Screening of battery powder
GKM Vibratory Tumbler Screen KTS-VS the ideal solution: various stainless steels and surface qualities; quick-clamps; screen cleaning systems; etc
Batteries, especially as accumulators, are nowadays a key supplier of electrical energy. For the production of these batteries, the individual metallic raw materials such as, amongst others lithium, cobalt, graphite, nickel and manganese must be dedusted, fractionated and/or control screened and therefore qualified for further production.
For screening these raw materials, the GKM vibrating tumbler screening machine KTS-VS is the ideal solution. This machine can be manufactured according to the customer’s requirements with various surface-contacting stainless steels and surface qualities. The machine is certified according to the latest standards, such as ATEX. Various features as quick-clamps facilitate and accelerate the handling and maintenance of the machine enormously. Furthermore, the machine can be equipped with various screen cleaning systems to ensure a smooth continuous production.
According to customer requirements, the machine can be equipped with several screen decks for different fractions, the cut-points usually being in a range between 0.032 and 1.0 mm. Here, the very efficient, emission-free and almost noiseless ultrasonic cleaning device is used.
In order to protect the user and the environment, these machines are absolutely dust-tight and grant an easy, quick maintenance thanks to the facilitated access. Thus, pneumatic as well as manual cover lifting systems can be permanently installed on the machine.
In the recycling process, batteries are first crushed and, with the help of the GKM tumbler screening machine KTS, highly efficiently fractionated into the individual components, such as foils, outer casings and black mass (consisting of foil, Al, Cu, small amounts of Fe). In most cases, the required cut-points are between 0.3 and 6.0 mm