TO CONSIDER AND ADAPT THE USE OF NEW TECHNIQUES OF HIGH FIELD MAGNETIC SEPARATIONS IN REGARD WITH THE RECOVERY OF NON-FERROUS METALS INDUSTRIAL SCRAPS.
A new high intensity permanent magnet separator has been developed for use in recovering scrap metals from a variety of industrial and nonindustrial situations.
THE PROGRAMME CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING STAGES:

A) - REVIEW OF THE PRODUCT PROCESSING TECHNIQUES

B) - CHARACTERIZATION OF LOTS AND DEFINITION OF PRIOR CONDITIONING.
AFTER SYSTEMATIC ON-SITE INDUSTRIAL SAMPLING, THE LOTS WILL BE CHARACTERIZED ACCORDING TO
- THEIR MAIN COMPONENTS
- THE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF THE COMPONENTS WHICH DETERMINE THE PROCESSING TO BE CARRIED OUT (SHAPE, GRANULARITY, DENSITY, MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY, ETC...)

C) - PROCESSING TESTS.
- PRODUCTION OF OPERATIONAL SCHEMES FOR MAGNETIC SEPARATION
- RESEARCH TO ESTABLISH THE OPTIMUM OPERATING PARAMETERS
- QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION.

THE WASTE TO BE PRODUCED DURING THE MAGNETIC PROCESSING STAGE WILL BE EVALUATED WITH A VIEW TO :
- ITS DIRECT REINTEGRATION INTO AN ESTABLISHED INDUSTRIAL RECYCLING CIRCUIT,
- ITS PREPARATION FOR REINTEGRATION FOLLOWING FURTHER PROCESSING,
- NEW POSSIBILITIES FOR USE (HYDRO OR PYROMETALLURGICAL) CREATED AS A RESULT OF THE SELECTION MADE.

DESPITE THE HIGHLY COMPLEX TECHNIQUE INVOLVED, THE APPLICATION OF SEPARATION BY MEANS OF A HIGH STRENGTH MAGNETIC FIELD OFFERS SUBSTANTIAL ECONOMIC POTENTIAL FOR THE UTILIZATION OF SUPERALLOY WASTE.