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EP0982083B1
EP0982083B1 EP99890267A EP99890267A EP0982083B1 EP 0982083 B1 EP0982083 B1 EP 0982083B1 EP 99890267 A EP99890267 A EP 99890267A EP 99890267 A EP99890267 A EP 99890267A EP 0982083 B1 EP0982083 B1 EP 0982083B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
    • B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
    • B07C5/00—Sorting according to a characteristic or feature of the articles or material being sorted, e.g. by control effected by devices which detect or measure such characteristic or feature; Sorting by manually actuated devices, e.g. switches
    • B07C5/36—Sorting apparatus characterised by the means used for distribution
    • B07C5/361—Processing or control devices therefor, e.g. escort memory
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
    • B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
    • B07C5/00—Sorting according to a characteristic or feature of the articles or material being sorted, e.g. by control effected by devices which detect or measure such characteristic or feature; Sorting by manually actuated devices, e.g. switches
    • B07C5/36—Sorting apparatus characterised by the means used for distribution
    • B07C5/363—Sorting apparatus characterised by the means used for distribution by means of air
    • B07C5/367—Sorting apparatus characterised by the means used for distribution by means of air using a plurality of separation means

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  • the present invention relates to a device for sorting waste materials, in particular waste plastics according to the preamble of claim 1, e.g. from WO-A-96/06689 known.
  • conveyor belts made of rubber which the transport waste to be sorted and where the Sorting by pushing or blowing the waste over the Side edges of the conveyor belt.
  • this has the disadvantage that not the entire width of the conveyor belt can be used because between the pieces to be sorted out and the shock or Blowing device must be no other waste pieces. To the Sorting performance must thus increase the length of the conveyor belt be increased disproportionately stronger.
  • the aim of the present invention is therefore a device of the type mentioned, which avoids the mentioned disadvantages and a high sorting rate with low space requirement of Guaranteed sorting device.
  • claim 2 gives the advantage that an exact control of the elements to be sorted out can be done because the exhaust nozzles only a few millimeters can be arranged below that surface on which the be sorted waste. With an increase in the Conveyor speed can thus still a high Accuracy in sorting can be achieved.
  • Claim 4 allows a compact design of Inventive device that uses very space-saving can be.
  • claim 5 gives the advantage that the device according to the invention insensitive Inaccuracies of the blow-out and different Weights of the waste pieces. If a piece of waste is not exact blown or vary the weights of the waste pieces in one certain bandwidth, it can happen that the blown out Waste pieces do not lie exactly on the discharge device come. By the safety devices according to the invention, the In any case, waste pieces on the discharge device even if the trajectory of the waste pieces is too short or too small is too far.
  • a sensor 2 is above a conveyor belt 1 arranged on the sides of lamps 3 are mounted, the light radiate different wavelengths.
  • waste 4 in particular waste plastics such as For example, hollow body made of PVC, polyethylene or Kunststoffoffolien etc ..
  • Delivery direction discharge devices 6, such as Conveyor belts, arranged along their conveying direction in Area of the conveyor belt 1 of substantially U-shaped in cross-section Safety gear 7 are surrounded.
  • the waste pieces 4 are disordered on in front of the sensor. 2 applied to the conveyor belt 1.
  • the sensor 2 detects due of the pieces of waste 4 reflected proportion of the Lamps 3 radiated light, what a kind of Waste material (polyethylene, PVC, Tetra Paks, hollow plastic body, etc) it is. Furthermore, it is also possible, the Distinguish waste materials due to the colors.
  • the respective positions of the Waste pieces 4 known on the conveyor belt and when passing the Ausblasedüsen 10 are well-defined air jets of down through the grid-like conveyor belt 1 to the respective to be sorted waste pieces 4 blown.
  • the waste pieces 4 in the direction of Discharge devices 6 moves.
  • the safety gears 7 cause that the waste pieces 4 only approximately in the direction of Discharge device 6 must be moved and this anyway do not miss.
  • Each discharge device 7 is for a type of waste material intended. The more different types of waste materials too sort, the more discharge devices are to be provided.

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Die vorliegende Erfindung bezieht sich auf eine Vorrichtung zum Sortieren von Abfallstoffen, insbesondere Kunststoffabfällen gemäß dem Oberbegriff des Anspruches 1, wie z.B. aus WO-A-96/06689 bekannt.The present invention relates to a device for sorting waste materials, in particular waste plastics according to the preamble of claim 1, e.g. from WO-A-96/06689 known.

