MSort from Steinert overcomes glass recycling challenges

STEINERT has long been a trusted industry supplier for its advanced magnetic, optical and sensor-based equipment designed to sort and upgrade metal and plastic for recycling.

STEINERT’s 2024 acquisition of the MSort line from Mogensen today allows the company to bring its competency in quality and reliability to the glass recycling sector.

For operators of material recovery facilities (MRFs), incoming glass can be a complicated portion of an already complicated set of single-stream materials hitting their tipping floors.

In North America, glass bottles and jars collected can vary widely based on municipal program parameters, population demographics and even seasonal consumption patterns.

The MSort product line is ideal because it offers a wide variety of equipment choices and can be integrated into a customized system.

Beneficiation plant operators also benefit from the MSort product range as it allows them to create cullet to a wide range of consumer specifications.

Before the MSort equipment goes to work, operators can deploy magnets, eddy current separators and near-infrared (NIR) sensor sorters available from STEINERT.

Such equipment is used to remove metals and plastics that are considered contaminants in the mixed glass stream (but likely have market value of their own once separated), plus ceramic or porcelain pieces unwelcome in glass furnaces.

From there, a customized system consisting of equipment from the MSort product range takes over. With continuously evolving technology based on more than 25 years of glass sorting experience, the MSort line completes the removal of impurities and separates the glass by color.

The MSort AK, AF and AW series separators can detect and sort glass by color while sorting out any kind of contamination at high throughput. Particle sizes ranging from 0.2 to 2.5 inches can be upgraded to create the highest value raw material for use in manufacturing new glass products.

With MSort AX and BE series, operators can avoid the expense and environmental issues surrounding the use of large amounts of water in wet processing systems as well as the need for power-intensive drying machinery.

Products in the MSort family are designed to complement each other so that plant layouts can be optimized to meet specific customer requirements. For throughput requirements from 10 tons per hour to 70 tons per hour and every type of glass infeed material, we have the solution.

STEINERT has ensured that the durability and reliability its equipment delivers in the metals and waste recycling sectors have been engineered into the MSort line. The units are designed for 24/7 use with minimal spare parts requirements.

“We are continuously developing our sorting systems while always listening carefully to our customers,” says Edel Rodriguez, vice president of sales for STEINERT US. “The result is that all MSort sorting systems are mechanically optimized to their application.”

The time to invest in MSort is right, says Robert Broughton, president of STEINERT US. “As circularity efforts drive the need for raw materials and high transportation and disposal costs make diversion even more important, now is the time to invest in glass recycling opportunities,” he remarks.

More information about the STEINERT MSort line can be found on the STEINERT website, while questions can be directed to sales@steinertus.com.