What Is a Metal Separator?
A metal separator is a machine designed to detect and separate metal contaminants within products.
It is widely used in pre-shipping inspections and throughout the manufacturing line to prevent metal contamination by passing products through it at various stages. There are types that conduct inspections while allowing items to fall freely and those that perform inspections as products pass through a pipeline. Metal separators for pipelines are capable of handling liquids such as molten plastic.
In the manufacturing process of plastic products, the presence of metal in molten plastic can lead to damage in molding machines. Therefore, metal separators become essential in the production process of plastic items. These separators generate a magnetic field using coils and detect induced currents flowing through metals through electromagnetic induction. The system then activates a separation mechanism to remove the metal contaminants.