Method and apparatus for separating glass and plastic foils in laminated glass

A facility for separating glass and plastic film from previously comminuted laminated glass, including a mainly cylindric first chamber with a through-going, substantially horizontally extending, rotatable shaft having beaters provided pivotably at the ends of arms that extend substantially radially from the shaft, the arms being arranged mutually so that the arms form a mainly helical pattern along the shaft, where the first chamber is provided with inlets for comminuted material at one end of the first chamber and with separate outlets for separated materials at a second end of the chamber, the outlets having a first outlet for heavier particular material provided as a perforated section at a bottom of the first chamber, and a second outlet for light material provided in the form of an opening spaced apart from the bottom of the chamber, and where means are provided for producing an airflow out of the chamber through the opening, wherein the means for producing the airflow out of the first chamber through the opening includes an impeller rotor or fan wheel which is disposed in a second chamber adjacent to the first chamber, the axis of rotation of the rotor or wheel pointing to the opening which is disposed in a wall separating the first chamber and the second chamber so that the light materials can be carried with the airflow out of the second chamber through at least one second opening provided in a side of the second chamber.

A facility for separating glass and plastic film from previously comminuted laminated glass, including a mainly cylindric chamber with a through-going, substantially horizontally extending, rotatable shaft having beaters provided pivotably at the ends of arms that extend substantially radially from the shaft, the arms being arranged mutually so that the arms form a mainly helical pattern along the shaft, where the chamber is provided with inlets for comminuted material at one end of the chamber and with separate outlets for separated materials at a second end of the chamber, the outlets having a first outlet for heavier particular material provided as a perforated section at a bottom of the chamber, and a second outlet for light material provided in the form of an opening spaced apart from the bottom of the chamber, and where means are provided for producing an airflow out of the chamber through the opening, where for processing light materials which are treated in the first chamber and the second chamber there is provided an upwards inclining screw conveyor mounted in an outer tube, where a shaft bearing the screw conveyor is hollow and perforated along most of its length for supplying process water during operation, as the light materials are conveyed upwards from a lower end of the screw conveyor to its upper end, and where the outer tube has a perforated area along at least one section of its lower side, the perforated area being surrounded by a channel element connected to a line for removing used process water to a settling tank.