Eddy Current Separator

The Eddy Current Separator (ECS) is used to separate metallic and non-ferromagnetic materials from non-metallic ones. This magnetic separator of non-magnetic metals works on the principle of so-called eddy currents induced by a magnetic cylinder. A magnetic cylinder (separator rotor) with very strong neodymium magnets is embedded in the conveyor. At high revolutions (when the magnetic poles alternate rapidly) it creates a magnetic field that magnetizes even non-ferromagnetic metallic materials for a short term. The magnetic polarity of the particles magnetized in this way is the same as the polarity of the magnetic field created by the separator rotor. Therefore, magnetized materials are repelled and automatically ejected out of the conveyor belt.