Mineral and metallic waste: New cooperation
The Kerzers-based company Selfrag and the FHNW School of Engineering are launching a long-term research and service collaboration. The goal: to advance the material recycling of mineral and metallic waste, to reduce the environmental impact of waste disposal, and thus to significantly reduce CO2 emissions.
Selfrag specializes in the industrialization of systems for the recovery of solids by means of electrodynamic fragmentation. In this process, mixed materials such as electronic scrap, slag or rock are separated into their individual components by means of high-voltage pulses. This environmentally friendly method is used, for example, in the cement industry, in mining, and in the processing and recycling of residues from refuse incineration. The potential of this method will be further developed in the future with the Institute for Biomass and Resource Efficiency at the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW), the company said.
Joint research projects
Long-term cooperation is planned, he said, with joint research projects on the recycling of mineral and metallic waste. "With our technology, valuable raw materials are obtained from waste slag for recycling. In cooperation with the FHNW, we want to further develop this environmentally friendly waste recycling and thus strengthen the circular economy," explains Anton Affentranger, Chairman of Selfrag.
"We accompany companies with our competencies in the field of circular economy in the development of a technical innovation until it is ready for the market," explains Petar Mandaliev, lecturer in resource efficiency at FHNW. "Selfrag's sustainable goals coincide with the values of our university."
Source: Selfrag
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