Councillor Bob Badham MBE yesterday performed the official switch on of the CRT Monitor Processing machine at Greets Green Community Enterprise Environmental Ltd.
In addition to being a ward councillor for the area he is also a member of the Greets Green Partnership Board, Cabinet Member for Regeneration in Sandwell and also the lead member for environment.
GGCE Environmental Ltd is a not for profit company which aims to provide a total IT Solution, reinvesting profits back into the community and employing local people. MMH are very proud to be part of this pilot plant and look forward to getting involved with them in other WEEE projects.
Greets Green Community Enterprises in the West Midlands has set up a new recycling division in its organisation and MMH has supplied them with a new MRT/Vicur Hot Wire CRT Recycling Plant.
The system is easy and economical to run, and with the ability to process CRTs up to 32" it provides GGCE with an ideal first investment.
Midlands-based WEEE Asset Management Company BR Environmental Services have purchased an MRT disc cutting Cathode Ray Tube Recycling machine, now installed in their WEEE operation in Leicester. Due to an increase in the volume of redundant TV sets and computer monitors, they needed a system to recycle the CRT's and produce materials for further processing.
The machinery is equipped with a vision system to detect the different size of tubes and automatically select the correct cutting position. The glass is separated using diamond cutting technology, and can cut CRTs between 14-32 inches at a capacity of up to 40 pcs/hr (MRT has another model that processes 80 pcs/hr).
When the separation is complete, the glass is conveyed to the vacuum cleaning station where the shadow mask and prosperous powder are removed. It is also supplied with a ventilation system that controls and collects dust produced during the process.
Waste televisions and computer monitors are now being recycled using technology provided by MMH.
The equipment is supplied by MRT System International, and built by leading German manufacturer and recycler of Cathode Ray Tubes "Vicur".
The tube is removed from the casing, split, and the hazardous phosphorus powder is extracted. The glass, metal and plastic is then ready to be recycled, generally into new TVs.
A hot wire plant is to be delivered to the UK in June. It is an affordable system with very low running costs and a modular design that makes it easy to increase capacity with additional cutting stations. It can be supplied either as an automatic or manual system.
MMH also supplies CRT Recycling Systems using disc cutting technology manufactured by MRT System for higher capacities which is being used by a number of WEEE recyclers in the U.K. and Europe.
Like any other product in the MRT portfolio, the CRT Hot Band Separator operates very safely, efficiently and in accordance with the strictest environmental regulations.
The Hot Band Technology improves the heat transfer on the tube to achieve accurate separation.
MRT provide two types of Hot Band Systems: automatic and manually operated.
The high accuracy of the cut which separates the Cathode Ray Tube into panel and funnel glass fractions means that it is possible to add more recycled glass into the glass melt for savings in both energy and raw materials.
The CRTs are stripped from the housing and electronics and placed in the implosion protection removal station.
At this point the vacuum is released, and stickers, electronic gun and implosion tape removed. In the separation station the CRT is centred by two clamping chucks, the screen-size is measured and the processing height is automatically set.
To make the separation of the CRT more accurate (and the heating time shorter) a scratch around the screen is made. Two parallel switched bands are applied on the scratched line and the heating process starts.
Heating time required will depend on the size of the CRT. The funnel glass and the shadow mask are removed, and the panel glass is placed in the cleaning station for removal of the powder.
We now have systems operating at MDJ Light Bros., Environcom, and Techrec Ireland.
The cutting of the CRT is done by using two diamond edged cutting discs, with high accuracy on the cut it separates the panel and funnel glass. The system is complete with a filter system for dust so it operates very safely, efficiently and in accordance with the strictest environmental regulations.
For all WEEE processors, this system is ideal as it is the only complete reliable system supplied at an affordable price.
We have supplied CRT Recycling plants over the last 12 months to three major WEEE Recyclers. This a complete automatic system manufactured by MRT Sweden. It uses minimal labour to process CRT’s up to 45 per hr.
