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US 2017/0225199 A1Published application
Method, apparatus and system for sorting waste
AssigneeMetrosense Oy
InventorsOskari KOISTINEN, Hannu KARHUKETO, Göran SUNDHOLM
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AssigneeMetrosense Oy
InventorsOskari KOISTINEN, Hannu KARHUKETO, Göran SUNDHOLM
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Method for sorting waste, in which method the waste or recycleable material intended for sorting is brought in waste bags to a sorting apparatus, which includes a conveyor, from which the waste bags belonging to different waste components are separated from each other by guiding them into the containers according to the waste components or to further processing. In the method a waste bag, an identifier arranged in connection with it and/or the content of the waste bag is identified with a sensor system, which includes a number of sensors monitoring different properties, which sensors essentially simultaneously read and/or identify a waste bag, an identifier arranged in connection with it and/or the content of the waste bag when the waste bag is transferred on the conveyor via the reading area of the sensors, and in which method on the basis of information coming from the sensors the waste bags are sorted into different waste components using one or more handling devices of the sorting apparatus. The invention also relates to an apparatus and to a system.
A method for sorting waste, in which method the waste or recycleable material intended for sorting is brought in waste bags to a sorting apparatus, which comprises a conveyor, from which the waste bags belonging to different waste components are separated from each other by guiding them into the containers according to the waste components or to further processing, wherein in the method a waste bag, an identifier arranged in connection with it and/or the content of the waste bag is identified with a sensor system, which comprises a number of sensors monitoring different properties, which sensors essentially simultaneously read and/or identify a waste bag, an identifier arranged in connection with it and/or the content of the waste bag when the waste bag is transferred on the conveyor via the reading area of the sensors, in that of the many sensors of the sensor system at least one is a material detector, and in which method on the basis of information coming from the sensors the waste bags are sorted into different waste components using one or more handling devices of the sorting apparatus.
An apparatus for sorting waste, to which apparatus the waste or recycleable material intended for sorting is brought in waste bags, which apparatus comprises a conveyor, from which the waste bags belonging to different waste components are separated from each other by guiding them into containers according to the components or to further processing, wherein the apparatus comprises a sensor system, which comprises a number of sensors monitoring different properties, which sensors are adapted to essentially simultaneously read and/or identify a waste bag, an identifier arranged in connection with it and/or the content of the waste bag when the waste bag is in the reading area of the sensors, in that of the many sensors of the sensor system at least one sensor is a material detector, and in that the apparatus comprises a control system, which is adapted to receive information coming from the sensors and on the basis of it is fitted to control one or more handling devices of the sorting apparatus in such a way that the waste bags are sorted from the conveyor into different waste components.
A system for sorting waste, wherein the waste or recycleable material intended for sorting is brought in waste bags, on at least some of which is an identifier, which determines the waste component of the material arranged in a waste bag, which apparatus comprises a conveyor, to which the waste bags are brought and from which the waste bags belonging to different waste components are separated from each other by guiding them into containers according to the components or into further processing, wherein the system comprises a sensor system, which comprises a number of sensors monitoring different properties, which sensors are adapted to essentially simultaneously read and/or identify a waste bag, an identifier arranged in connection with it and/or the content of the waste bag when the waste bag is in the reading area of the sensors, in that of the many sensors of the sensor system at least one sensor is a material detector, and in that the apparatus comprises a control system, which is adapted to receive information coming from the sensors and on the basis of it is fitted to control one or more handling devices of the sorting apparatus in such a way that the waste bags are sorted from the conveyor into different waste components.
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