Bekannte Trenn- bzw. Sortiervorrichtungen stoßen sehr bald an ihre Grenzen, was die zu sortierende Menge pro Zeiteinheit betrifft. So sind zum Beispiel sogenannte Drehteller aus der AT 402.165 bekannt, bei denen die Abfallstoffe einzeln dem Drehteller zugeführt werden und sich an dessen Rand positionieren um dann an entsprechender Stelle ausgeblasen zu werden. Eine Erhöhung der Sortierleistung kann bei dieser Art von Sortiervorrichtung nur dadurch erreicht werden, daß die Drehzahl des Drehtellers erhöht wird oder aber dessen Radius. Beide Schritte sind problematisch, da die räumliche Ausdehnung der Maschine unproportional schneller wächst als die Leistungssteigerung beim Sortieren der Abfallstoffe und sehr schnell Unterbringungsprobleme am Standort auftreten. Durch die Erhöhung der Drehzahl kommt es andererseits zu Ungenauigkeiten bei der Sortierung.Known separation or sorting meet very soon to their limits, what the quantity to be sorted per time unit concerns. So are for example so-called turntables from the AT 402,165 known in which the waste individually to the Turntable be fed and position itself at the edge to be blown out at the appropriate place. A Increasing the sorting performance can be done with this type of Sorting device can only be achieved by the speed of the turntable is increased or its radius. Both Steps are problematic because the spatial extent of the Machine grows disproportionately faster than that Performance increase when sorting the waste and very fast housing problems occur at the site. By the On the other hand, increasing the speed results in inaccuracies when sorting.

Weiters sind Förderbänder aus Gummi bekannt, die die auszusortierenden Abfallstoffe transportieren und wo die Sortierung durch Stoßen oder Blasen der Abfallstoffe über die Seitenkanten des Förderbandes. Dies hat jedoch den Nachteil, daß nicht die gesamte Breite des Förderbandes genutzt werden kann, da zwischen den auszusortierenden Stücken und der Stoß- oder Blasvorrichtung keine anderen Abfallstücke liegen dürfen. Um die Sortierleistung zu erhöhen muß somit die Länge des Förderbandes unproportional stärker erhöht werden.Furthermore, conveyor belts made of rubber are known, which the transport waste to be sorted and where the Sorting by pushing or blowing the waste over the Side edges of the conveyor belt. However, this has the disadvantage that not the entire width of the conveyor belt can be used because between the pieces to be sorted out and the shock or Blowing device must be no other waste pieces. To the Sorting performance must thus increase the length of the conveyor belt be increased disproportionately stronger.

Es sind auch Förderbänder aus Gummi bekannt, wo die Abfallstoffe nach dem Ende des Förderbandes im Fallen in die gewünschte Richtung geblasen werden. Dies hat jedoch ebenfalls den Nachteil, daß am Ende des Förderbandes nur ein begrenzter Raum für die Anordnung von Ausblasdüsen und für die Behälter zur Aufnahme der aussortierten Abfallstücke zur Verfügung steht, womit die Sortierleistung dieser Bänder sehr gering ist. There are also known rubber conveyor belts where the Waste materials after the end of the conveyor belt falling into the desired direction to be blown. However, this also has the disadvantage that at the end of the conveyor belt only a limited Space for the arrangement of exhaust nozzles and for the containers for Receiving the sorted waste is available whereby the sorting performance of these bands is very low.

Ziel der vorliegenden Erfindung ist daher eine Vorrichtung der eingangs erwähnten Art, die die erwähnten Nachteile vermeidet und eine hohe Sortierrate bei geringem Flächenbedarf der Sortiervorrichtung gewährleistet.The aim of the present invention is therefore a device of the type mentioned, which avoids the mentioned disadvantages and a high sorting rate with low space requirement of Guaranteed sorting device.

Erfindungsgemäß wird dies durch die kennzeichnenden Merkmale des Anspruches 1 erreicht.This is achieved by the characterizing features according to the invention of claim 1 achieved.

Durch die Verwendung eines Förderbandes mit gitterartiger Struktur und der Anordnung der Ausblasdüsen unterhalb des Förderbandes kann die gesamte Breite des Förderbandes zum Sortieren ausgenutzt werden, da die Ausblasdüsen auch entlang der gesamten Breite des Förderbandes angeordnet werden können. Ein doppelt so breites Förderband bewirkt somit eine doppelt so hohe Sortierleistung.By using a conveyor belt with grid-like Structure and arrangement of the exhaust nozzles below the Conveyor belt can the entire width of the conveyor belt for Sorting be exploited, since the exhaust nozzles also along the entire width of the conveyor belt can be arranged. One twice as wide conveyor belt thus causes twice as high Sorting performance.

