The Metal-ID separation system: A new approach to recovering non-ferrous metals using multi-frequency metal-detection and machine learning.

Metal-ID 分离系统：一种利用多频金属检测和机器学习回收有色金属的新方法。

• 批准号: 72207
• 金额: $ 41.54万
• 依托单位: MAGNA POWER EQUIPMENT LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Study
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=72207
• 关键词: Metal; ID; separation; system; new

Describe your project in detail, and in a way that you are happy to see published. Do not include any commercially sensitive information. If we award your project funding, we will publish this description. This could happen before you start your project. Your answer can be up to 400 words long.This is a feasibility project: We aim to, (1) establish the feasibility of the Metal-ID technology (TRL ~3) in a full, near-to-market separation solution (TRL~7), and (2) obtain commercially-relevant performance statistics. Our tests on a lab-based sensor suggest promise. Establishing true commercial feasibility, and interest from customers, requires a full system, cognisant of material, outlay and operating costs, and tested on large quantities of real scrap material.The Metal-ID technology is an innovative new approach to scrap metal classification, resulting from original research on multi-frequency metal detection by UoM. The technology will create a new product -- an 'advanced' induction separation system that presents a radical departure in terms of design and capabilities from existing induction separators, and threatens to compete with high precision technologies at a much lower-cost. We are the first to demonstrate this technology and we have taken the lead on its development.We have put forward a clear business case. We are responding to a need for improved separation for non-ferrous metals, as legislation, trade-barriers, and market demand for these metals drives-up recycled product quality, and drives down quantities left to landfill. We estimate our technology could increase the value of mixed-metal recyclate by up to 30%, potentially adding £50m to the value of the 250kt material available annually in the UK.This work foments a new partnership. It combines our strengths of research into electromagnetics and instrumentation, with expertise in manufacturing and engineering for magnetic separation, and strong relationships with customers providing first-hand intelligence for assessing market needs and commercial value. Agreements for exploitation are in place between both parties. We have set-out a realistic 18-month timetable for the work, that provides contingencies for technical risks (failure or poor performance), operational risks (work-stoppages, lock-down), and commercial risks (poor value and take-up). The pieces are in place to deliver in the near term a new product which combines UK research with an ambitious UK engineering business, to create value in an important sector and impact the global economy.

详细描述你的项目，并以你乐于看到出版的方式。不要包含任何商业敏感信息。如果我们授予您的项目资金，我们将发布此描述。这可能发生在你开始你的项目之前。这是一个可行性项目：我们的目标是：（1）在一个完整的、接近市场的分离解决方案（TRL~7）中建立金属识别技术（TRL ~3）的可行性，（2）获得商业相关的性能统计数据。我们在实验室传感器上的测试显示了希望。建立真正的商业可行性和客户的兴趣，需要一个完整的系统，认知材料，支出和运营成本，并在大量的真实的废料上进行测试。Metal-ID技术是一种创新的废金属分类新方法，源于UoM对多频金属检测的原创研究。该技术将创造一种新产品-一种“先进”的感应分离系统，在设计和功能方面与现有的感应分离器有着根本的不同，并有可能以更低的成本与高精度技术竞争。我们是第一个展示这项技术的公司，我们在这项技术的开发方面处于领先地位。我们提出了一个明确的商业案例。我们正在应对改善有色金属分离的需求，因为这些金属的立法、贸易壁垒和市场需求提高了回收产品的质量，并降低了填埋量。我们估计，我们的技术可以将混合金属回收物的价值提高30%，在英国每年25万吨材料的价值基础上，可能增加5000万英镑。这项工作促进了新的合作伙伴关系。它结合了我们在电磁学和仪器仪表方面的研究优势，在磁分离制造和工程方面的专业知识，以及与客户的密切关系，为评估市场需求和商业价值提供第一手情报。双方之间有开采协议。我们为这项工作制定了一个现实的18个月时间表，为技术风险（故障或性能差）、运营风险（停工、停工）和商业风险（价值低和占用率低）提供了应急措施。这些零件已经到位，将在短期内提供一种新产品，该产品将英国研究与雄心勃勃的英国工程业务相结合，在一个重要领域创造价值，并影响全球经济。