K9 FLASH glass sorting system

Introduced at IFAT ENTSORGA 2012, S+S Separation and Sorting Technology GmbH’s K9 FLASH glass sorting system is designed for use in the recycling of thin-sheet, container and flat glass. K9 FLASH separates unwanted colour particles and CSP (ceramics, stones, porcelain) from cullet flow with minimum loss of high-value material, and will also detect and remove special glasses such as Ceran.  

What makes the K9 FLASH so significant to the industry is that it scans across up to nine different wavelength ranges, allowing for identification of colour, CSP and heat-resistant special glass. Unwanted material, including “out of specification” glass and that which is indistinguishable from the human eye is also identified and removed from the material flow by air-ejection nozzles, operating within one millisecond.   

Hans Eder, S+S’ development manager says; “Extending the colour spectrum analysis from the three basic colours to nine and increasing pixel resolution to 0.2 mm sets new accuracy standards in the field of glass sorting.”