Durch die Merkmale des Anspruchs 2 ergibt sich der Vorteil, daß eine exakte Ansteuerung der auszusortierenden Elemente erfolgen kann, da die Ausblasdüsen nur wenige Millimeter unterhalb jener Fläche angeordnet werden können, auf der die auszusortierenden Abfallstoffe liegen. Bei einer Erhöhung der Förderbandgeschwindigkeit kann somit trotzdem eine hohe Genauigkeit bei der Sortierung erzielt werden.The features of claim 2 gives the advantage that an exact control of the elements to be sorted out can be done because the exhaust nozzles only a few millimeters can be arranged below that surface on which the be sorted waste. With an increase in the Conveyor speed can thus still a high Accuracy in sorting can be achieved.

Durch die Merkmale des Anspruchs 3 ergibt sich der Vorteil, daß die angeblasenen Abfallstücke direkt auf die Abfördereinrichtung geblasen werden können und dann weiter verteilt werden können, wobei die örtlichen Gegebenheiten nicht relevant sind. So können zum Beispiel, je nach aussortierten Stoffe, die verschiedenen Behälter in unterschiedlichen Räumen stehen bzw. können die aussortierten Stoffe direkt einer Weiterverarbeitungsvorrichtung zugeführt werden, ohne daß eine Zwischenspeicherung notwendig wäre.The features of claim 3 gives the advantage that the blown waste pieces directly on the Abfördereinrichtung can be blown and then continue can be distributed, but the local conditions are not are relevant. So, for example, depending on the sorted out Fabrics containing different containers in different rooms are the rejected substances directly or one Be further processing device supplied without a Caching would be necessary.

Anspruch 4 ermöglicht eine kompakte Bauweise der erfindungsgemäßen Vorrichtung, die sehr platzsparend eingesetzt werden kann. Claim 4 allows a compact design of Inventive device that uses very space-saving can be.

Durch die Merkmale des Anspruchs 5 ergibt sich der Vorteil, daß die erfindungsgemäße Vorrichtung unempfindlich Ungenauigkeiten der Ausblasevorrichtungen und unterschiedlichen Gewichten der Abfallstücke ist. Wird ein Abfallstück nicht exakt angeblasen bzw. variieren die Gewichte der Abfallstücke in einer gewissen Bandbreite, so kann es passieren, daß die ausgeblasenen Abfallstücke nicht exakt auf der Austragevorrichtung zu liegen kommen. Durch die erfindungsgemäßen Fangvorrichtungen werden die Abfallstücke jedoch in jedem Fall auf die Austragevorrichtung befördert, selbst wenn die Flugbahn der Abfallstücke zu kurz oder zu weit ist.The features of claim 5 gives the advantage that the device according to the invention insensitive Inaccuracies of the blow-out and different Weights of the waste pieces. If a piece of waste is not exact blown or vary the weights of the waste pieces in one certain bandwidth, it can happen that the blown out Waste pieces do not lie exactly on the discharge device come. By the safety devices according to the invention, the In any case, waste pieces on the discharge device even if the trajectory of the waste pieces is too short or too small is too far.

Im folgenden erfolgt nun eine detaillierte Beschreibung eines Ausführungsbeispieles anhand von Zeichnungen. Dabei zeigt

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In Fig. 1 ist über einem Förderband 1 ein Sensor 2 angeordnet, an dessen Seiten Lampen 3 angebracht sind, die Licht unterschiedlicher Wellenlänge ausstrahlen. Auf dem Förderband 1 befinden sich Abfallstoffe 4, insbesondere Kunststoffabfälle wie zum Beispiel Hohlkörper aus PVC, Polyäthylen oder Kunstoffolien etc.. In Förderrichtung 5 dem Sensor 2 nachgeordnet sind quer zur Förderrichtung Austragevorrichtungen 6, wie zum Beispiel Förderbänder, angeordnet, die entlang ihrer Förderrichtung im Bereich des Förderbandes 1 von im Querschnitt im wesentlichen u-förmigen Fangvorrichtungen 7 umgeben sind.In Fig. 1, a sensor 2 is above a conveyor belt 1 arranged on the sides of lamps 3 are mounted, the light radiate different wavelengths. On the conveyor belt 1 are waste 4, in particular waste plastics such as For example, hollow body made of PVC, polyethylene or Kunstoffolien etc .. In the conveying direction 5 are downstream of the sensor 2 are transverse to Delivery direction discharge devices 6, such as Conveyor belts, arranged along their conveying direction in Area of the conveyor belt 1 of substantially U-shaped in cross-section Safety gear 7 are surrounded.

