. concrete, brick and asphalt) and is designed for the finer fraction range of 8 to 60 mm. When used in mining, the system enables colour-based sorting of industrial minerals, such as quartz, marble, barite, limestone, calcite and dolomite, and the production of ultra-pure colour fractions from ores, such as copper oxide, manganese ore and veins of quartz containing precious metals.

Numerous colour sorting options can be implemented using high-resolution camera technology (in the visible wavelength range) and flexible software. The material is fed evenly to the chute via a feeder and vibrating conveyor. It then falls in free fall during which it is detected by a colour camera.

Parallel processor technology analyses colour, shape, brightness and transparency using the reflected light method. Material is precisely and rapidly evacuated using high-speed compressed air pulses. Particular mention should be made of the free-fall detection function, which allows wet and heavily contaminated material to be sorted without the need for technical drying.

The benefits to you at a glance:

  • Evacuation with minimal loss of product right down to a tiny particle range
  • Evaluation electronics with protection against overload
  • Chute sorting system
  • Fraction size: 8–60 mm
  • Requires little maintenance and is easy to service
  • Flexibility ensured through optional individual control of valves and scope for adjusting height of detection to particle size
  • Also available: Wear protection, metal detection, special voltage, division, ground plate, active cooling (up to +45°C), reflected light, feed distributor, feeder with de-watering

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Industrial mineral sorting

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