Scrap recyclers who operate auto shredders have become experts in recovering ever-increasing amounts of metal from the resulting shredded stream.

Adam Labkon and his team at General Iron Industries Inc., Chicago, came away impressed not long ago with what equipment supplied by Steinert US, St. Petersburg, Fla., was able to do. “We saw the Steinert equipment performing at another shredder location and we were amazed at its ability to pull heavy ferrous from great distances,” he comments.

General Iron subsequently purchased and installed several Steinert units in its downstream separation system, including two Steinert drum magnets that have replaced new drums of another brand, two Steinert NES eddy current separators and the company’s new ISS (Induction Sorting System), which recovers stainless and other nonferrous metals that were previously lost.

“With our previous drum magnets, there was approximately 30 percent ferrous loss, and the gap from our conveyor belt to our drum magnet was about 11.5 inches,” says Adam. “With our Steinerts, our gap is 15.5 inches, and our loss is less than 1 percent.”