Solutions for aluminium scrap recycling
What is aluminium scrap and how is it processed?
Aluminium scrap consists of a wide range of products and components, including profiles, castings, wheels, sheet metal, industrial offcuts and mixed aluminium fractions from recycling processes.
Because aluminium scrap varies significantly in alloy composition, size, density and contamination levels, efficient recycling requires carefully designed processes that combine pre-shredding, shredding, cleaning, separation and sorting technologies.
At ZB, we develop solutions tailored to the incoming material, the required throughput and the desired quality of the recovered aluminium fractions.
Installations designed around your material, production targets and recovery goals
Every plant is engineered according to the characteristics of the material and the customer’s operational requirements. To define the most effective process configuration, we evaluate:
- Type and origin of the aluminium scrap
- Alloy composition and material characteristics
- Required production capacity
- Pre-shredding, shredding and separation requirements
- Target quality and purity of the recovered aluminium
- Existing sorting and separation systems
- Future expansion requirements
Based on this assessment, we design a technical solution that delivers consistent material feed, efficient shredding and maximum recovery of aluminium.
Proper material preparation improves the efficiency of downstream cleaning, separation and sorting processes, reducing contamination while increasing overall plant productivity.
Higher aluminium recovery and improved product quality
The right process configuration increases the efficiency of downstream separation systems, improves aluminium recovery and produces cleaner, higher-value recycled materials.
By integrating cleaning, magnetic separation, Eddy Current separators and sorting technologies, aluminium fractions can be recovered more efficiently, reducing impurities and improving the commercial value of the final product.
