Sorting Systems of Automobile Shredder Residue to Enhance Recovery of Recyclable Materials

Abstract

Systems and methods for increasing recyclable material recovery from automobile shredder residue ( 4 ). Embodiments include separation of automobile shredder residue with a sorting system ( 5 ) such as an air sorting system, a non-ferrous automobile shredder residue air sorter, an air-locked automobile shredder residue sorting system, a non-magnetic magnetic sorter, a substantially isotropic quantization sorting system, an air-locked Z-box air classifier, low susceptance microparticle separator, a magnetic fuzz separator, a wind tunnel system, or the like perhaps with substantially horizontal laminar air flow ( 7 ) and can be used with or without out other traditional automobile shredder residue sorting systems ( 16 ) or ( 15 ) perhaps creating additional recyclable quantities and even better separated results such as with zorba and zurik and the like.

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         242 . A method of recovering recyclable materials from automobile shredder residue trash comprising the steps of:
 providing automobile shredder residue;   traditionally separating said automobile shredder residue to provide traditional recyclable materials and traditional end product waste;   sorting said traditional end product waste; and   recovering recyclable materials from said traditional end product waste.   
     
     
         243 . A method of recovering recyclable materials from automobile shredder residue according to  claim 242  wherein said step of sorting said traditional end product waste comprises the step of air sorting said traditional end product waste. 
     
     
         244 . A method of recovering recyclable materials from automobile shredder residue according to  claim 242  and further comprising the step of drying said traditional end product waste before said step of sorting said traditional end product waste. 
     
     
         245 . A method of recovering recyclable materials from automobile shredder residue according to  claim 242  wherein said step of sorting said traditional end product waste comprises the step of density sorting said traditional end product waste. 
     
     
         246 . A method of recovering recyclable materials from automobile shredder residue according to  claim 242  wherein said step of sorting said traditional end product waste comprises the step of single capturing, mini-sorting said traditional end product waste. 
     
     
         247 . A method of recovering recyclable materials from automobile shredder residue according to  claim 242  wherein said step of sorting said traditional end product waste further comprises the step of outputting a concentrate of said end product waste. 
     
     
         248 . A method of recovering recyclable materials from automobile shredder residue according to  claim 247  wherein said step outputting a concentrate of said end product waste comprises the step of outputting a salable concentrate of said end product waste. 
     
     
         249 . A method of recovering recyclable materials from automobile shredder residue according to  claim 247  and further comprising the step of shipping said concentrate to a separate sorting facility. 
     
     
         250 . A method of recovering recyclable materials from automobile shredder residue according to  claim 242  wherein said step of traditionally separating said automobile shredder residue comprises the step of traditionally separating said automobile shredder residue in a non-ferrous recovery system. 
     
     
         251 . A method of recovering recyclable materials from automobile shredder residue according to  claim 242  wherein said step of sorting said traditional end product waste further comprises the step of outputting one trash output. 
     
     
         252 . A method of recovering recyclable materials from automobile shredder residue according to  claim 251  wherein said step of outputting said trash output comprises the step of capturing components in a cyclone of a wind tunnel sorting system. 
     
     
         253 . A method of recovering recyclable materials from automobile shredder residue according to  claim 242  wherein said step of sorting said traditional end product waste further comprises the step of outputting a salable concentration of end product waste and a trash output of end product waste. 
     
     
         254 . A method of recovering recyclable materials from automobile shredder residue according to  claim 242  wherein said step of sorting said traditional end product waste comprises the step of comprises the step of single stage sorting said traditional end product waste. 
     
     
         255 . A method of recovering recyclable materials from automobile shredder residue according to  claim 242  wherein said step of sorting said traditional end product waste comprises the step of wind tunnel system sorting said traditional end product waste. 
     
     
         256 . A method of recovering recyclable materials from automobile shredder residue according to  claim 248  wherein said salable concentrations comprises future processing output. 
     
     
         257 . An apparatus of recovering recyclable materials from automobile shredder residue trash comprising:
 a traditional automobile shredder residue sorter capable of generating traditional recyclable materials and traditional end product waste; and   an end product waste sorter capable of sorting said traditional end product waste.   
     
     
         258 . An apparatus of recovering recyclable materials from automobile shredder residue trash according to  claim 257  wherein said end product waste sorter capable of sorting said traditional end product waste comprises an air sorting automobile shredder residue system. 
     
     
         259 . An apparatus of recovering recyclable materials from automobile shredder residue trash according to  claim 257  wherein said end product waste sorter capable of sorting said traditional end product waste comprises a density sorting automobile shredder residue system. 
     
     
         260 . An apparatus of recovering recyclable materials from automobile shredder residue trash according to  claim 257  wherein said end product waste sorter comprises a salable concentrate output. 
     
     
         261 . An apparatus of recovering recyclable materials from automobile shredder residue trash according to  claim 260  wherein said salable concentrate output comprises additional processing substances.