JUNE 2016 47 ENVIRONMENT Ten companies from the Green Tech Cluster lead the way to the future of recycling with their many world fi rsts. These were pres-ented to an international audience from 59 countries at the world’s biggest environmental technology trade fair, the IFAT in Munich, under the leadership of Christian Buchmann, Styria’s Minister of Economy. The Styrians also seized this opportunity to do some signifi cant networking with some of the worldwide biggest companies of the environmental technology sector. NEW STANDARDS FROM AUSTRIA The technology leader Komptech introduced its visionary “Shredder of the Future” concept at IFAT. Graduates of the ‘Industrial Design’ program from the university of applied sciences Joanneum develop machines like “Atta” which collects and shreds waste materials in crisis areas, or “Caris” an autonomous demolition robot that shreds materials right away and on site. And there is the Topturn X 4.5, a manoeuvrable machine that can be quickly and easily put to work at smaller composting plants. The innovative “Clarity” plant by Binder+Co, the world market leader in the fi eld of glass sorting, combines two systems: The sensor-based belt sorter “Clarity 1000 VIS” separates different kinds of plastics which are defi ned by their colours, while “Clarity NIR/VIS” separates different kinds of plastics. Typical application areas for this system are in the electronic scrap or light shredder fractions sector of the car-recycling sector. From cars to clothes hangers and other items: They all consist of valuable metals, which can now – for the very fi rst time - be sorted in their absolute purest forms with the world’s fi rst “XRF sorting machine” by REDWAVE. So far, XRF technology could only be used to separate glass or minerals but a new innovative development now separates nonferrous metals as well. And this is how metals from domestic waste can now be used for topquality products such as radiators and hydropower turbines. Another product innovation from the Green Tech Cluster was presented by the start-up “Perception Park”. It visualises the chemical composition of materials with hyperspectral cameras to separate, for example, PVC and other plastics. The “SEDA AutoFlattener” that uses ATM Recyclingsystems’ know-how to deform old car bodies in only 50 seconds also impressed the fair’s visitors. Machine and plant engineer Andritz MeWa presented his optimised key technologies: From its cross-fl ow shredder QZ to the Bio-QZ. Its product portfolio makes Andritz MeWa a specialist for complex solutions. A START-UP FROM GRAZ STIRS UP THE SCRAP METAL MARKET With its transparency and customer-oriented approach, Schrott24 makes selling scrap metal very easy and aims to catapult an old-fashioned industry into the digital age. The platform www.schrott24.at provides up-todate purchase prices with best-price guarantees. You can choose whether you want to bring your scrap material to the scrap yard yourself, send them via parcel shipping, or if you want them to be picked up at your place. The big problem that Schrott24 wants to solve is market transparency. Currently, one has to rely on offers from local scrap yards and there is no way to assess if their prices are fair. These prices cannot be accessed online and therefore the price one pays is solely based on one’s own level of knowledge. Schrott24 solves Nobody likes waste but we produce more and more of it every year. Even when waste is separated and most of it gets recycled, the absolute best waste concept still is to prevent waste entirely. Recyclable materials are of higher quality because they can be turned into the same, similar, or even completely different products.
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