Posts by Paul Fears
Eddy Current Separator Pre-Shipment Material Tests
Although every Eddy Current Separator is fully mechanically tested prior to shipment, conducting material tests on a large triple-stage metal separation module complete with walkways and stairways was a challenge. A significant area of the Bunting-Redditch shopfloor was allocated to the assembly of the Metal Separation Module, which included three Vibratory Feeders, two Drum Magnets,…
Read MoreTemperature Effect on Magnetic Separators
If a Neodymium Rare Earth Tube Magnet is put into a red-hot fire, then it would not be surprising if the magnetic properties are destroyed. However, what if the same Tube Magnet is just exposed to steam being flushed through a pipeline system to clean the pipes? Tube Magnets manufactured with high quality Neodymium Magnets are able to…
Read MoreFine Metal Recovery with Bunting at RWM & Letsrecycle Live
Separating and recovering fine metals is Bunting’s focus at the RWM & Letsrecycle Live show (14-15 September 2022, NEC Birmingham, UK). On stand R-N50, visitors will see metal separation equipment in operation recovering fine non-ferrous metals and stainless-steel. On the stand is an Eddy Current Separator, SSSC Stainless Steel Separator, and an ElectroStatic Separator. With…
Read More‘Brutal’ 10nTaff Challenge Completed for Tŷ Hafan
“It was brutal,” said Paul Fears, our Press Officer, after completing the 10nTaff challenge for Tŷ Hafan, a children’s hospice in South Wales. Over 55 hours, Paul climbed the five highest mountains in North Wales, the five highest mountains in South Wales, and then cycled over 53 miles off-road from Brecon to Cardiff. “The challenge…
Read MoreBunting Buzzing at Hillhead 2022
The sun shone and the crowds filled the quarry at Hillhead 2022 (21-23 June, Hillhead Quarry, Buxton, UK). The return of the UK’s largest quarrying, construction and recycling exhibition attracted visitors from across the world. At Hillhead, Bunting was displaying magnetic separators, including an ElectroMax Overband Magnet and Permanent Suspended Magnet, as well as a…
Read MoreHigh-Intensity Magnetic Separators at Ceramitec
High-intensity magnetic separators play a key role in the manufacture of ceramics and the processing of ceramic raw materials, as highlighted at Ceramitec 2022 on Bunting’s stand (on stand C1:511). Keeping Ceramics Iron-Free Fine iron and magnetic minerals cause defects in any ceramic product, whether that is tableware, sanitaryware, tiles or technical ceramics. The iron…
Read More40-Year Old Hillhead Still Attracts Bunting
The first Hillhead was held in 1982 and over those 40 years Bunting has manufactured and supplied thousands of magnetic separators and metal detectors for use in the aggregate and recycling industry. Once again, Bunting is exhibiting at the 2022 show (21-23 June, Hillhead Quarry, Buxton, UK), helping companies solve metal separation and detection problems…
Read MoreRecovering Metal with Bunting at IFAT 2022
Advanced separation technology enabling enhanced metal recovery is the focus of Bunting’s stand B6-452 at IFAT 2022 (Messe Munchen, Germany, May 30 – June 3). Technology, such as the patented SSSC Stainless Steel Separator, uses ultra-high magnetic fields to recover metals previously lost to waste. The new ElectroStatic Separator segregates conductive metals using electrostatic charges. …
Read MoreMetal Separation When Recycling UPVC Windows
353,000 tonnes of window profiles and related products got recycled in 2020 (source Recovinyl). Although there was a slight fall in the total amount of PVC recycled in 2020 (due to the Covid-19 pandemic), the UK and Ireland recycle the second highest tonnage in Europe behind Germany. The recycling of UPVC windows is a long-standing…
Read MoreBob Bunting Visits Extended Redditch Plant
For the first time since the outbreak of the Covid pandemic in 2020, Bunting’s President and CEO, Bob Bunting, travelled across to the United Kingdom for a tour of the European operations. This included a first visit to the recently extended manufacturing facility at Redditch. Investment in Manufacturing Since 2017, the Bunting Group’s European operation…
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