A Midwest recycling center had placed an air-knife unit to remove paper from their mixed broken glass, but found that many items contained in the end product still contained contaminations such as plastic caps, aluminum cans, and plastics. This company came to General Kinematics to look for an air-knife solution to provide a cleaner glass stream. - GK’s team of engineers prepared a demonstration on how to improve upon the customer’s own air-knife design, but upon viewing the material, determined that a pre-screen prior to the knife may allow the recycling center to provide a clean glass stream to satisfy the end user’s requirements.

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