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SOLDER RECYCLING SYSTEMS

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Sensbey offers two designs of recycling systems portable and integrated. Each design uses the same high efficiency separation technology, scaled to fit your maintenance requirements.

20 Kilogram Portable System

5 Kilogram Integrated Unit

Portable Solder Recycling System - Model SENSBEY-20K

Highly effective with lead-free solder.

Cost reduction up to “70% of solder reclaimed”.

 Automatically returns reclaimed solder as ingots for reuse. 

 Machine Purpose – What is Recycled?

·        This system separates solder from oxidized dross. Dross is generated as waste during typical wave-soldering process. Dross is composed of oxidized solder component elements and flux wash-off residue. These materials are usually returned to the solder manufacturer or metal waste recycler for reprocessing. Useful solder is caught up in the dross, like water in a sponge. The recycling system reclaims 50-70% of the solder caught. Thus significantly reducing the amount of solder disposed of as industrial waste.  

·        Different solder alloys contain different combinations of metal elements. The most common metals used in lead (Pb)-free solder are Tin (Sn), Copper (Cu), Silver (Ag), and sometimes Zinc (Zn), Antimony (Sb), Bismuth (Bi). Some of these metals are precious, or are toxic when disposed of improperly. By recycling these materials at the point of use, the user can reduce the environmental impact. They can also save reprocessing and disposal costs, since usable solder is often sent to waste reprocessing along with the dross.  

·        Highly effective with lead-free solder which in some cases produces as much as 1.8 times more semi-metallic materials than tin/lead solder. Semi-metallics are solder component materials that have come out of suspension and/or have been oxidized. These materials contain some usable solder that can be recovered. Sometimes referred to as “plastic state materials”.

 Protects the environment by reclaiming up to 70% of the solder that would have been disposed of as waste.

Integrated Solder Recycling Unit - Model: SENSBEY-5K

Benefits of the 5K Unit

·         Easily separates dross for disposal as waste, solder is reused.

·         Decreases operation costs due to the high reclamation rates of 50-70%.

·         Completely self–contained unit, easily used by maintenance staff.