Posts by Paul Fears
ATEX 22 Rated Electro Overband Magnets
The latest ATEX 22 rated Electro Overband Magnet, designed and built by Bunting, is destined for installation in a UK biomass plant. The nature of the waste wood means that the storage and transportation areas within the plant are classified as ATEX Zone 22, where an atmosphere of air and flammable substances, in the form…
Read MoreCleaning Recycled Plastic with Bunting Inline Magnets
A manufacturer of window frame bodies is using Bunting’s Pneumatic Inline Magnets (PIMs) to cleanse recycled plastic flake of ferrous metal contamination. In production, each window frame uses up to 40% recycled plastic. Inline Magnets are versatile and cost-effective magnetic separators that connect into both gravity-fed and pneumatic pipelines. With a plate magnet fitted on…
Read MoreKen Mills Engineering Installs Bunting Metal Separators
The Neath Port Talbot materials recycling facility (MRF) in South Wales, UK was designed and installed by Ken Mills Engineering (KME). The plant includes metal separation equipment designed and built by Bunting including a Permanent Overband Magnet and Eddy Current Separator. Ken Mills Engineering (KME) is one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of MRF systems,…
Read MorePneumatic Inline Magnets for Animal Feed
Bunting’s Technical Sales Engineer, Peter Buckley, recently visited the site of an animal feed producer to review installed Pneumatic Inline Magnets and assess a new requirement. The four (4) Pneumatic Inline Magnets (PIMs) operating successfully at the animal feed plant were installed in phases between November 2020 and September 2023. Inline Magnets are versatile and…
Read MoreBenefits of the Overband Magnet Armoured Belt
The highest wear part on an Overband Magnet is the belt that transfers the separated metal away from the conveyor and into a collection area. In order to reduce such wear, Bunting developed a special lightweight armouring for the rubber belt. The Overband Magnet Armoured Belt is in operation in recycling, mining, quarrying and bulk…
Read MoreHillhead Success for Bunting
The Hillhead quarrying, construction and recycling show (Buxton, UK, 25-27 June, 2024) was blessed with a decent spell of weather for the throngs of international visitors. Bunting’s ideally located stand, on the downslope towards the pavilion, was busy for the whole 3-days. Bunting has exhibited at Hillhead for decades, with metal detectors, magnetic separators and…
Read MoreBunting ElectroMax-Plus Protects Aggregate Crushers
A UK construction materials company installed an ElectroMax-Plus Overband Magnet to remove tramp ferrous metal from quarried material prior to crushing. Bunting specified, designed and built the powerful electromagnetic Overband Magnet at their UK manufacturing facility in Redditch. The ElectroMax-Plus Installation The ElectroMax-Plus Overband Magnet is installed at magnesium limestone quarry in Derbyshire, United Kingdom. …
Read MorePeter Buckley Joins Bunting
Peter Buckley has joined Bunting as the Technical Sales Engineer for general magnetic separation and metal detection equipment in the United Kingdom. The appointment of Peter follows a period of growth and expansion for Bunting. Over 16 years, Peter Buckley has worked on a wide range of material separation projects for the processing, materials handling,…
Read MoreHigh Intensity Magnetic Separation at UK Mining Conference
High intensity magnetic separation and enhanced tramp metal magnetic separation is the focus for Bunting at the UK Mining Conference in Cornwall, UK (12-13 June 2024). High-profile delegates including investors, brokers, operators, and the mining supply chain attend the two-day conference, held at the historic Princess Pavilion in Falmouth in Cornwall. The recent rise in…
Read MoreMetal Separation at E-Waste World Conference 2024
Maximising metal separation and recovery from e-waste is the focus for Bunting on stand C60 at the E-Waste World Conference and Expo (26-27 June 2024, Messe Frankfurt, Germany). The Bunting team is joined on the stand by their local representative Marcel Graef from 3SMI. The global production of e-waste rose to 62 million tonnes (Mt)…
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