In Förderrichtung 5 vor den Austragevorrichtungen 6 sind unterhalb des oberen Trums 8 und oberhalb des unteren Trums 9 des Förderbandes 1 Ausblasedüsen 10 so angeordnet, daß ihre Ausblaserichtung 11 nach oben in Richtung Austrageverrichtung 6 gerichtet ist.In the conveying direction 5 in front of the discharge devices 6 are below the upper run 8 and above the lower run 9 of Conveyor belt 1 exhaust nozzles 10 arranged so that their Ausblaserichtung 11 upwards in the direction of discharge 6 is directed.

Die Funktionsweise der erfindungsgemäßen Sortiervorrichtung ist dabei wie folgt:The operation of the sorting device according to the invention is as follows:

Die Abfallstücke 4 werden ungeordnet auf vor dem Sensor 2 auf das Förderband 1 aufgebracht. Der Sensor 2 erkennt aufgrund des von den Abfallstücken 4 reflektierten Anteils des von den Lampen 3 abgestrahlten Lichtes, um was für eine Art von Abfallstoff (Polyäthylen, PVC, Tetra Paks, Kunststoffhohlkörper, etc) es sich handelt. Weiters ist es auch möglich, die Abfallstoffe aufgrund der Farben zu unterscheiden.The waste pieces 4 are disordered on in front of the sensor. 2 applied to the conveyor belt 1. The sensor 2 detects due of the pieces of waste 4 reflected proportion of the Lamps 3 radiated light, what a kind of Waste material (polyethylene, PVC, Tetra Paks, hollow plastic body, etc) it is. Furthermore, it is also possible, the Distinguish waste materials due to the colors.

Nach erfolgter Erkennung sind die jeweiligen Positionen der Abfallstücke 4 auf dem Transportband bekannt und beim passieren der Ausblasedüsen 10 werden genau definierte Luftstrahlen von unten durch das gitterartige Förderband 1 auf die jeweiligen auszusortierenden Abfallstücke 4 geblasen. Durch den Impuls des Luftstrahles werden die Abfallstücke 4 in Richtung der Austragevorrichtungen 6 bewegt. Die Fangvorrichtungen 7 bewirken, daß die Abfallstücke 4 nur ungefähr in Richtung der Austragevorrichtung 6 bewegt werden müssen und diese trotzdem nicht verfehlen.After recognition, the respective positions of the Waste pieces 4 known on the conveyor belt and when passing the Ausblasedüsen 10 are well-defined air jets of down through the grid-like conveyor belt 1 to the respective to be sorted waste pieces 4 blown. Through the impulse of Air jet, the waste pieces 4 in the direction of Discharge devices 6 moves. The safety gears 7 cause that the waste pieces 4 only approximately in the direction of Discharge device 6 must be moved and this anyway do not miss.

Jede Austragevorrichtung 7 ist für eine Art von Abfallstoff vorgesehen. Je mehr unterschiedliche Arten an Abfallstoffen zu sortieren sind, desto mehr Austragevorrichtungen sind vorzusehen.Each discharge device 7 is for a type of waste material intended. The more different types of waste materials too sort, the more discharge devices are to be provided.

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  1. An apparatus for sorting waste material, especially plastic waste and hollow bodies made of plastic, with the waste material (4) to be sorted being applied in an unsorted way onto a conveyor belt (1) and being passed beneath a sensor (2) in respect of type of material and/or type of color, being examined and, depending on the respective type, being sorted out, characterized in that the conveyor belt (1) has a grating-like structure and blow-out nozzles (10) are arranged beneath the conveyor belt (1).
  2. An apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the blow-out nozzles (10) are arranged between the upper strand (8) and the lower strand (9) of the conveyor belt (1).
  3. An apparatus according to claim 1 and 2, characterized in that removal conveyor devices (6) are provided for each type transversally to the conveying direction (5) of the conveyor belt (1).
  4. An apparatus according to one of the claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the removal conveyor device (6) is a conveyor belt whose upper (13) and lower (12) strand is arranged respectively above and below the upper strand (8) of the conveyor belt (1).
  5. An apparatus according to one of the claims 1 to 4, characterized in that catching apparatuses (7) are arranged along the removal conveyor devices (6).
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