Material separation from automobile shredder dust containing urethane, plastic, rubber, wire harness, and nonferrous metals is performed by pneumatic separation method. When the dust is blown and entrained by a horizontal wind, lighter components are carried a longer distance, resulting in the rough separation of components due to weight difference. The entrained distance difference of component becomes larger with the air velocity. In the present work, the weight of each component at every 25cm interval in the scattered region is measured, and the purity and recovery are obtained in order to evaluate the separation efficiency. Both the purity and the recovery of urethane are about 90% at each air velocity, whereas the recovery of other components is not as high but the purity is increased with the air velocity.
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