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OwnerJohannes LEISNER, Alexander ENNEN +2inventors
InventorsJohannes LEISNER, Alexander ENNEN, Nathanael LAIER, Johannes LAIER
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Sorting device (10), comprising: conveying means (12) for conveying a material flow (14) through the sorting device (10); a multi-energy X-ray system (20) configured to radiograph the material flow (14) by using at least two different energies and to detect radiographs based on the radiography, wherein each radiograph includes, per area, first information regarding a density and/or an atomic number as well as second structural information; a processor (28) configured to detect one or several areas comprising a component to be recycled (16) or a battery, in particular a lithium-ion battery, or a battery cell, in particular a lithium-ion battery cell, in a respective one of the radiographs using an AI algorithm; wherein detecting takes place based on a first feature (M1) derived from first information and a second feature (M2) derived from the second structural information.
Sorting device (10), comprising:
Sorting device (10) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the second structural information includes information regarding a location of the one or several areas of the component to be recycled (16) or the battery or the battery cell regarding a location of electronics or wiring;
Sorting device (10) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the processor (28) is configured to identify one or several candidate areas for the component to be recycled (16) or the battery or the battery cell based on the first feature (M1) and to identify the candidate areas as the one or several areas based on the second feature (M2).
Sorting device (10), wherein the processor (28) is configured to identify one or several candidate areas for the component to be recycled (16) or the battery or the battery cell based on the second feature (M2) and to identify the candidate areas as the one or several areas based on the first feature (M1).
Sorting device (10) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the processor (28) is configured to identify the one or several areas based on a combination of the first and second feature (M2).
Sorting device (10) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the processor (28) is configured to determine a position of the one or several areas and/or information on the position or relative position of the one or several areas in the material flow (14).
Sorting device (10) according to any one of the preceding claims, further comprising a control configured to control sorting means.
Sorting device (10) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the material flow (14) has several layers;
Method (100) for recycling, comprising:
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