Arrangement for separating a woven textile into recovered fibers and textile residual

Arrangement for separating woven textile into recovered fibers and textile residual, said arrangement comprising:

• feeding means configured to feed the woven textile along a feeding direction L;
• a separating unit comprising:
• a feeding plate;
• and
• a brush roller with a plurality of bristles rotatably arranged around an axis of rotation substantially transverse to the feeding direction L,
• wherein the brush roller is arranged such that a separating area is defined between bristles of the brush roller and the feeding plate and the woven textile is separated into recovered fibers and textile residual in the separating area by rotation of the brush roller;
• a fiber sorting device arranged downstream the separating unit, said fiber sorting device comprising:
• a fiber collecting device configured to collect the recovered fibers, and
• a residual chamber configured to collect the textile residual;
• a control unit configured to control an operation of the feeding means, the separating unit and the fiber sorting device;
• a sensor arranged to monitor and determine the position of a downstream free end of the woven textile fed to the separating unit;
• wherein the control unit is configured to, based on information from the sensor regarding the position of the downstream free end of the woven textile, control the feeding means such that the free end of the woven textile is maintained within the separating area, and
• wherein the fiber sorting device further comprises a suction means arranged such that the recovered fibers are separated from the textile residual and collected in the fiber collecting device.